Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian cultural icon and member of the coordination council, has been summoned by authorities for questioning. FRANCE 24 correspondent Evan Gershkovich says President Alexander Lukashenko’s...
Messi divorce: Barcelona exit could cost star forward €700m
Barcelona’s star forward Lionel Messi has told the football club he wants out, after nearly two decades, despite a release clause that may cost 700 million euros. FRANCE 24’s sports editor Simon Harding says internal...
17-year-old arrested over shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest against police brutailty
A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday in the killing of two people gunned down during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.
German authorities ban mass gathering against coronavirus measures in Berlin | DW News
Authorities have banned large-scale demonstrations in Berlin against measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The organizers had called a new protest this coming Saturday – and thousands were expected to...
Boris Johnson defends change of advice on masks in English schools- BBC News
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended the government’s change in position on the use of face coverings in secondary schools in England. Pupils will now have to wear masks between lessons in schools...
Adult entertainer and sex workers surviving the pandemic – BBC News
Sex workers and adult entertainers are one of the most vulnerable groups to the continuing pandemic around the world with little entitlement to state support. Li Yishan, a hostess and single mother from Taiwan, has had...