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Misreported deaths, slow vaccination and presidential lies: Venezuela’s COVID crisis

The South American country’s fight against coronavirus has been limited by the missteps of an authoritarian regime

By Cristóbal Picón

/ 22 Jun 2021

Misreported deaths, slow vaccination and presidential lies: Venezuela’s COVID crisis

Joe Biden is fixing social care whilst Boris Johnson won’t even talk about it

Investment in social infrastructure makes sound economic sense – but Downing Street would rather leave women to pick up the pieces

By Sarah Bedford and Dan Button

/ 21 Jun 2021

Joe Biden is fixing social care whilst Boris Johnson won’t even talk about it

Are countries fulfilling the promise of the Violence and Harassment Convention?

As countries slowly sign up to this landmark legislation, a new report tries to help China move further down the path

By Aaron Halegua and Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee

/ 21 Jun 2021

Are countries fulfilling the promise of the Violence and Harassment Convention?

Tunisia’s healthcare system, like its politics, neglects the poorest in society

Recruiting patients from disadvantaged areas to regulate services would put power into the hands of ordinary people and help address stubborn inequality

By Olfa Lamloum and Mariam Abdel Baky

/ 21 Jun 2021

Tunisia’s healthcare system, like its politics, neglects the poorest in society

'We’ll start a fight and then figure it out': the life and death of a Russian new media

News website VTimes was forced to close down after Putin’s laws make life increasingly difficult for independent media. We spoke to them to find out why

By Ilya Yablokov

/ 21 Jun 2021

'We’ll start a fight and then figure it out': the life and death of a Russian new media

Why it’s important to see displaced people as more than just ‘refugees’

Whether to evoke sympathy or stigma, the ways that Syrians in Lebanon are represented help compound exclusion and obscure connections

By Alexandra Kassir and Hala Abou Zaki

/ 20 Jun 2021

Why it’s important to see displaced people as more than just ‘refugees’

COVID-19 is a bigger threat than war. So why isn’t it funded the same?

With rising mutations, catastrophe looms unless powerful states stop being so inward-looking and cooperate to achieve global vaccination

By Paul Rogers

/ 19 Jun 2021

COVID-19 is a bigger threat than war. So why isn’t it funded the same?

Voter suppression Lib Dem style in the Chesham and Amersham by-election

Tactical voting played its part in the victory too – but can the Lib Dems rely on these tricks in future?

By Seth Thévoz

/ 18 Jun 2021

Voter suppression Lib Dem style in the Chesham and Amersham by-election

Boris Johnson accused of attack on democracy over plan to ‘neuter’ watchdog

Exclusive: Proposed hike in power for Tory MPs and ban on UK commission prosecuting election fraud is ‘a real concern in a developed democracy’

By Peter Geoghegan and Martin Williams

/ 18 Jun 2021

Boris Johnson accused of attack on democracy over plan to ‘neuter’ watchdog

Armenia goes to the polls – and its future hangs in the balance

In the shadow of last year’s war with Azerbaijan and the return of the country’s old guard, it’s a decisive weekend for a fractured electorate

By Knar Khudoyan and Constance Léon

/ 18 Jun 2021

Armenia goes to the polls – and its future hangs in the balance

Is the DUP trying to bring down power-sharing in Northern Ireland?

The hardline Unionist party has never liked working with Nationalists. Does it want to end the Good Friday Agreement altogether?

By Peter McColl

/ 18 Jun 2021

Is the DUP trying to bring down power-sharing in Northern Ireland?

The Lib Dem victory in Chesham and Amersham is a disaster for Starmer

If Ed Davey’s party can so easily knock a dent in the blue wall, then why can’t Labour?

By Adam Ramsay

/ 18 Jun 2021

The Lib Dem victory in Chesham and Amersham is a disaster for Starmer