The clock is ticking on the continuing existence of the EU. Image credit: Christian Wiediger on Unsplash The French president Emmanuel Macron recently fired a warning shot across the bow of the European ship of state. He said that without … Read More
OCHA/Gemma Cortes – Dioximar Guevara lives with her five children in San Felix, a slum of Puerto Ordaz, the main city in Bolívar, Venezuela, where poverty runs deep. United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take … Read More
Germany’s foreign minister took aim at the EU’s approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has … Read More
In this April 25, 2020 photo provided by IOM Niger, some of nearly 100 Nigeriens arrive in Assamaka, Niger, on foot from Algeria and now must be quarantined for two weeks at the remote Sahara border settlement, where water is … Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has modified his executive orders related to COVID-19 to eliminate confinement as a punishment for violating the orders. The governor says that the modifications are being applied retroactively and in his announcement highlighted particular cases … Read More
Professor Neil Ferguson speaks at a news conference in London, England, on January 22. (CNN) A leading epidemiologist who advised the UK government on its coronavirus response resigned from his government post on Tuesday after the Telegraph newspaper reported he … Read More
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force. —AP With much of the country now under quarantine, the nation desperately needs reliable information about the coronavirus. Unfortunately, politics has infected much of the mainstream media’s … Read More