Month: December 2020

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Read MoreGermany’s health minister has further increased his pressure on the European Union’s regulatory agency and demanded that a coronavirus vaccine be approved before ChristmasGermany’s health minister has further increased his pressure on the European Union’s regulatory agency and demanded that a coronavirus vaccine be approved before Christmas

Read MoreMahboobullah Mohebi is the latest of several officials, journalists and activists to be targeted.Mahboobullah Mohebi is the latest of several officials, journalists and activists to be targeted.

Read More Many migrant women have been cooped up in employers’ homes for months, unable to take time off or travel to families Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On Sundays Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers traditionally gather in their thousands in the city’s public spaces to enjoy their day off. Congregating…

Read More The first coronavirus vaccinations arrive nearly 11 months after the nation’s first case was diagnosed. The first coronavirus vaccinations arrive nearly 11 months after the nation’s first case was diagnosed.

Read More Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory, the Kremlin said, in a telegram offering “Russian-American cooperation”.  Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory, the Kremlin said, in a telegram offering “Russian-American cooperation”. 

Read More Iran condemns US sanctions against regional rival Turkey and stands “with its people in government” in the face of Washington’s pressure, the foreign minister said. Ankara was punished for buying Russian anti-aircraft missiles. In a damning tweet on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said the US showed its “addiction to sanctions and contempt…

Read More Nanaia Mahuta says Canberra and Beijing ‘will have to be willing to come together and concede in some areas’ New Zealand’s new foreign minister has said the country could help negotiate a truce between Australia and regional heavyweight China with the two nations caught in an escalating trade and diplomatic spat. Nanaia Mahuta…

Read More Route would slash travel time between the two cities to less than an hour, company says Sydney Seaplanes has successfully completed a demonstration flight between Sydney and Canberra before landing on Lake Burley Griffin in the nation’s capital. The company has applied to open up the route to consumers and hopes to fly…

Read More Decaying vessel contains four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez spilled in Alaska in 1989 Decaying vessel contains four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez spilled in Alaska in 1989

Read More As food shortages worsen due to drought and the economic insecurity of lockdown, one in three children are malnourished Baby Grace lies quietly in the clinical ward under the watchful gaze of her mother, Rose Mapeka. Her parched skin, which hangs off her tiny body, and the milkiness of her eyes, show only…

Read More As racial justice protests swept the U.S. this summer, a related movement was taking hold thousands of miles away in Indonesia. Papuan Lives Matter began as a hashtag on social media, spreading across the sprawling archipelago of 270 million people. Indonesians shared links to webinars and websites with information about human rights issues…

Read More As racial justice protests swept the U.S. this summer, a related movement was taking hold thousands of miles away in Indonesia. Papuan Lives Matter began as a hashtag on social media, spreading across the sprawling archipelago of 270 million people. Indonesians shared links to webinars and websites with information about human rights issues…

Read MoreScientists will send robotic vehicles under the colossal berg drifting in the South Atlantic.Scientists will send robotic vehicles under the colossal berg drifting in the South Atlantic.

Read More The prime minister’s spell in intensive care underscored the severity of the pandemic. Did it also make him reassess his life? It was an unexpected twist in what already felt like an excessively dramatic disaster movie. On 6 April, the British prime minister was admitted to the intensive care ward at St Thomas’…

Read More Team will study effects on environment of A-68A, which is heading for South Georgia Scientists are preparing for an urgent mission to the world’s biggest iceberg, which is on a collision course with the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The A-68A iceberg, which is larger than Luxembourg, broke off…

Read More Cops in the French capital have held a protest rally to denounce President Emmanuel Macron after he called for sweeping police reforms, with his party moving to rewrite a hot-button security bill protecting officers’ identities. The officers were seen demonstrating in the streets of Paris on Monday night in footage captured by RT’s…

Read More WASHINGTON — U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers. The full extent of the damage is not yet clear. But the potential threat was significant enough that the Department…

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Read More Tiny boat swept away in 2011 disaster may have reached the waters off the US west coast A fishing boat has reappeared on the shores of Japan almost a decade after it was swept out into the Pacific – and possibly as far as the west coast of the United States – by…

Read More There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1—the most since the Committee to Project Journalists began its troubling annual census in 1992. The New York-based advocacy group said that in 2020, authoritarian governments took advantage both of the global pandemic and of the example provided by President Donald Trump, whose assault on…

Read More There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1—the most since the Committee to Project Journalists began its troubling annual census in 1992. The New York-based advocacy group said that in 2020, authoritarian governments took advantage both of the global pandemic and of the example provided by President Donald Trump, whose assault on…

Read MoreAn investigation has found that at least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemicAn investigation has found that at least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic

Read More Warning of future dogged by crises if recovery entrenches environmental problems and inequalities Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Unless leaders make the right choices on recovering from the pandemic to avoid entrenching environmental problems and social inequalities, the world faces a future of lurching from crisis to crisis, reversing…

Read More Ethnic Armenian men refused to leave their villages before Azerbaijani forces arrived, locals say Two elderly men who were beheaded by Azerbaijani forces in videos widely shared on messaging apps have been identified, confirming two of the bloodiest atrocities of the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh. The ethnic Armenian men were non-combatants, people in…

Read More Residents from Condong, Tumbulgum and surrounding areas have been ordered to leave as authorities fear floodwaters may cut off vital roads Residents of Murwillumbah, a town in northern New South Wales have been ordered to evacuate as the nearby Tweed River breaches its banks after days of record-breaking heavy rains. The State Emergency…

Read More Prime minister says if the Chinese state media reports are correct the ban would be a breach of WTO rules Scott Morrison has accused China of breaching international trade rules and its agreement with Australia through its reported ban on Australian coal imports. On Tuesday the prime minister and the trade minister, Simon…

Read More With talks ongoing between the EU and UK over the final Brexit trade deal, the clock is running down and the January deadline is looming. Daniel Boffey explains what is at stake More than four years after the EU referendum that set it all in motion, the Brexit talks are finally coming to…

Read More The attorney general, who acted as Trump’s enforcer with apparent relish, ultimately wouldn’t help him steal an election If Dick Cheney gained notoriety as George W Bush’s “Darth Vader”, William Barr, the US attorney general, appeared a worthy successor as Donald Trump’s Lord of the Sith. Continue reading…The attorney general, who acted as…

Read More Petition calling for New Zealand PM to intervene has hit 120,000 signatures after helicopter pilots were charged over Whakaari disaster New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is facing calls to intervene in the prosecution of a former SAS soldier who led a daring helicopter mission to save tourists from White Island/Whakaari eruption. Pilot…

Read More On 21 December, the planets will align, appearing closer than they have since the middle ages, in what is being called a ‘Christmas kiss’ This year, stargazers will have the chance to see a Christmas “kiss” beneath interplanetary mistletoe when Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to one another and brighter than they…

Read MoreThe former Neighbours actor has consistently denied allegations raised by four women in Australia.The former Neighbours actor has consistently denied allegations raised by four women in Australia.

Read More Dr Yves Duroseau was one of five healthcare workers to receive the inoculation as frontline workers and nursing home residents get priority Dr Yves Duroseau spent this morning reflecting on the trying year he, his colleagues, and his city have been through. The head of emergency medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan,…

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Read More Controversial move angers opposition lawmakers who support sending leaflets criticising the Pyongyang regime South Korea’s parliament has approved contentious legislation criminalizing the flying of propaganda leaflets by balloon toward North Korea, despite fierce criticism that the country is sacrificing freedom of expression to improve ties with the rival North. The legislation passed with…