Hunter Biden
10 Dec 2020
Hunter Biden said he is under investigation for potential tax violations. The president-elect's son has been a frequent target of Donald Trump and Republicans during the presidential election campaign.
17 Oct 2020
French papers react with resignation to the 9pm curfew announced by the government. As protests over police brutality continue in Nigeria, an op-ed in the Daily Trust argues that the Nigerian police force is a vestige of colonial rule that must be fully reformed. In the US, Facebook and Twitter are under scrutiny for anti-conservative bias after the companies limited access to a disputed New York Post story about Joe Biden's son. And a public service announcement featuring an elderly woman holding up her middle finger gets pulled in Berlin, but only after making its point!
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East Africa has been ramping up efforts to expose its citizens to Chinese culture - particularly through language. In Kenya Mandarin is offered as a selective language in the national curriculum, while in Uganda it’s now a compulsory subject in some schools. But is this simply an exchange of cultures, or is there more to it?
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Since France began its military withdrawal from Mali, many social media posts have been misleading. Reports assert that Mali is negotiating with the Russian private military company Wagner. One photo on Facebook from November 10 claims that a Wagner military instructor is training Malian soldiers. Another photo from November 20 claims that Mali received a delivery of military equipment from Russia. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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Germany, the Czech Republic and the UK are the latest countries to confirm cases of the omicron variant. The new strain that was first detected in South Africa has prompted governments around the world to re-introduce travel restrictions.
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Since September, the name Evergrande has caused panic on stock exchanges around the world. Paralysed by $300 billion in debt (€260 billion), or the equivalent of 2 percent of Chinese GDP, the country's second-largest real estate developer is now threatening Chinese growth. Evergrande has more than 1,300 construction projects across China, as well as financial products, electric cars, livestock, bottled water and even a football club.
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In his seventh collaboration with actress Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar focuses on two very different experiences of motherhood. Critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why "Parallel Mothers" draws some outstanding performances and how society seems to be catching up with Almodóvar's explorations of the diversity of the human condition.
