Russia vows to protect its interests from a remote outpost as global warming opens up the Arctic. Source link
Year: 2021
Gaza’s health ministry says at least 227 people, including 102 children and women, have been killed in Israeli strikes since the hostilities between Palestinian militants and Israel began on 10 May. In Israel 12 people, including two children, have been killed in Palestinian rocket attacks, its medical service says. Source […]
The French retailer has expanded massively in Kenya but a tribunal has found it guilty of unfair practices. Source link
Thousands of Venezuelans have fled their country in the past month. They are running away from intense armed clashes which involve Venezuela’s army and Colombia’s rebel groups. Refugees say they were pushed out of their homes by the military and describe human rights abuses, disappearances and home break-ins. A prominent […]
Vietnam is one of the biggest producers and exporters of rice in the world, but the livelihood of some farmers is under threat. Seawater intrusion has long been a problem in the low-lying Mekong Delta, where more than half of the country’s rice is grown. During the dry season, the […]
The US also lifted sanctions on a Vladimir Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project. Source link
The family of a young woman from London, murdered in Pakistan, has appealed for justice in an interview with the BBC. 25-year-old Mayra Zulfiqar was shot in Lahore earlier this month. Police are investigating allegations she was being threatened by two men whose marriage proposals she had rejected. No arrests […]
A Thai man describes what it is like working in southern Israel when militants in Gaza fire rockets. Source link
New laws in France have increased police powers at a time when their use of force is under scrutiny. Source link
My mind went back to 2013, when I had first taken an interest in Bitcoin. In a report for Radio 4’s PM programme, I had bought a pizza for 0.5 BTC, a tortuous process which had not seemed worth the £30 it cost back then – of course, at today’s […]