UK loses faith in government over virus: poll
While confidence in governments is sliding among almost all of the world’s economies, a new poll found the British public to be the most skeptical...
Germany finally splurges, but not without fresh criticism
Under pressure from its European peers for years to spend more, Germany has finally served up a bumper stimulus package financed with new debt, but...
Indonesia capital tentatively eases some coronavirus restrictions
The governor of Indonesia’s capital announced on Thursday the easing of some coronavirus restrictions though he warned that the fight against the outbreak was far...
Some Israeli settlers hit out at Trump-backed annexation plan
Israel’s intention to annex parts of the occupied West Bank is being challenged by Jewish settlers who might have been expected to cheer the plan...
Trash is treasure as Myanmar environmentalist turns food scraps into fertiliser
To most people in Myanmar, food waste is nothing but garbage, and that attitude leaves Inda Soe Aung baffled....
Hong Kong passes China national anthem bill amid protests by democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of China’s national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing’s...
Russia gets more U.S. ventilators as coronavirus cases climb
A planeload of 150 ventilators arrived in Russia from the United States on Thursday, Washington’s embassy in Moscow said, to help fight the novel coronavirus...
Tata Steel workers at Dutch plant vote to strike
Employees at Tata Steel’s Dutch plant in IJmuiden on Thursday voted to go on strike over planned job cuts and the plant’s further integration with...
Fundraisers say donations to Biden surge as George Floyd protests sweep country
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his allies have seen donations swell in recent days, several top fundraisers said, as protests against the police killing...
Villagers in Togo mourn homes swallowed by the sea
The Togolese coastal community of Baguida has always had the ocean at its doorstep, but the waves have lapped higher and higher in recent years,...