Having to stay at home during the Covid pandemic has been tough on millions of people around the world.
The restrictions have hampered training for elite athletes, especially ahead of Tokyo 2020.
But some managed to keep themselves in shape through new and unusual methods.
The United States is not an honest broker in the Israel-Gaza conflict, John Dugard, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur to the UNHCR has said. He told BBC World News: “I think it has become very clear that the US is not an honest broker. First of all there’s the evidence provided by the failure…
A former British diplomat and long-standing friend of Myanmar’s elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, says he has heard nothing from her since she was put under house arrest. Sir Robert Cooper told BBC World News: “I don’t know how she is. She’s kind of use to this. She doesn’t give in easily, but what…
In the United States a person’s willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 varies by religious affiliation, with white evangelicals being the least likely demographic to get the vaccine, the Pew Research Centre has found. Nine out of ten atheists would definitely or probably get a vaccine or have already had one, compared to 77% of…
Anyone piloting a drone usually needs to keep it in sight, but new technology will make it easier to pilot them remotely from hundreds of miles away. BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at how the technology could transform our lives. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
US President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care has left some commentators comparing him to the Franklin D Roosevelt, said Dr Thomas Gift. Roosevelt’s New Deal economic plan helped pull the US out of recession in the 1930s, but Dr Gift, an associate professor, at the UCL Centre on US…
Indonesian president Joko Widodo has spoken of his country’s struggle with the pandemic earlier this year, describing how hospitals and facilities could not cope. Speaking exclusively to the BBC’s Asia presenter Karishma Vaswani, Mr Widodo said that the situation in the country had greatly improved and steps were being taken to address discrepancies in facilities…
