World
Spare a thought for Syria during the coronavirus crisis
In northwest Syria, there are just 1,937 hospital beds to serve a population of three million people
Why does Britain lack the lockdown discipline of France?
Arguably no other country in the last half a century has undergone such a wholescale transformation of its national character than the British
Has Japan cracked coronavirus?
After a brief flurry of postponements and cancellations, life seems to be going on pretty much as usual
What if half the UK population already has coronavirus?
An Italian study published yesterday suggests that between 50 percent and 75 percent of those infected show no symptoms
Iceland has good and bad news about the coronavirus
Researchers have found 40 mutations of the coronavirus in Iceland alone
Abolish the World Health Organization
The WHO has become another pointless organization pandering to the world’s worst actors
France’s downward spiral of coronavirus repression
French ‘confinement’ is now approaching house arrest for its 67 million citizens
Iran’s coronavirus tragedy is depressingly predictable
Times are tough. But then they always are
Boris Johnson had little choice but to impose a coronavirus crackdown
Failure to act decisively now would levy a much bigger toll
Will coronavirus revive liberalism — or deliver it a fatal blow?
Some politicians, despite what they might have hoped, are only ever remembered for one thing. Coronavirus could easily become that ‘one thing’ for today’s leaders
Why is the coronavirus mortality rate so much lower in Germany?
The main difference between Germany and Italy lies in those countries’ respective attitudes towards testing
My life as a French prisoner of coronavirus ‘war’
On my small fifth floor apartment I’ve devised a daily exercise routine using packs of bottled water as dumbbells and an extension cable as a skipping rope
Should ‘Spanish flu’ have been known as ‘American flu’?
Some victims were dead within 12 hours of their first symptoms of Spanish flu
Living in an Italy consumed by fear
Right now, the death rate from coronavirus in Italy is more than 8 percent
Beijing’s attempts to elude blame for the Wuhan virus will backfire
The Trump administration will vigorously defend itself against the CCP’s smear campaign
Waiting for corona in Poland
A poxy virus cannot equal the debilitating consequences of partitioning, Hitler and the Soviets
The worst thing about having coronavirus
I have felt worse than this, but not often
Does Israel’s coronavirus crackdown go too far?
Police wearing white smocks and protective gear now tour the streets in an attempt to hunt down quarantine evaders and detain them
In Britain, coronavirus will be a test of trust
If the UK gets it wrong, then the nature of the relationship between the citizen and the state will be changed for at least a generation
Coronavirus is pushing Macron’s government to breaking point
Will the French way of life ever recover?
In Italy, the novelty of house arrest has worn off
The highlight of my day is a sanctioned trip to the supermarket
We are about to find out how robust civilization is
The hardships ahead will be like nothing we have ever known
Brexit, Boris and the battle to be Labour leader: Lisa Nandy interviewed
Will the Wigan MP be the one to change the opposition party?
Time to ban wet markets
China’s rampant consumption of exotic animals and lack of hygiene standards is far from above criticism
How Mao’s medicine made modern China
While Mao’s intent was to mobilize the masses from the bottom up, the party response to COVID-19 runs largely in the opposite direction
