WHO-led COVID experts visit Wuhan animal facility
Team's attempt to find the origins of the virus has been described as a 'detective story'.
Category Archives: News
Indonesia: Lessons from the online classroom
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the world's deep inequalities - nowhere more than in education.
Twitter blocks accounts over India farmers protest on gov’t order
About 250 social media accounts and tweets temporarily blocked over 'grave threat to public order'.
Biden threatens sanctions after Myanmar military coup
US president urges world to push generals into relinquishing power but experts say sanctions effect will be limited.
Iran’s Zarif proposes coordinated return to nuclear deal with US
Iran and the United States are at standstill over which country will return to full compliance with 2015 deal first.
Billionaire raffling off SpaceX flight to fund cancer research
Jared Isaacman said he aims to use the private trip to raise $200m for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Top US lawmaker vows to reverse Trump’s ‘insulting’ Africa policy
Gregory Meeks, chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee, says he will seek to move Africa to 'the front burner'.
Democrats investigating COVID outbreaks in US meatpacking plants
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis is investigating whether worker safety rules were upheld.
COVID relief bill fight to test Biden’s promise of ‘unity’
Bipartisanship wish tested as Democrats seek $1.9 trillion while Republican centrists offer a $618bn deal.
Not just Navalny: Economic woes also drive Russians to protest
Real incomes in Russia fell 3.5 percent last year and unemployment is at its highest since 2011.
United Nations leads world condemnation of coup in Myanmar
Growing calls for Myanmar military to relinquish power as the UN Security Council plans to hold a closed meeting.
Far right shifts to social movement as threat grows: Report
Annual SPLC report on hate groups notes continued momentum due to Trump even as number of groups declines.
Biden faces tough road in push to reform US immigration: Experts
President Joe Biden is set to unveil new actions to reverse harsh immigration policies championed by Donald Trump.
Iran completes satellite-carrying rocket test launch
Iran says the new Zuljanah rocket will place a satellite into orbit after it completes future test launches.
Rising tension as Ethiopia and Sudan deadlocked on border dispute
Bickering over contested farmland along the border has in recent weeks deteriorated into armed clashes.
Why Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup
Analysts and campaigners say Ming Aung Hlaing's presidential ambitions played a key role in power grab.
Can Myanmar return to democracy?
Military condemned for staging coup and detaining democratically elected leaders.
Robinhood raises another $2.4bn from shareholders
Robinhood disclosed the fundraising after pulling back on trading curbs imposed after last week's market frenzy.
US economy to rebound 4.6% in 2021, complicating stimulus talks
Congressional Budget Office hinges its forecast on laws passed by January 12 - not including Biden's executive actions.
COVAX to send millions of AstraZeneca shots to Latin America
Pan American Health Organization says Americas region needs to immunise about 500 million people to control pandemic.