Craig Taylor

Thousands of businesses across the country are feeling the pinch as insurers ‘drag their heels’ paying Covid claims.
BBC News – Business

The Ever Given has been blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes for almost a week.
BBC News – Middle East

The revised figures indicate Mexico has the second highest number of Covid-related deaths in the world.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The pilot project aims to see if mass Covid testing will allow the return of big events.
BBC News – Europe

The stay-at-home order has ended, but people are urged to turn down hugs – even if it is “awkward”.
BBC News – UK

Derek Chauvin, the white policeman accused of killing George Floyd in May last year, goes on trial.
BBC News – US & Canada

Witnesses say civilians with boats are evacuating survivors of a violent raid on the town of Palma.
BBC News – Africa

A freight-forwarding firm says it has 20 containers stranded on the Ever Given container ship.
BBC News – Business

Tugs are taking advantage of a high tide to try to dislodge the ship blocking a key shipping route.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s president will not be able to post for 30 days for disinformation over a herbal remedy.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The row over Covid vaccination supplies escalates after France’s foreign minister criticises the UK.
BBC News – Europe

Nicola Sturgeon’s comments come after Alex Salmond confirmed he would stand for a new pro-independence party.
BBC News – UK

The president criticises new voting restrictions, saying they resemble past racist laws of the South.
BBC News – US & Canada

Workers were trapped in a hotel when Islamist militants stormed the town of Palma, reports say.
BBC News – Africa

Supreme Court rules shop workers are free to pursue fight to gain equal pay with warehouse staff.
BBC News – Business

The stranded mega-container ship is delaying $ 400m (£292m) an hour in goods that can’t be moved east or west.
BBC News – Middle East

Tougher policies and deaths on the road are unlikely to stop Guatemalans from trying to reach the US.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

There could be 100,000 infections a day if the third Covid wave spreads unchecked, Germans are warned.
BBC News – Europe

Five MPs are among nine Britons targeted by China after the UK took action over human rights abuses.
BBC News – UK

More than 17,000 children are being kept in government-run detention centres, according to estimates.
BBC News – US & Canada