For the fourth time in three decades, a divided Italy has named a technocrat as its leader. Is Mario Draghi a model for nations shouldering huge debts? Street art depicting Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi dressed as a magician pulling a rabbit out of the hat,...
Emboldened by the COVID-19 pandemic, autocrats are strengthening their grip around the world as democracy steadily loses ground. Police arrest a pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong, China, 29 September 2019. (EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL) If you live in a country fully...
COVID-19 is not the world’s first pandemic, but the rush to develop vaccines for the disease is unusual for its speed and the big money for Big Pharma. A syringe in front of the logos of pharmaceutical companies that have developed COVID-19 vaccines, 29 January...
As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out around the world, there’s an unanswered question: Should it be an obligation for all of us to be vaccinated? A man receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 7 February 2021. (EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER)...
Winter can mean less light and trigger crippling seasonal depression. Confinement due to COVID-19 has made it harder for many people to cope. A young woman looks out of a window during the coronavirus pandemic. (Frank Hoermann/SVEN SIMON/picture-alliance/dpa/AP...