China’s annual congress has approved government plans to reduce democratic representation in Hong Kong’s elections, following a wave of pro-democracy activism in the region.In the latest move to tighten control of Hong Kong, a pro-Chinese…
A year ago, the Italian city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region was the epicentre of Europe's first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was in the city to…
Just ten years after Syrians first took to the streets to protest against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, Cuffnews spoke to Syrian journalist and activist Wafa Ali Mustafa who was part of the uprising…
Thailand has delayed the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, joining a number of European countries to do so after reports of blood clots in some people. A media event where Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha…
Italy recorded 502 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, its highest daily number since late January.The country's death toll from the pandemic now stands at 103,001, according to the Health Ministry. This is the highest tally in…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will send an emergency security force to the indigenous reserve of Cana Brava in the northeastern state of Maranhao to protect the Guajajara tribe after two members were shot dead over…
A Bangladeshi satellite television station has hired the country’s first transgender news anchor, saying it hopes the appointment will help change society.Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who previously worked as a rights activist and actress, debuted on…
Politicians using social media to sow seeds of doubt in an election process and make unfounded claims of fraud is a familiar story in the United States, but it has now also been making an…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that there is no link between the Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clotting in patients.In a fresh statement to Cuffnews the WHO said: "As of today, there is…
As the European Commission gets ready to present a proposal to allow vaccinated people to freely travel across the bloc, countries such as Greece have already started working on their own vaccine passports.Determined to open…
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