Amazon has sued New York’s top prosecutor over her probe of the firm’s response to Covid-19 safety concerns, including its firing of workers who spoke out with concerns. The company…
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Covid: Germany to halt travel from Czech Republic and Tyrol
Germany is to ban travel across some of its borders, after the interior ministry said Austria’s Tyrol region and the Czech Republic were now classed as coronavirus “mutation areas”. Austrian…
Covid Crunch: UK economy shrank by a record 9.9% in 2020
UK economy suffered record annual slump in 2020. The UK economy shrank by a record 9.9% last year as coronavirus restrictions hit output, official figures show. The contraction in 2020…
Sour Relationships: EU states expel three Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat
Germany, Poland and Sweden have each expelled a Russian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move after Russia expelled three diplomats from those countries. The Kremlin accused the three EU diplomats of…
Sour Relationships: Russia expels European diplomats over Navalny protests
Russia has expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland for joining protests in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The Russian foreign ministry said the three took part in…
Sour Relationship: Russia warns EU over sanctions
Russia is ready to sever ties with the EU if the bloc imposes new, economically painful sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. The EU has raised the prospect of…
Italian Throne: Mario Draghi sworn in as new prime minister
From heading the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has been sworn-in as Italy’s next prime minister. Mr Draghi put together a unity government of the main political parties, following the…
Entertainment: Amazon plans a remake of Mr and Mrs Smith
Form being a movie to being a series, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover are going to star in a reboot of 2005 film Mr and Mrs Smith. The original movie,…
Japan : Powerful earthquake rocks Fukushima weeks from disaster anniversary
A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, on Saturday, just weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the deadly 2011 tsunami. The 7.3-magnitude quake was felt strongly in…
Covid-19: South Africa reopening border crossings
Reports from South Africa say that the country will on Monday the 15th of January 2021 reopen 20 of its land border crossings that were shut last month to try…