In April, British Prime MinisterBoris Johnsonbecame one of the first high-profile world leaders to contract the novel coronavirus. He was hospitalized for about a week, including several nervous days…
In the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnsonclaimed his government was “following the science” at every step of its plan. But as the virus resurges and asecond wave of…
Boris Johnson has announced this week some new easing of lockdown measures in England. Under the new rules, pubs, cafes, restaurants can reopen for regular business. Previously, restaurants and cafes…
DECEMBER 2019 – PREHISTORY
In days of yore, when no one knew the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic – apart from epidemiologists, whose job title nobody could yet…
Even before the coronavirus hitBritain, exhaustion, anxiety, and stress were already endemic in the country's overstretched National Health Service. Then came the government’s mishandling of the…
The Yemeni militant group is proving to be a stubborn adversary, and Trump doesn't want anything to detract from his visit to the Gulf next week, where he plans to make a 'big' announcement
China has been quietly working to rewrite the rules of global trade and finds itself in a strong position in the current trade war launched by Washington. A look around the world shows why.
Israel wants the total dismantlement and scrapping of all Iranian nuclear facilities, just like in Libya two decades ago. That is unrealistic for several reasons.
If history is any judge, Trump's tariffs and damaging actions towards US allies could speed up the emergence of a multipolar world, much like George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq