#US Attorney General William #Barr will step down next week, he said on Monday, shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald #Trump‘s loss to Democratic President-elect Joe #Biden.
Coronavirus pandemic: Even with virus under control, Wuhan playing it safe
The chinese practice of wearing #masks to reduce the spread of #Covid-19 was adopted universally and from the very beginning of the outbreak. But with the country now having largelly conquered the virus, why is so many...
France’s culture sector mobilises over continued closures as Covid-19 lockdown lifts
#France‘s government announced in November that a lockdown imposed at the end of October to tackle a second coronavirus wave would be partially lifted by Dec. 15 and would include the re-opening of #cultural...
Ski slopes open in Spain’s Pyrenees despite pandemic
Most European nations have kept ski resorts shut over fears that crowds and apres-#ski revelry could fuel the spread of #Covid-19. In the Pyrenees, only ski resorts in #Spain‘s northeastern Catalonia region have...
Coronavirus pandemic: France eases some restrictions while imposing new curfew
Starting on Tuesday, the #French will no longer need to fill out forms justifying their reason for leaving home. They will, however, be subject to a new 8pm-6am #curfew as the country battles to avoid a third wave of...
Stargazers witness solar eclipse spectacle – BBC News
Tourists and scientists gathered at an observation site in Argentina’s Neuquen province to watch a total solar eclipse. The spectacle was visible from a 90km corridor spanning Chile’s southern Pacific coast...
Nigeria’s Katsina school abduction: ‘I was very afraid’ when the kidnappers came – BBC News
Hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in north-western Nigeria. Witnesses saids the attackers arrived on motorbikes and started shooting into the air, causing people to flee. It...