Rescuing battered economies from the pandemic has seen calls for the ultra-rich to be hit with taxes and those calls are coming from millionaires themselves! Dozens have signed an open letter saying they should be...
Macron lays out Covid-19 crisis response in Bastille Day interview
French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants masks to be required in all indoor public places starting on August 1 and acknowledged his controversial pension reform needs “reworking” as he laid...
Beijing says US undermining stability in South China Sea, as Pompeo calls Chinese moves ‘unlawful’
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has said that China’s claims to offshore resources in the South China Sea are “illegal”. Beijing has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region, although the...
US Navy ship fire threatens to dump 4 million liters of oil off San Diego | DW News
In the US city of San Diego, hundreds of firefighters have been battling a blaze on a U.S. Navy vessel that started on Sunday morning. The fire began in the lower cargo hold of the USS Bonhomme Richard which was docked...
Coronavirus vaccine update: How close are we? | COVID-19 Special
As Covid-19 cases spike in some countries, it’s clear that the pandemic isn’t slowing down. That’s why many are pinning their hopes on a vaccine. Thousands of scientists are now working on more than 150 vaccines, but...
How about pro-cop & anti-racism? | BLM activists CLASH with ‘Back The Blue’ protesters
The violent protests in the US are becoming ever more complex, with BLM activists now clashing with the pro-police supporters of the Back the Blue movement, and the police themselves stuck in the middle. Among the...
WHO warns pandemic will get ‘worse and worse and worse’ unless countries follow Covid precautions
The new coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.