The World Economic Forum, with its blue sky, head-up-its-own-arse-thinking, is back! And like all things this year, it’s ONLINE. Those smarty pants one percenters have hatched a new plan to look conscientious AND...
Coronavirus pandemic: South Koreans’ concerns about the vaccine
Last summer, more than eight out of ten South Koreans said they would receive the #Covid-19 vaccine. But several months on, many say they are having second thoughts. #SouthKorea has won international praise for its...
Yemen’s uprising, 10 years on: Half the population risks starvation
January 27 sees #Yemen mark the 10th #anniversary of an #uprising that called for change; for an end to inequality, poverty and corruption. But today, up to 16 million people in Yemen are on the brink of #famine. The...
Sorrow of 100,000 Covid-19 death toll “hard to compute”, UK PM Johnson says
The sorrow of #Britain‘s #Covid-19 death toll, which passed 100,000 on Tuesday, was hard to compute, Prime Minister Boris #Johnson said. “It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim...
