#Israel toughened its #coronavirus measures on Thursday as a second nationwide #lockdown failed to bring down the world’s highest infection rate a week after it was imposed.

Young activists try to spark consumer-awareness by putting the spotlight on brands using the forced labour of Uighurs.

#Rio de Janeiro delayed its annual #Carnival parade, saying Thursday night that the global spectacle cannot go ahead in February because of Brazil’s continued vulnerability to the #pandemic.

France and the United States have been allies for centuries. Despite the mutual affection and fascination, they can also rub each other up the wrong way. How much of this is due to subtleties getting lost in translation...

#Gaza‘s Islamist rulers #Hamas and their rivals #Fatah in the occupied West Bank agreed Thursday to hold the first Palestinian #elections since 2006, united by their opposition to Arab-Israeli normalisation deals.

#Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous #carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with #Brazil...