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All 400,000 gowns flown from Turkey for NHS fail UK standards
Last month, amid dire warnings of shortages of personal protective equipment for health workers, ministers publicised the imminent arrival from Turkey…
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Tonight’s ‘supermoon’ is a great opportunity for photographers
Tonight, they may finally get an image of a full moon, one of a handful they still need to document…
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Finding endless video calls exhausting?
With much of the world in lockdown, our time spent on video calls has risen rapidly. Andre Spicer The Conversation…
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Independent broadcaster ABS-CBN shut down by Philippines Government in ‘crushing blow’ to press freedom
The National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN, one of the country’s oldest and most influential networks, to stop operating after its…
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Environmentalists urge countries to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns cleaner and greener
One striking effect of the shutdown of much of normal human activity in recent weeks has been something of re-emergence…
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Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate, study says
Green economy recovery packages for the coronavirus crisis will repair the global economy and put the world on track to tackle…
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WHO says has no proof from US on ‘speculative’ Wuhan lab claims
“We have not received any data or specific evidence from the United States government relating to the purported origin of…
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‘Compelling evidence’ logging native forests has worsened Australian bushfires, scientists warn
A group of senior Australian scientists have warned in an international journal that logging native forests makes fire more severe…
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Coronavirus: Irish donate to hard-hit Native Americans to repay famine aid
A fundraiser to help Native Americans fight one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the United States has taken off in Ireland, with…
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Transgender people face discrimination, violence amid Latin American quarantines
It has happened before. Julia Symmes Cobb To keep crowds thin during the coronavirus quarantine, Colombian capital Bogota – like…
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Jury is out: why shifting to judge-alone trials is a flawed approach to criminal justice
The new law, which was cautiously welcomed by the state Criminal Bar Association, puts Victoria in line with other states that already…
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Yes, it is time to rethink our immigration intake – to put more focus on families
She noted in an article over the weekend that migration had been responsible for “over half of Australia’s economic growth”…
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Sweden’s male-only supper clubs…for feminists
But the concept isn’t without controversy. Maddy Savage BBC Few topics are off-limits at the male-only meetings attended by Swedish…
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Strategic Fail: Partnering with Turkey to counter Iran would misread the region
Reports suggest that officials are split between two options — forceful retaliation directly against Iran and more limited reprisals against…
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Interpreting Haftar’s Gambit in Libya
His proposal divided supporters; adversaries called it a coup. ICG To stop a power struggle, Haftar’s regional backers should press…
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Turkey and the Libyan and Syrian Civil Wars
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan saw this as an opportunity to further his perpetual quest for broad regional power By…
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