Last summer, more than eight out of ten South Koreans said they would receive the #Covid-19 vaccine. But several months on, many say they are having second thoughts. #SouthKorea has won international praise for its...
Yemen’s uprising, 10 years on: Half the population risks starvation
January 27 sees #Yemen mark the 10th #anniversary of an #uprising that called for change; for an end to inequality, poverty and corruption. But today, up to 16 million people in Yemen are on the brink of #famine. The...
Boris Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ for every UK Covid-19 death
The sorrow of #Britain‘s #Covid-19 death toll, which passed 100,000 on Tuesday, was hard to compute, Prime Minister Boris #Johnson said.
In Gaza, parkour brings youngsters a taste of freedom
Using crutches, Palestinian Mohamed Aliwa leaps from one concrete slab to another, determined that his missing leg won’t stop him doing #parkour, a sport that brings respite from grim reality in #Gaza. The...