The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet’s biggest powers, kept at home by the #coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a...
UN General Assembly: Empty summit for world in crisis
The United Nations General Assembly, the annual extravaganza of world leaders’ speeches and round-the-clock diplomacy, opens Tuesday in a quiet hall as a virtual summit addresses the global crisis of Covid-19...
Venice in times of Covid-19
Venice is widely considered to be the centre of European art and architecture. But after six months of Covid-19, including three months of lockdown that crushed the tourism industry, Eve Jackson visits the city to find...
European Court of Justice backs French law regulating Airbnb
Europe’s top court on Tuesday upheld France’s law requiring municipal authorisation for short-term property rentals by platforms like Airbnb, a decision that may open the way for several European cities to...
Coronavirus vaccine update: How close are we? | COVID-19 Update
Around the world the race to develop a vaccine against the New Coronavirus continues apace. The World Health Organization is now tracking more than 170 candidate vaccines. In the pre-clinical stage, researchers test if...
Boris Johnson declares “perilous turning point” with new restrictions for up to 6 months – BBC News
The United Kingdom has reached “a perilous turning point” in its struggle to contain coronavirus according to Boris Johnson. The prime minister has set out a series of new restrictions for England with a warning that...
Did Abraham Lincoln really ‘free the slaves’?
On September 22, 1862, US President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Did this actually end slavery?