Chinese authorities have been deployed en masse to Hong Kong during national holiday celebrations, to stamp out pro-democracy activity. Some 6,000 police are said to be deployed, in efforts to quell similar uprisings...
Activist who seized African artwork from Paris museum defends ‘political act’ at French trial
Is dislodging African artwork from a European museum a political statement, or a criminal act? That’s the question a French court weighed Wednesday in an emotionally charged trial centered around a Congolese...
Infections twice national average, Spain vies to close down Madrid
Spain is set to put its entire capital under partial lockdown, setting the stage for a legal battle between local and national authorities. Coronavirus infections in Spain are now the highest in Europe, with infections...
Nigerians reflect on 60 years of independence
IN THE PAPERS – Thursday 01.10.2020: Nigerian papers reflect on the challenges facing the country on its 60th anniversary of independence. They paint an almost unanimously bleak picture of a Nigeria still riddled by...
EU leaders meet to resolve deadlocks on Turkey, Belarus
EU leaders are meeting to resolve deadlocks on several key issues, with the Eastern Mediterranean standoff with Turkey, and the aftermath of contested Belarus elections, high on the agenda. The EU is also debating its...
32,000 US airline workers temporarily laid off as government aid runs out
32,000 workers at two of America’s biggest airlines are being temporarily laid off, or furloughed, after a government support programme for the sector ran out. American Airlines and United say they will rehire...
Armenia and Azerbaijan reject calls for ceasefire as deaths mount
Armenia and Azerbaijan vowed to keep fighting and rejected international calls for negotiations Wednesday as clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region raged for a fourth day.