China pursues coronavirus ‘mask diplomacy’ in Europe as COVID-19 pandemic cripples EU
Chinese medical aid arrived in Italy, which has been hard hit by COVID-19, in March.
Europe
Farage: ‘My ambition is much bigger than Brexit’
Nigel Farage tells Zenger News “I want Europe to leave the European Union.”
U.S. helps broker political deal in Georgia
U.S. officials have voiced concern about democratic backsliding in the former Soviet bloc country.
Coronavirus hits NATO as 4 soldiers test positive in Afghanistan
From Brussels to Kosovo and beyond, the organization’s efforts have been disrupted by the pandemic
Grit and ambition fuel Brooklyn woman’s quest to make French champagne for Americans
Marvina Robinson overcame a language barrier and stretched $60,000 of her own money to cover the cost of accomplishing something few African Americans have tried.
UK government prosecuted 130,000 in one year for watching TV without a license
A law in the UK requires payment to support the public broadcaster, with criminal fines for violations as high as $1,300. Roving vans spot signals emerging from non-paying households and the Crown has prosecuted children as young as 10.
Charles Dickens’ secret gin stash revealed in letter to his butler amid U.S. and UK ‘ginaissance’ boom
The famed novelist wrote about the evils of gin joints, but ordered his butler to keep a stash of gin punch under his dinner table and serve it only to himself and his boss.