US President Donald Trump appeared not to heed the UN secretary-general’s warning, bashing China over the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country wasn’t planning on entering a...
Brazil’s Amazon: Fireman ‘saving what’s not burnt’ – BBC News
Brazil’s Amazon is experiencing another year of forest fires. It’s not just the Amazon that’s gone up in flames – the world’s biggest wetlands, the Pantanal, home to rare species like the jaguar, has seen its...
Abramovich funded Israeli settler group
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich reportedly donated more than $100 million to far-right Israeli settler group Elad, which is accused of displacing Palestinian families from Jerusalem.
Paraguayans give their children Turkish names
Some Paraguayans are giving their children Turkish names after being inspired by characters in drama series.
WHO aims to have two billion doses of vaccine by end of 2021
More than 150 countries have joined a global scheme for the fair distribution of future Covid-19 vaccines. COVAX is a World Health Organization initiative that aims to ensure any eventual vaccine reaches the people who...
Coronavirus: Scotland bans visiting other households due to COVID-19
People in Scotland have been banned from visiting other households indoors, in tough new restrictions that go further than those announced for England. First minister Nicola Sturgeon said the COVID-19 restrictions would...
Rouhani compares Iran’s plight under US sanctions to George Floyd killing
‘My nation, the resilient people of Iran, instead of enjoying global partnership and cooperation, is grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant and gross violation of the Charter of the...