The seat snub of Ursula von der Leyen has amplified questions about the world’s attitude towards women in power.
How Didier Drogba stopped a civil war | Spolitix | E5
Didier Drogba is a true football hero – not only because of the goals, the trophies and medals – but because he stopped a civil war in Ivory Coast right after leading them to their first ever World Cup...
‘Coup’ at the UK’s Myanmar embassy
Myanmar’s ambassador to the UK has been locked out of his embassy in what he describes as “a kind of coup” by the military attache.
COVID death rate in Brazil expected to surpass US record
With Brazil’s COVID daily death rate having topped 4,000 this week, and the total number of the deceased due to the virus currently exceeding 340,000, the grim prediction is that the country’s death toll may soon break...
Two terror suspects detained on US-Mexico border amid looming migrant crisis
The two Yemeni men, who were on a US terror watchlist, were detained on the southern border. The Border Protection Agency detailed the arrest in a news release that was deleted from the department’s website shortly...
‘Sofagate’: Brussels’ anger over von der Leyen Turkey chair snub | DW News
The European Commission on Wednesday reproached Ankara after its chief Ursula von der Leyen found there was no chair for her as the Turkish president sat down to talk to her male colleague Charles Michel.
Myanmar’s UK ambassador locked out of embassy by military attaché – BBC News
Myanmar’s former ambassador in London spent a night in his car after saying he was locked out of his embassy.