Month: October 2020

German media are reporting on a decision to put in place tough new measures from Monday, November 2, in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. But will the German people be […]

On Sunday evening the 12th World Health Summit was officially opened – due to COVID-19 fully digital. All sessions are exclusively online. Opening speaker Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said: “No-one is safe from COVID-19; no-one is safe until […]

Pakistan’s prime minister has appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisation amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday. In a letter, which the […]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko defied an ultimatum to surrender power by midnight on Sunday, challenging his opponents to make good on their threat to paralyse the country with a national strike. Eleven weeks after a […]

BERLIN — COVID-19 is the focus of the World Health Summit 2020, which begins on Sunday. Among the high-profile speakers at the three-day global health meeting are President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, EU Commission President Ursula von der […]

PARIS — France has recalled its ambassador to Turkey after the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan questioned the mental health of French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Erdoğan questioned Macron’s mental condition while criticizing the French President’s attitude […]

ABUJA — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday said he was closely following recent developments across Nigeria, in the wake of reports that protesters had been shot dead and wounded, and called for “an end to […]

MADRID — The Spanish government on Sunday agreed to declare a new state of emergency, which would allow a curfew to be imposed across the country as it continues to battle a resurgence of coronavirus cases. […]