RFI — Fifty journalists were killed in connection with their work this year from January 1 to December 15, most of them deliberately targeted, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders... Read more »
CAIRO – Iraqi state TV announced Tuesday the country is suffering from a major electricity crisis following the drastic reduction of natural gas supplies by Iran, from 50 million to 5 million... Read more »
VOA — Britain must vaccinate 2 million people a week to avoid a third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has... Read more »
DW — The US president-elect said that many of America’s security agencies had been “hollowed out” under Trump. He called the lack of information “irresponsibility” and said his team was facing political... Read more »
VOA — On the penultimate day of 2019, health authorities in Wuhan, China, issued an urgent notice. Hospitals in the city had seen several patients with a “pneumonia of unknown cause.” Medical... Read more »
DW — Coronavirus outbreaks in prisons and jails in the United States have been widespread. But inmates have been neglected as policymakers determine who should be prioritized for vaccinations. Inmates of US... Read more »
BBC — China will overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast, a report says. The UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital, Tehran, after heavy snowfall, state media reported Saturday,... Read more »
BBC — If we were to create a time capsule of objects that captured life in 2020, what might we choose? Read more »
VOA — Two climbers were killed and two others injured Friday on a mountain outside Iran’s capital, Tehran, during heavy snowfall and a blizzard, the country’s emergency unit said. Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman... Read more »