French #police had to crack down on #illegal #parties that violate #coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Over the week-end police broke up gatherings in Marseille, Nantes and Strasbourg.
Brexit: UK will not become ‘Singapore on Thames’, expert says
After months of talks, negotiators from both sides of the #Brexit divide announced some movement on Monday on sticking points that are preventing an agreement on the future relationship between the #EU and the #UK...
First foreign aid convoy reaches capital of Ethiopia’s scarred Tigray
The first international #aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of #Ethiopia‘s #Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a #refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster.
Trump announces Attorney General Barr will leave his job ‘just before Christmas’
#US Attorney General William #Barr will step down next week, he said on Monday, shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald #Trump‘s loss to Democratic President-elect Joe #Biden.
Coronavirus pandemic: Even with virus under control, Wuhan playing it safe
The chinese practice of wearing #masks to reduce the spread of #Covid-19 was adopted universally and from the very beginning of the outbreak. But with the country now having largelly conquered the virus, why is so many...
‘What are the new rules?’: France eases some coronavirus restrictions
French government announced on Thursday it would lift the six-week-long partial lockdown on December 15 and impose a night-time #curfew instead. But in a severe blow for the cultural sector, it said that museums...
Ski slopes open in Spain’s Pyrenees despite pandemic
Most European nations have kept ski resorts shut over fears that crowds and apres-#ski revelry could fuel the spread of #Covid-19. In the Pyrenees, only ski resorts in #Spain‘s northeastern Catalonia region have...