#France’s non-essential retailers, already struggling after a year of #Covid-19 #restrictions, prepare to close as a result of the new national lockdown, which is set to last for at least a month. But...
World Autism Day: Helping children in South Africa through sport
Today is international #Autism day, a bit to raise awaireness of a complexe and increasingly diagnosed condition. In #SouthAfrica, 2% of the population is thought to have autism. “Waves for changes” is an...
New law stokes Ukraine language tensions
With a large Russian-speaking #minority concentrated in the east and the south, #Ukraine passed a law “on ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian #language as the state language” in 2019. The former...
‘No evidence’ of migrant pushbacks: EU border agency chief Leggeri
The #EU’s #border and coast guard agency, known as #Frontex, has a budget of over €540 million for 2021. It’s “the most important agency in the European Union”, according to the European...
A rocky road to equality: Sudanese women push for change after revolution
Two years on after playing a key role in the #Sudanese #revolution, #women in the country are still struggling to change attitudes in the conservative-Muslim society. Also with the African Union having made equality...
Paramedic says Floyd was ‘deceased’ when he arrived
A #paramedic testified on Thursday at the high-profile trial of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George #Floyd that the 46-year-old Black man was already dead when he arrived. “When I...
Belgium police clash with partiers amid virus restrictions
Clashes between Belgian #police and a large crowd of people Thursday in one of #Brussels’ biggest parks left dozens injured after revellers gathered for an unauthorized event despite #coronavirus restrictions.