Warner Bros. has announced it will release all its films next year on HBO Max at the same time as in cinemas. The arrangement has been described as a one-off measure during the Covid-19 crisis, but some believe the so...
Is India using its anti-terrorism law as a weapon to quell political dissent?
In India, the pandemic and the coronavirus lockdown have been accompanied by an unprecedented wave of arrests. Police have made it a habit to book any opponents of India’s increasingly authoritarian government...
French President Macron to give interview to Brut site after multiple allegations of police violence
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to turn the page on difficult few weeks by doing an interview with the online media outlet Brut, after the government agreed to rewrite a controversial security law that would...
Turkey imposes weekday curfew and full weekend lockdown as Covid-19 cases skyrocket
In Turkey, Covid-19 cases and casualties are surging, with the country seeing more cases than during 2020 spring and the first wave of infections. 32,000 new infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, pushing...
Venezuela heads to Sunday’s key elections as ‘National Assembly is last opposition bastion’
The people of Venezuela will vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday December 6, with President Nicolas Maduro looking to take back the opposition-controlled National Assembly. But the main opposition leader and...
Bangladesh ships Rohingya refugees to island despite outcry over dangerous and inhumane conditions
Bangladesh pursues its relocation of Rohingya refugees, shipping thousands of people from the overcrowded camps near Cox’s bazar, near the Burmese border, to a controversial facility in a bay of Bhasan Char. NGOs...
Italy imposes new Covid-19 measures to prevent surge at Christmas as country sets new death record
Italy’s government has announced strict new rules to stop the spread of coronavirus during Christmas. Travels between regions is now banned between Dec 21 and Jan 5, while an overnight curfew will also be in place...