“The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability”, The Atlantic
James Hamblin, M.D., February 1, 2021
Somehow the coronavirus is rampaging through a city that was supposedly immune.
Even in… Continue reading
“Kremlin tries to downplay Navalny’s jailing as thousands arrested”, The Guardian
Andrew Roth in Moscow, 3 Feb 2021
Brutal crackdown on protesters by riot police follows opposition leader’s 32-month prison sentence… Continue reading
“China and Russia blocked the UN from condemning Myanmar’s military coup”, Business Insider
Bill Bostock, February 3, 2021
China and Russia have blocked the UN from condemning the ongoing military coup in Myanmar… Continue reading
“The Lady vanishes: Suu Kyi back under house arrest”, The Jakarta Post
Agence France-Presse, Bangkok, February 2, 2021
The Myanmar military’s detention of Aung San Suu Kyi during this week’s coup has… Continue reading
“Bidens pay their respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick as officer lies in honor at Capitol”, CNN
By Caroline Kelly and Jason Hoffman, February 2, 2021
(CNN) President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden… Continue reading
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I’m a survivor of sexual assault'”, BBC News
London, 2 February 2021
US Democratic politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said she is a survivor of sexual assault.
The congresswoman… Continue reading
“An Afghan mother’s wishes for her unborn baby girl”, UNICEF
Arifa Omid, Communication Associate, UNICEF Afghanistan.
My lovely baby, I haven’t met… Continue reading
“China Wants to Invest in the Arctic. Why Doesn’t Canada?”, The Walrus
By Gloria Dickie, Illustration by Min Gyo Chung The Walrus Founation, Toronto, Jan. 29, 2021… Continue reading
“Study finds that Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro carried out an ‘institutional strategy to spread the coronavirus’”, EL PAÍS
Eliane Brum, Madrid, 29 Jan 2021
Investigation by NGO Conectas Derechos Humanos and São Paulo University has sought out the… Continue reading
“The Observer view on the vaccine dispute with Brussels”, The Observer
Observer Editorial, London, 31 Jan 2021
Making a scapegoat of Britain can’t disguise the EU’s shambolic response to Covid-19 vaccine… Continue reading