Fast fashion: The dumping ground for unwanted clothes
Countries in West Africa are said to be drowning under the weight of waste shipped to their shores.
Germany’s decision to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine for use in over 65 year olds has been welcomed, by the German Society for Immunology. Dr Carsten Watzl told BBC World News: “Given the data that came out of Scotland and England it’s been proven that it is effective and there is no question about the safety…
A lack of trained doctors, nurses and support staff is affecting the ability of large scale hospitals to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, a doctor treating coronavirus patients in the state of Gujarat has said. Dr Devashish Palkar, who is in his final year of training to be a psychiatrist told BBC World News that…
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen meets terrified families running from civil war in Yemen.
The much-anticipated third season of Call of Duty: Warzone has been released, resetting the title to a 1980s-based storyline. Publisher Activision recently revealed that the online game had attracted more than 100 million players. BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak spoke exclusively to Rob Kostich, the firm’s president, about keeping those players interested in the free-to-play first-person…
LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Uber says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions after losing a legal battle around workers’ rights A series of mindfulness videos designed to help children and families combat stress around online learning, screen time…
Hundreds of migrants have gathered at a crossing on the Poland-Belarus border but are being stopped from entering the EU by Polish troops. The EU has accused Belarus of pushing migrants towards its eastern borders to undermine security, a charge it denies. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from the scene, where the migrants are trapped…