Editor's note: Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduate with an MSc degree in Contemporary Chinese Studies. His primary research interests are China's international relations and "socialism w
It's been several days since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he had decided to push the legislative elections set for 22 May to an indefinite date bu
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. /VCG Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague
There’s an old saw from Mark Twain about how truth is stranger than fiction, and I think it’s fair to say we’ve lived through a very strange reality this past year. With all the chao
U.S. President Joe Biden is seen after he delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. /Reuters U.S.
After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan.Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within t
For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19 patients, and sedatives needed to intubate patients dwindle
FILE PHOTO: Angolan health workers stand outside the Central Vaccine warehouse in Luanda, March 2, 2021. /VCG A total of 513,000 people have been vaccinated against the COVID-19, Angola's Heal
Two years ago, we talked with Lior Susan, the founder of now six-year-old Eclipse Ventures in Palo Alto, Ca. At the time, the outfit believed that the next big thing wasn’t another social networ
A study looking at seven million UK people finds the impact of a high BMI on the severity of COVID is worse at younger ages.
PSG's Kylian Mbappe (C) controls the ball during their Champions League semifinal clash with Manchester City at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, April 28, 2021. /CFP In a brillia
A family member of a COVID-19 patient pleads to the media for support in providing oxygen for the relative admitted at LNJP hospital in New Delhi, India, April 25, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:S
A family member of a COVID-19 patient pleads to the media for support in providing oxygen for the relative admitted at LNJP hospital in New Delhi, India, April 25, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:S
The Norwegian Health Ministry's top bureaucrat Bjørn-Inge Larsen has accused the European Infection Control Agency (ECDC) of having made "serious mistakes" during the p
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare professional is vaccinated against COVID-19 on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The World Health Organization and other partners
Apple has spent years reinforcing macOS with new security features to make it tougher for malware to break in. But a newly discovered vulnerability broke through most of macOS’ newer security pr
An electric vehicle at the 2020 International (Hefei) Energy Conservation and New Energy Automobile Exhibition in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, September 4, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:
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