England’s chief medical officer has said the country is past the peak of the second coronavirus wave, yet the daily infection rate remains high, at around 20,000. And, although the number of cases has dropped by some 25...
CrossTalk | Quarantine Edition | Containing China?
The ruling classes rarely agree on much, but not when it comes to China. It is agreed the U.S. needs to “get tough” with Beijing. What does that really mean? Engaging China while trying to contain it? Is that even...
Ethnically-driven attacks in Ethiopia grow as survivors describe pain in F24 exclusive report
Dozens of people have been killed in the latest ethnically-driven massacre in Western #Ethiopia, in the state of #Benishangul-#Gumuz. Similar violence has sparked across the country in the midst of Prime Minister...
Myanmar junta arrests senior member of Suu Kyi party, amid ‘growing volatile opposition movement’
Citizens of #Myanmar are staging further protests just days after the country’s army overthrew #Aung Suu San Kyi’s government in a #coup, a move that sparked international condemnation. Hundreds of Burmese are taking...
Brazil’s Vale signs $7-billion settlement over deadly 2019 dam collapse in Brumadinho
Brazil’s mining giant #Vale has reached an agreement with local authorities to pay $7 billion in compensation over a deadly #dam collapse in 2019 in #Brumadinho. 270 people died when a dam in a mining complex...