#France’s lower house of parliament is opening #debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of #police officers with intent to cause them harm. Critics, including...
Film show: Behind the scenes at a Paris film shoot under lockdown
Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the latest film news, including a report on location at a film shoot in Paris that’s under strict sanitary restrictions and a review of the British film...
Thai police fire water cannon, tear gas at latest democracy rally
#Thai police on Tuesday fired water cannon and tear gas on pro-#democracy protesters attempting to get close to parliament, where lawmakers were debating possible changes to the military-scripted constitution. Thailand...
Coronavirus pandemic: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope
#Moderna Inc’s experimental #vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing #Covid-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second US drugmaker to report results that...
Peru political crisis: Congress chooses third president in a week amid protests
#Peru‘s Congress on Monday chose a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country’s new #president – the third in a rollercoaster week of political upheaval. Francisco Sagasti was...
EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget
With the European Union on the verge of an embarrassing #crisis, Germany on Tuesday urged all member states to put divergences aside in a bid to break a stalemate on the adoption of the bloc’s €1.8 trillion...
Coronavirus pandemic: Austria enters second national lockdown
#Austria will introduce a national #lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to bring its soaring #coronavirus infections under control, Chancellor Sebastian #Kurz said on Saturday, confirming an earlier Reuters report based on a...