Flooding and landslides have wreaked havoc across large swathes of countries in South Asia.
Why Face Masks Don’t Work, According To Science
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...
Armenia-Azerbaijan forces clash along border, dozens dead
Some of the fiercest fights have broken between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which had been locked in a conflict for decades over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the southwest of Azerbaijan, which was seized by...
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...
1/3 of Bangladesh flooded amid heaviest monsoon rains in years | DW News
A third of Bangladesh is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade. More than a million people have been forced from their homes by heavy flooding. Forecasters warn that major rivers are expected...
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...