Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast is a surfing and tourism hotspot. But for the past six months its most popular attraction, Main Beach, has been steadily eroding. Professor Rodger Tomlinson from the Griffith...
Biden vows 100m vaccinations for US in first 100 days – BBC News
US President-elect Joe Biden has set a goal of 100 million Covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. He said his first months in office would not end the outbreak and gave few details on a rollout plan but he...
Coronavirus: Merkel urges for stricter lockdown as COVID deaths peak in Germany | DW News
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for much tougher restrictions on public life going into Christmas. She came out explicitly in favor of the recommendations that Germany’s National Academy of Science...
Another day, another pick | Biden assigns as defence secretary general who led fight against ISIS
In his latest move, presumed US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen a retired general, 67-year-old Lloyd Austin, as his defence secretary. Yet there’s an obstacle: according to US law, an officer must have left the...
Trump signs order giving jab priority to US citizens, Pfizer delivery falls short of nation’s needs
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at ensuring that US citizens have priority access to COVID jabs as Pfizer’s vaccine is expected to become the first to be approved for emergency use. Yet...
CrossTalk | Quarantine Edition | Fate of progressivism?
What is the fate of the progressive movement? Can it continue to co-exist with the mainstream establishment left? Is its current trajectory an electoral dead-end? And can progressives be part of a great political...
Macron: French arms sales to Egypt will not be conditional on human rights
Macron says French arms sales to Egypt will not be conditional on human rights during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el Sisi in Paris. Here is what lies behind the trade-off.