President Emmanuel #Macron summoned government ministers and local mayors in a series of meetings on Thursday in order to thrash out a plan for #reopening shops, bars and cinemas this spring. #France
CDU party board backs Laschet to run as German conservative chancellor candidate
Armin #Laschet, leader of #Germany’s Christian Democrats (#CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela #Merkel at a September...
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
The #murder case against former Officer #DerekChauvin in the death of #GeorgeFloyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the harrowing...
Murderer or ‘reasonable officer?’ Jury begins deliberations in Chauvin trial
Jurors on Monday began mulling the fate of the white ex-#Minneapolis policeman accused of #killing African-American #GeorgeFloyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and which prosecutors called a...
Football Super League threatens meritocracy as faltering English giants sign up
The proposed creation of a breakaway European #SuperLeague by 12 major #football clubs on Monday elicited a torrent of indignation from the footballing and political worlds alike – as well as questions in #England...
Exclusive: Refugees recount brutal attack by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s Palma
More than 20,000 people fled the Mozambican town of Palma after it was seized by Islamist insurgents in March. While it has since been retaken by the national military, refugees continue their journey to the south of...
Suicide shift | Hospital interns are driven to edge by Covid overload in France
After a year of brutally long hours on the “Covid front-line”, hospital interns in France are at breaking point. Trainee doctors are feeling the toll as thousands of covid patients remain in intensive care.