Germany has recorded its highest daily infection total since the height of the pandemic in April. On Thursday, more than 4000 cases were recorded, a 40 percent increase in infections on the previous 24 hours. Now...
In Baku, national pride and support for the army – at least officially
FRANCE 24 senior reporter Catherine Norris-Trent in Baku describes an official mood of national pride in the Azerbaijani capital, and a desire among people to take back the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
Louise Glück awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
American poet Louise Gluck has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy said they chose the poet for her “unmistakable…voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal...
Trump touts miracle coronavirus cure
Donald Trump has touted the apparent benefits of the experimental antiviral cocktail made by Regeneron, and promised to make the treatment available free to all. Results from an initial test of Regeneron’s antibody...
Race for the White House: Pence and Harris in high-stakes VP debate
Julie Norman, lecturer at UCL, Center for US Politics, says this year’s vice presidential debate had greater import than usual, due to the advanced age of the president, Donald Trump, and his rival Joe Biden.
