Almost a year has passed since the Huanan wholesale market in #Wuhan, #China – the suspected source of the Covid-19 #pandemic – closed down. Anti-coronavirus measures are in place here and at other markets, but Chinese...
Russia doping case: Moscow banned for two years in landmark ruling
cleared to compete as neutrals, drawing condemnation from athletes and anti-#doping advocates. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for #Sport cut the initial four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency...
Brazil sees spike in Covid-19 cases, deaths as vaccine mired in uncertainty
#Brazil recorded over 1,000 new #Covid-19 deaths for the first time in over three months on Thursday, as its Supreme Court ruled that vaccinations could be required in the South American country.
More than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys handed to govt
Security forces on Thursday rescued nearly 350 #schoolboys who had been #kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in northern #Nigeria and taken into a vast forest, the governor of Katsina state said.
Does Putin admit any responsibility for ‘new Cold War’? – BBC News
During his annual end-of-year news conference, Vladimir Putin was asked about relations between Russia and the West. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg asked the Kremlin leader whether Russian authorities consider themselves...