The UK government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in England to return to university for the new term, despite a series of outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Students in Glasgow...
Belarus protests continue after Lukashenko’s secret inauguration | DW News
Large crowds are expected to turn out in Belarus for the seventh consecutive Sunday of protests against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. On Saturday, police in the capital Minsk made dozens of arrests at a...
Covid-19: China’s dilemma over wild meat trade – BBC News
China is facing mounting pressure to restart its wild animal meat trade despite the fact it’s still not clear where the coronavirus outbreak started or how it spread. Breeding snakes and types of rat for food or...
Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to replace RBG in Supreme Court
Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The nomination, which was widely expected, was confirmed by the US president at the White House. He said the 48...
COVID-19: A third of tests in England cannot be processed by NHS app
The developers of the new NHS coronavirus tracing app have admitted that more than 60,000 tests carried out in England yesterday – just under a third of the total – cannot be linked to its systems. The...
Breonna Taylor protests continue in US
Demonstrators take to the streets in US to protest the death Breonna Taylor, as her family demand the release of evidence presented to a grand jury that decided against charging police officers with her death.
The Cost of an Arms Race in the Gulf | Bigger Than Five
The so-called Abraham Accords, which were described by the US President as a “significant step towards building a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous Middle East”, reinforce the anti-Iran axis in the Gulf region. They...