The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as European nations battled rising numbers of new cases.
West African leaders arrive in Mali as pressure mounts after coup
Leaders from the West African grouping, ECOWAS, arrived in Mali on Saturday to try to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup. The delegation arrived hours after four Malian soldiers were killed...
Earth Overshoot Day slightly later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic
Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic...
UK imposes quarantine rules on more countries including Croatia and Austria – BBC News
Holidaymakers returning from three countries will now have to self isolate for 14 days. Quarantine rules have been introduced in the UK for anyone arriving from Croatia, Austria, and Trinidad and Tobago. In Scotland the...
Putin critic Alexei Navalny moved to German hospital after suspected poisoning – BBC News
The Russian opposition leader and one of President Putin’s fiercest critics, Alexei Navalny is being treated at a hospital in Germany after a suspected poisoning. Mr Navalny fell into a coma after drinking a cup...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says the Amazon Isn’t on Fire
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says claims that the Amazon is burning is all a ‘lie.’ That’s despite all the video and satellite evidence that shows thousands of fire blazing across the Amazon...
Biden Threatens to Interfere in Turkish Elections
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden indicated he wanted to topple Turkey’s President Erdogan by supporting the country’s opposition. Biden made the threat to interfere in another country’s...