“UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world”, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan’s sleeve and administered… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Environment
The Social Life of Forests, The New York Times Magazine, December 6, 2020
The earth, in… Continue reading
“Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, With Worse Likely to Come”, The New York Times
Sabrina Tavernise, Sheila Kaplan and
With cases in the U.S. blowing past the spring… Continue reading
“Michael Flynn’s firing: A lie, a leak, and then a liability”, NBC News
By Carol E. Lee, Dec. 3, 2020
Inside the 25 days that shook the Trump presidency.
WASHINGTON — Michael… Continue reading
“Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai charged with fraud”, The Guardian
Helen Davidosn, Taipei, 3 Dec 2020
Lai, whose newspaper Apple daily was raided by police this year, is denied bail… Continue reading
“Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud’, Associated Press
By Michael Balsamo, December 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Disputing President Donald Trump’s persistent, baseless claims, Attorney General William Barr… Continue reading
“11m children under five at risk of extreme hunger or starvation across eleven countries”, Reliefweb
News and Press Release, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Save the Children International, London, 30 Nov… Continue reading
“UN Warns of an Impending Famine With Millions in Danger of Starvation”, Inter Press Service
By Thalif Deen, News and Views from the Global South, Rome, Nov 27 2020