Mexico has passed the grim milestone of 40,000 deaths from Covid-19, the fourth worst death toll in the world. With the country having done little testing, its numbers are considered vastly undercounted. This week...
US’s Pompeo wants Denmark to stop work on Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline | DW News
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Denmark to try to persuade Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to stop work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline passing through its waters. Denmark has just given the go-ahead...
Snatched off the streets of Belarus: Life in Europe’s last dictatorship – BBC News
Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus ahead of next month’s elections. People say it’s the most brutal crackdown the country has ever known. President Lukashenko is has been in power for...
Coronavirus will remain a threat “for a very long time” warn leading scientists – BBC News
People in the UK and across the world will be living with coronavirus for a “very long time” according to leading scientists who were giving evidence to MPs. Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical...
Can the coronavirus cause permanent brain damage? | COVID-19 Special
A study shows the new coronavirus could seriously damage the brain and central nervous system, leading to psychosis, paralysis and strokes. Researchers are calling for more extensive studies to investigate the long-term...
United States of Europe? EU recovery plan pools borrowing
Will July 21, 2020 go down in history as Europe’s Hamilton moment with the EU pooling debt among member states? The agreement gives Brussels the never-before-seen power to borrow hundreds of billions of euros on...
Zimbabwe journalist arrested: Hopewell Chin’ono was charged with inciting violence
In this edition, a fierce critic of president Emmerson Manangawa was arrested and charged with inciting violence. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is accused of encouraging attendance at an anti-government...