Last week, the UK announced new rules mandating that travelers from 17 countries do not have to self-isolate if they are fully vaccinated when they arrive in the UK. India […]
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Back to news homeWho will be Japan’s next prime minister?
Japan’s minister for vaccines and reform, Taro Kono, is way ahead of his rivals for the job as head of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) when party members […]
Afghanistan: Girls’ education faces bleak future under Taliban rule
Girls in Afghanistan will have to wait longer to resume studies at secondary schools after the Taliban announced this week that first the group must “finalize things.” They will then allow girls to return to […]
Opinion: Small-scale farmers must control our food system
The Food Systems Summit in New York is supposed to come up with a global strategy to fight hunger and feed a rapidly growing world population. But it’s focused too much on the […]
Orban-backed football club causing a stir in Slovakia
It’s a powder keg of a game day in Dunajska Streda – population 25,000 – a small, ethnic Hungarian city tucked away in southern Slovakia. The city’s football club, DAC, […]
Humboldt Forum tackles colonial issue with new museums
Even before opening, Berlin’s Humboldt Forum was embroiled in controversy for years. Beyond the public backlash related to its building costs of €680 million ($800 million), the state-of-the-art museum has been at […]
Coronavirus: Is India entering the final stage of pandemic?
With COVID infections in India steadily decreasing, epidemiologists and virologists are more optimistic that the Indian health system will be able to better manage caseloads moving forward. In an interview […]
COVID: New rules for the unvaccinated in Germany
German health authorities have decided on Wednesday that starting on November 1, the unvaccinated will not receive compensation for lost pay if coronavirus measures forced them to quarantine. This will affect […]
UN: Biden urges unity as world faces ‘decisive decade’
The United Nations General Assembly in New York opened for in-person debate for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday, with US President Joe Biden warning of a “decisive decade.” […]
Canada: Trudeau declares victory in snap election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to win the most seats in Canada’s snap election, according to incomplete results on Tuesday. However, the ruling party fell short of securing a majority government […]