So much debate over whether or not we should be wearing masks in order to fight COVlD but multiple scientific studies over the past decade have already settled this question. Not only do medical masks not prevent the...
Thousands take to Baku streets, storm parliament to demand ‘mobilization’ against Armenia
Police used water cannons and batons against protesters who stormed the parliament in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. The crowd demanded mobilization amid border escalation with Armenia, but officials said that it’s...
Ex-Austrian FM on EU-US relations after Merkel says the US no longer reliable
Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has urged Europe to reconsider its defence policy – arguing that Washington is no longer a reliable partner. The warning comes just weeks after the Trump administration...
US drops order denying visas for foreign students following online courses
The Trump administration dropped plans to strip foreign students of their visas if their college courses went entirely online. Top US schools such as Harvard and MIT had threatened legal action against the White House...
Apple and Ireland win EU court appeal over back taxes | DW News
The Irish government and Apple has won its appeal against a 2016 EU decision that said Apple had to pay the Irish government 13 billion euros in back taxes – money that Ireland didn’t even want. So Ireland...
Coronavirus in a devolved UK: Scotland – BBC News
The four nations of the UK have each had strikingly different responses to the coronavirus crisis. Devolution has meant different policies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – from easing lockdown...
South Africa endures coronavirus crisis as health services collapse – BBC News
Chronic failures in the health system of South Africa’s Eastern Cape have been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Key staff are on strike or sick with Covid-19 and there are reports of unborn babies dying in...