While France’s health authorities on Tuesday reported 7,852 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, new clusters have been identified in a dozen French universities.
Four Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating Covid-19 in Wuhan
Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched an unprecedented crusade against press freedom. Facing censorship, threats from police and sometimes jail, the last few independent reporters...
Taiwanese FM on China: ‘After Hong Kong, Taiwan might be next’
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned that China was ramping up its military pressure and that the threat of a military intervention against Taiwan had “intensified”. Wu...
West African leaders hope for Mali civilian transition ‘in days’
The Tuesday deadline for Mali’s military junta to hand over power has come and gone. ECOWAS is instead saying it hopes to see a civilian government lead the country “in days not weeks”. In Algeria, a...
TikTok could become a standalone company under Oracle deal
The video app TikTok could become a standalone company under a deal with Oracle to retain its access to the United States market. The US government is currently considering the proposal, which would see TikTok’s...
‘They sacrificed the elderly’: How Covid-19 spread in Sweden’s care homes
Care home residents account for nearly half of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Sweden, a high proportion that health professionals and families of the victims have blamed on the government’s reluctance to admit elderly...
EU’s von der Leyen gives maiden ‘State of the Union’ address
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will champion plans to relaunch Europe’s coronavirus-devastated economy through a green new deal Wednesday, in her annual State of the European Union address.