China and Taiwan recently took their diplomatic relationship to the new level at a reception in Fiji. The Taiwanese government has accused two Chinese officials of attempting to photograph and intimidate guests, and assaulting a Taiwanese official, after the officials gate-crashed an event celebrating Taiwan’s National Day in Suva, the capital of Fiji. Beijing has […]
Several churches have been set on fire by groups of arsonists amid protests in the capital of Chile. https://twitter.com/Ruptly/status/1318182612884541440 Protestors had gathered in Santiago to mark the one year anniversary of anti-government protests which took place last year with widespread rioting and robbery at the time, and reportedly causing the death of up to 30 people. Yesterday […]
A history teacher has been beheaded in a shocking terror attack in the Paris suburb of Conflans Sainte-Honorine. Samuel Paty, 47, was attacked in broad daylight yesterday afternoon outside his school. His assailant, an 18-year old man of Chechen origin shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is Great” as he attacked Mr Paty while wielding a large knife. . French […]
The New York Post has released new emails indicating that Hunter Biden negotiated lucrative deals with China’s largest private energy firm, one of which he said was “interesting for me and my family”, and “for introductions alone”.
The New York Post is the third largest domestic newspaper in the United States by circulation. It’s a tabloid, founded in 1801, and could best be described as sort of an American equivalent to The Sun. A tabloid, but a real newspaper – not comedy publication like, say, the National Enquirer. Yesterday it ran a […]
A 25 year-old Nevada man has reportedly contracted covid-19 for the second time, with the latest infection allegedly being more severe than the first. According to the report in the Lancet, the man had “no known immune disorders”. However, on the 25th of March, around the peak of the pandemic, he first noticed a wave […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says the world won’t return to normal until “a lot of people” take a second “super-effective” coronavirus vaccine.
Euthanasia is currently legal for Dutch children over 12 who are given parental consent, and for babies up to a year old whose parents choose for them to be euthanised due to severe pain. 16 and 17-year olds do not need to attain parental consent, but must simply inform them of their decision.
A fairly extraordinary statement for any politician to make, this, but worth reading, in the context of the ongoing mud-flinging match that is the US Presidential election: My thoughts on the current state of our politics: pic.twitter.com/oYY4zlX6ZP — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) October 13, 2020 He’s right, of course – it is terrible. Whether one is […]
The British Prime Minister has warned that the speedy development of a covid-19 vaccine cannot be taken for granted. Boris Johnson told the British parliament on Monday that while there were “hopeful signs” that a vaccine would be developed, he warned that it could not be taken for granted. “There are some very hopeful signs not least […]
Confession: I’m one of those people who switches the channel during an Attenborough documentary when there’s a danger that the Lions are about to catch and eat the poor little antelope. Obviously, you don’t want the Lions to go hungry, and for their own cute little cubs to starve, but at the same time…. Is […]
A person is defined to be living in extreme poverty if they are living on less than $1.90 a day. A new report from the World Bank, which provides funding and training to developing countries, has said that they estimate that the economic contractions caused by COVID-19 will cause the number of people living in […]