More than 5,000 Algerians have been left stranded in France after Algeria shut its border over coronavirus fears, even to its own nationals. The EU announced it was reopening flights to Algeria on June 30, but Algeria...
Bubonic plague is coming? | #PollyBites
Apparently, there’s a case of bubonic plague in Mongolia. And because it’s 2020, that means we’ll probably all have a dose of it by the weekend. Or not. Because, despite a few scare stories, it turns out that small...
Coming in hot! | Russian military plane lands on dirt field
Russian military aviation crew masters one of the most difficult elements in combat training – landing on dirt runway
‘Stop right there!’ | Russian FSB agents takedown ‘drug lord’
3 Russian interregional drug couriers were detained by FSB carrying at least 45 kg of amphetamine and 10 kg of MDMA in the form of 23k tablets
‘These days you don’t live in Haiti, you just try not to die’ | Anti-crime protest ends in violence
Protests continue to erupt in Port-au-Prince over rising crime in the community and government corruption. Haiti’s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights logged 54 murders in the capital in May and June...
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. Here’s how he got to this point
How will Yemen cope with Covid-19?
The UN says that coronavirus could have deadly consequences for Yemen, but it’s not the only war the country is fighting. Yemen is also battling the impacts of a prolonged war, the largest outbreak of cholera in modern...