The US President-elect Joe Biden is preparing to wade into a controversial energy project once he’s sworn into office. Reports suggest he will issue an executive order blocking the Keystone XL project between...
Vaccine passports: What are the dangers?
In France there is a controversial plan to introduce vaccine passports. In spite of opposition from some lawmakers in France the project has not been dropped. It would effectively mean people would have to carry a card...
Covid frontline: intensive care units under huge pressure at peak of second wave – BBC News
There are more people being treated for Covid in hospitals throughout the UK, than at any earlier point in the pandemic.
EU, US demand Russia to release Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny will be remanded in custody for 30 days. On Monday Navalny appeared before a special hearing accused of breaking the terms of a suspended prison sentence. For the past five...
Hard-up expats leave Cyprus, abandoning their furry friends
Cyprus has been hit hard economically by the pandemic, forcing expats to leave the island and seek their fortunes elsewhere, and not many of those fleeing had enough room for their feline friends…