Online platforms have shown consent in adopting “an industry-wide code of practice” which would reduce the “spread of misinformation online”. Canberra is inching towards turning a “bill into law” and it remains firm as not to “alter legislation” whereby making Google and Facebook pay “news outlets...

Israeli authorities have closed all Mediterranean beaches along 170 kilometres. The reason, says the weekly magazine Spiegel, was that the coastal waters were found to be polluted with oil products. The local authorities say it is one of the biggest disasters at sea in recent decades, killing many...

The signs of the covid-19 pandemic were much wider in Wuhan in China in December of 2019 than was thought previously, found the investigating team from the World Health Organization (WHO) that is in China to explore the origins of coronavirus in the country. The team is also urgently trying to get...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from the British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use. WHO data showed that the vaccine meets the necessary safety criteria and that its effectiveness outweighs the risks. "We now have everything we need to...

Italy's new government led by Mario Draghi has been sworn in. The ceremony, featuring the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the presidential Palace. The new cabinet included 23 ministers. Of these, nine are without portfolio. A number of ministers...

The television and radio regulator of China has banned the broadcasting of the British television news network BBC World News in the country this week. The television channel has been barred from telecasting any reports on coronavirus pandemic and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs in...

Mutations of the coronavirus will not trigger a new pandemic, but vigilance must be maintained. This opinion was expressed by Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais. According to Kluge, the emergence...

The novel coronavirus “most likely” first originated in animal prior to getting spread among humans, claimed an international team of scientists led by the World Health Organization. The team of scientists also dismissed the theories that the disease Covid-19 had been leaked or accidentally gone...

Amid the pandemic, rents in UK city centres have fallen while rents in some smaller towns and suburbs have risen. These are the findings of analysts at UK property sales and lettings website Rightmove. The strongest decline in rents over the year was noted in central London - down 12.4% to £2,200...