Afghanistan Whistleblower accuses UK of wasting time during Kabul airlift Serious shortcomings in how then-Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and ministry handled evacuation, whistleblower claims 2 min. 07.12.2021
Covid-19 Crunch time for South African hospitals as Omicron cases soar Severe symptoms in patients who contracted earlier variants typically developed between one and three weeks after they were diagnosed 3 min. 06.12.2021
opinion Brazil's pioneering solution to vaccine shortages Vaccines for the world: intellectual property and the global crisis 5 min. 03.12.2021
pandemic Key Omicron findings may be known in days, WHO scientist says Some 450 researchers around the world have begun work to isolate the highly mutated variant 4 min. 03.12.2021
fuel China may raise coal contract prices in 2022 after squeeze The proposed rate is well below price records set earlier this fall, but above historic norms 03.12.2021
Covid-19 OECD warns Omicron may intensify supply shortages and inflation Central banks must be ready to act if price pressures broaden and become self-reinforcing 2 min. 01.12.2021
money China’s financial pledge to Africa falls after debt traps criticisms Beijing has hit back against criticism in recent years, saying no foreign asset has ever been seized by China to repay a Chinese loan 2 min. 30.11.2021
US-China relations China won’t invite US politicians to Olympics, report says Country's plan not to extend invites for February games comes after President Joe Biden said he’s weighing a diplomatic boycott of the event 2 min. 29.11.2021
pandemic Urgent push to gauge Omicron threat on claim symptoms mild Governments around the world are banning travellers from southern Africa, where the variant was first detected 4 min. 29.11.2021
Covid-10 Europe closes to southern Africa with fear of variant growing Luxembourg imposes Covid test and quarantine on people who have stayed in southern Africa prior to arriving in the Grand Duchy 4 min. 26.11.2021
