In Mexico, authorities are trying to buck the worrying rise in obesity among young people. Some 73 percent of the country’s population is overweight, with 29 percent of the nation said to be actually obese: one of...
Will Modi bend? India’s farmers dig in against reform
Has Narendra Modi met his match? For nearly a month, farmers have dug in for a fight over a reform bill that upends the subsidy system at the core of a sector that still employs more than half the country’s...
Nigerian abducted schoolboys released, and Arab Spring special edition
More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in Nigeria have been released, according to governor of Katsina state. We get the latest from our correspondent in Lagos. And – Tunisia 10 years on from the revolution. We...
Covid: WHO to investigate virus origins in China’s Wuhan – BBC News
A team of 10 international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan next month to investigate the origins of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Beijing has been reluctant to agree to an...
China’s Covid-19 success
Almost a year ago, a novel coronavirus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and quickly spread around the world. The disease it caused, COVID-19 has since infected tens of millions of people, and decimated livelihoods...
China eyes expanded space program after moon mission
China’s space agency says its successful mission to collect lunar rock samples is just the start of an ambitious programme
Environmentalists denounce meat industry
Lab-grown meat could take a prominent place on our dining table with factory farming no longer a climate-conscious choice