A World Health Organization team of international experts visited an animal disease center in the Chinese city of #Wuhan on Tuesday as part of their #investigation into the origins of the #coronavirus pandemic. Team...
Navalny says goal of court case is to ‘scare millions’
#Kremlin critic Alexei #Navalny told a Moscow court on Tuesday that the aim of the legal proceedings against him was to intimidate opponents of President Vladimir #Putin. “They are putting one person behind...
In Germany, religious education a constitutional right, and bulwark against extremism
While in #France, the principle of la #laicité keeps religious instruction out of schools, in #Germany, education in matters of organised #religion is guaranteed by the country’s Constitution. Moreover, each of the...
D-day for Kremlin critic Navalny as Russian court considers longer jail term
A Russian court on Tuesday weighed whether to jail #Kremlin critic Alexei #Navalny for up to three and a half years in a case that has sparked nationwide #protests and talk of new Western sanctions. FRANCE 24’s...
‘Exercise instructor appears to unwittingly capture Myanmar coup’
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, February 2, 2021: We look at reactions to the military takeover in Myanmar. While Western papers denounce a “coup”, The Independent writes that Aung San Suu Kyi will get less sympathy...
Republican Senate leader calls US lawmaker a ‘cancer’ on party
Top #US Senate Republican Mitch #McConnell reportedly launched scathing criticism Monday of a controversial firebrand in his party, assailing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor #Greene as a “cancer” to the...
