The pandemic that cannot be forgotten

The day is 17 February. Police pours into downtown Ottawa, beginning a crackdown on the nearly three-week occupation of Canada’s capital by hundreds of truckers part of the “Freedom Convoy.” Several arrests are made, including of the two…

Two years into the pandemic, the whole world is looking back to take stock of lessons learned and possible ways forward. While the Western and the wealthiest countries are assessing vaccine efficacy against newer variants and are…

The Latin American continent has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, both economically and socially. The International Monetary Fund  reported that the region’s GDP declined by 7% in 2020. While in 2021 the region has experienced a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has been a political phenomenon in India, despite it being one of the most fragmented and competitive democratic environments in the world. His first national election victory in 2014 gave his…

Due morti e due aborti. E' il bilancio ufficiale dell'ultima quarantena di Xi'an, l'antica città imperiale travolta tra dicembre e gennaio da un’ondata di Covid-19. La più intensa registrata dalla Cina negli ultimi due anni. Un bilancio da…