Author: Matthew Cullen

Plus India and the W.H.O. clash over the accounting of Covid’s death toll.

Plus the world has now surpassed 500 million known Covid cases.

Plus, Japan takes a step away from its pacifist identity and South Korea eases restrictions.

Plus Macron and Le Pen move to the runoff for the French presidency.

Plus Asia’s disappearing Covid rules and the Taliban’s reversal on girls’ schools.

Plus Pfizer’s plan to send Covid pills to poor countries and efforts to unseat Pakistan’s leader.

Plus China’s new Covid strategy and concerns of world hunger.

Plus Omicron’s impact in the South Pacific and the struggles of the French Greens.

Plus South Korea is set to elect a new president and Afghan smugglers flourish.

Plus new research warning of a drier Amazon and Xi’s relationship with Putin.