On November 3, 2020, US citizens will elect their new president. The country is currently dealing with racial and social tensions, plus environmental issues as well all the challenges brought forth by coronavirus, which...
Trump will pick Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg Supreme Court seat, GOP sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high court just weeks before the election.
Trump nominates Coney Barrett for Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat | DW News
US media reports say President Donald Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. She would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. Barrett currently serves as a federal...
Student anger and frustration as thousands forced into university lockdown – BBC News
University students across the UK have been speaking of their fears, anger and frustration after being forced into lockdown. 1,700 students in Manchester have been told to self-isolate in their rooms on campus for 14...
How worried should we be about deadly cyber-attacks? – BBC News
Experts have been warning for years that it’s not a matter of if, but when, hackers will kill somebody. German police are conducting the first ever homicide investigation in which hackers could be to blame. It...
Kenya’s weightlifter trains daughter and granddaughter for Olympics
In Kenya, weightlifting had predominantly been a man’s sport. But that changed in 2012 when Mercy Obiero became the country’s first female Olympic weightlifter. Even though she’s retired, she is...
Switzerland goes to polls on Sunday for a law on culling wolves
On Sunday, the Swiss will vote in a referendum on a new law giving local governments the power to authorise culls of wild wolves. The alpine state has seen a sharp rise in the number of wolf packs and a steady increase...