China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading US politicians over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese foreign ministry has dedicated most of its press briefings over the past week to rejecting accusations by US politicians, especially Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, that China had withheld information […] More
Luis Miguel Barbosa, the governor of the Mexican state of Puebla has claimed that poorer people are immune to Covid-19, while the president has told citizens to carry on as normal. Mr Barbosa made the comments in reaction to Mexican officials revealing that around 75 per ent of Mexico‘s 475 confirmed cases are related to people travelling internationally, […] More
The president of the European Commission has criticised EU member states for throwing up border controls to each other during the coronavirus pandemic. Ursula von der Leyen warned of “crucial equipment stuck in bottlenecks at borders for days” following the decisions to impose movement restrictions and export controls on vital medical equipment. Her call comes […] More
The European Union’s passportless Schengen area is spending its 35th anniversary effectively suspended and locked down, with temporary restrictions and border controls erected between its member countries because of the coronavirus pandemic. The border-free zone, named after the eponymous Luxembourg village where the agreement was signed, first came into effect on 26 March 1995 including just five countries: […] More
Voter turn out as low as 25% in Tehran and a 47% outside of capital More
The incident may be connected to an earlier stand-off between US and Syrian forces in the region More
Nancy Pelosi among those to highlight the issue, while UK representative says he hopes it is a case of ‘quality over quantity’ More
No UK government ministers were present in Munich after late cancellations More
