Germany has announced a new blueprint for relations with Asia, calling in particular for ‘diversity’ in its focus in the region. That’s being interpreted as an effort to lessen its dependence on China...
Nasa tests Moon mission booster rocket – BBC News
Engineers have tested a booster rocket that will help send the US back to the Moon in 2024, the first crewed landing in over 50 years. Two of these boosters form part of Nasa’s massive Space Launch System (SLS)...
Nancy Pelosi seen without mask inside San Francisco hair salon – BBC News
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said her visit to a San Francisco hair salon in breach of coronavirus rules was a “setup”. “I take responsibility for trusting the word of a...
Fourteen on trial over Charlie Hebdo massacre – BBC News
Fourteen people are on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Most of the alleged accomplices are in court in Paris, but three are being tried in absentia. They are...
Facebook deletes Russia-linked campaign accounts
Facebook says it has dismantled a network of profiles run by Russian trolls targeting left-wing voters in the United States and Britain.
People online call out Macron for ‘selective freedom of speech’
Many people online are calling out French President Emmanuel Macron for “selective freedom of speech” after he said he wouldn’t condemn the offensive depictions of Prophet Muhammad by the magazine Charlie Hebdo because...
Danish jazz musicians take on anti-Muslim politician Rasmus Paludan
Danish jazz musicians are following anti-Islam politician Rasmus Paludan and drowning out his voice with bad music