Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years, from 1953 to 2022. Join us on a trip back through history to discover our favourite facts about the Queen. 1. Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 To parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and...
Over 80 people in about 12 European countries have been infected with Monkeypox. The first reported case in the UK was on 7th May 2022 from a patient who recently visited Nigeria. Since then, the UK has confirmed over 20 cases. Monkeypox is spread by contact. Monkeypox can spread from close contact with infected people....
Emmanuel Macron has accused election rival Marine Le Pen of hatching a secret plan to drag France out of the EU. The French President has cast this months’ showdown as a Brexit-style referendum on his country’s membership. His remarks come with polls showing a run-off contest between the pair is much closer than five years...
When the war ended, the country resembled a wasteland. Air raids had flattened almost all industrial structures, and infrastructure was rendered unusable and large cities bombed out. Russian-led forces occupied the east, with millions fleeing their brutality. But West Germany’s economy recovered strongly after 1945, in what would soon be coined the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle). Unlike Nazi...
It has been a month since Russia was heavily sanctioned following its aggressive invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions led to a sharp fall of ruble, but since Russia declared to sell its oil using the ruble, Russia’s currency has bounced back up against the dollar to the levels last seen before the invasion of Ukraine. The...
The claims of COVID-19’s new variant – Omicron initially announced to have started in South Africa have been denied as the virus was already in the Netherlands, Europe before it was detected by South African scientists. The claims led to nations banning flights from Southern African countries, an action criticised by South Africans, the World...