For more than four years Trump was called Putin’s puppet. Yet, Biden caved to Russia’s demands to continue with the New START arms agreement. Also, who is Alexey Navalny and why he is so unimportant?
Italy ‘bucks trend’ by easing Covid rules despite warnings
#Italy on Friday opted to ease #coronavirus restrictions in most of its regions, despite warnings from public health experts that such a move may be rash. A “yellow” zone allows for the daytime #reopening of...
A decade after junta’s end, Myanmar military back in charge
#Myanmar’s #military staged a #coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu #Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian...
France separatism law: Parliament considers bill aimed at tackling radical Islam
French lawmakers tackle a bill on Monday to dig up radical #Islam by its roots in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of...
Speaking out about child sexual abuse within the family
As #France continues to grapple with how a top academic who allegedly sexually abused his stepson for years was able to act with impunity, we speak to Michael Salter, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University...
France tightens border restrictions to curb spread of Covid variants
#France has begun imposing tough new #border restrictions, banning all but essential travel from outside the #EU and tightening #Covid-19 testing requirements on travellers from within the 27-nation bloc.