Fast-strengthening #Hurricane #Iota, the strongest hurricane yet in this record-smashing season, became very dangerous Category 4 on Monday as it approached the same part of #CentralAmerica battered by a similarly...
Music show: Katy J Pearson on making a debut comeback album
Katy J Pearson nearly gave up on music and songwriting after being burnt out by a major record label which had picked up the band she’d formed with her brother when she was in her late teens. Luckily for us, the...
The French President vs. the American Media
IN THE PRESS – Monday, November 16, 2020: Papers warn that the conflict in Ethiopia could destabilise the region as it spills into neighbouring Eritrea and refugees flee to Sudan. Meanwhile, The New York Times’s...
“We demand transparency, we want justice!”: Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
#Peru was without a president Monday after Congress failed to agree on a successor to interim leader Manuel #Merino, who resigned following days of street #protests against him. Merino announced he was stepping down...
Coronavirus pandemic: Cases surge across US as Chicago enters lockdown
The #US surpassed 11 million #coronavirus cases Sunday, adding one million new cases in less than a week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The dizzying rise came as cities and states across the United...
Corruption in South Africa: Secretary general of ruling ANC party faces trial
Last week, the secretary general of #SouthAfrica‘s ruling #ANC party was charged with 21 counts of fraud and #corruption. Ace Magashule is out on bail awaiting trial that’s set to begin in February. He is...