California state legislator Buffy Wicks was denied a request to vote by proxy after giving birth to her daughter on 26 July. Assembly members at risk for Covid-19 were given the choice to vote remotely during the...
Young Israelis and Emiratis meet online after peace deal – BBC News
It’s now possible to make direct phone calls and book flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates for the first time, after the two countries agreed to normalise relations last month. The UAE is the first Arab...
Fourteen on trial over Charlie Hebdo massacre – BBC News
Fourteen people are on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Most of the alleged accomplices are in court in Paris, but three are being tried in absentia. They are...
Back to school in England and Wales
Schools in England and Wales reopen this week. That’s despite a lot of uncertainty surrounding the vulnerability of teachers to COVID-19, whether social distancing is feasible and how secondary students will cope with...
People online call out Macron for ‘selective freedom of speech’
Many people online are calling out French President Emmanuel Macron for “selective freedom of speech” after he said he wouldn’t condemn the offensive depictions of Prophet Muhammad by the magazine Charlie Hebdo because...
Bulgarian protesters rally outside parliament against premier
Anti-government protesters have gathered outside the National Assembly Bulgaria, accusing PM Boyko Borissov and his government of corruption.
Navalny poison ‘without doubt’ a type of novichok
Hospital tests have shown Putin critic Alexei Navalny was ‘without doubt’ poisoned with a nerve agent from the novichok group, according to the German government.