Coronavirus corruption in Kenya: Officials and businesspeople targeted
Millions of dollars meant for buying Covid-19 medical supplies are alleged to have been misused. BBC News – Africa
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Sunak weighs up new worker pay subsidy scheme
Options to replace the furlough scheme are understood to include a German-style wage top-up system. BBC News – Business
How the UAE emerged as a regional powerhouse
From a mission to Mars to military expeditions, what is driving the UAE to punch above its weight? BBC News – Middle East
Covid: Raab defends ‘targeted’ new coronavirus measures
Some scientists say they don’t go “anywhere near far enough”, while others say they need time to work. BBC News – UK
Alexei Navalny: Russian activist discharged from Berlin hospital
German tests showed the critic of President Vladimir Putin was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. BBC News – Europe
Brazil’s Amazon: Fireman ‘saving what’s not burnt’
Carlos Rodrigues is among the firefighters trying to save patches of Brazil’s rainforest from burning. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean