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Chinese aid is unloaded from a plane in Haiti, one of many shipments of medical supplies by Beijing to combat the coronavirus
World
10.08.2024
China's virus diplomacy: global saviour or 'Wolf Warrior'?
The Muslim holy city of Mecca is to remain under cororonavirus curfew and indoor prayers will continue to be banned but in the rest of Saudi Arabia the authorities are bringing two months of stringent restrictions to an end
World
10.08.2024
Saudi Arabia to end virus curfew from June 21
The coronavirus pandemic has hammered Latin America, with Brazil the latest epicentre of the disease
World
10.08.2024
WHO stops hydroxychloroquine trials over safety concerns
Corruption convictions nearly doubled last year in China as President Xi Jinping ramped up his crackdown on graft
World
10.08.2024
Corruption convictions nearly double in China over last year
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Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab (pictured January 2020) asked the country's Supreme Court "to determine if the Voluntad Popular political organization is a terrorist organization"
World 10.08.2024
Venezuela attorney general seeks to declare Guaido party 'terrorist organization'
Media companies in Australia are accused of breaching a gag order on the trial of Cardinal George Pell
World 10.08.2024
Australian media to be tried for contempt over Pell reporting
Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour joined a galaxy of African talent for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic
World 10.08.2024
Galaxy of African stars hold virtual coronavirus concert
Living conditions for many migrant workers in the Maldives are tough
World 10.08.2024
Virus traps poor foreign workers in deserted Maldives
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (pictured May 24, 2020), who regularly rails against the mainstream media, occasionally stops outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia to speak to the press, but the informal event has turned tense at times
World 10.08.2024
Top Brazil media end coverage of presidential doorstop
Egyptian historian Khaled Fahmy says his top concern now is that, as many countries start re-opening their borders, their citizens will be subjected to ever more rigorous forms of governmental scrutiny
World 10.08.2024
A world redrawn: Egypt historian Khaled Fahmy sees rising surveillance state
South Africa's Pieter-Steph du Toit was linked with a move to Montpellier
World 10.08.2024
Top 14 rugby clubs' financial 'bubble bursts' due to COVID-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (pictured May 24, 2020) has touted the supposed benefits of hydroxychloroquine and a related drug, chloroquine, against the new coronavirus
World 10.08.2024
Brazil stands by hydroxychloroquine despite WHO
Intertwining hoof paths by a million migrating antelope across the underexplored landscape of South Sudan
World 10.08.2024
South Sudan: an unexplored Eden of biodiversity
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