“It was the most horrible four hours of my life.” Zarie Sibony was working as a cashier at a Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in #Paris when it became the scene of a gruesome #attack and hostage-taking by a...
France Charlie Hebdo Trial: 14 suspected accomplices go on trial in Paris
Five years after the attacks against a Jewish supermarket and the Charlie Hebdo newspaper that left a total of 17 dead, the trial of 14 suspected accomplices of the perpetrators takes place Tuesday in Paris. FRANCE...
World powers set to take the stage, virtually, at UN debate
The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders was set to start Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet’s biggest powers, kept at home by the #coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a...
Republicans close ranks to back vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trump’s push to widen the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority, leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on...
Turkey and Greece agree to resume talks on Mediterranean dispute
Turkey and Greece have agreed to talks over disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean, both sides said on Tuesday, after German-led efforts to defuse a crisis that has raised fears of conflict.
How to combat the rise of extreme weather events | Interview with climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf
Wildfires are ravaging the US West Coast and Brazilian wetlands at unprecedented rates, fueled by rising temperatures that lead to droughts, sparking more intense fires. Climate change has arrived with a vengeance. Do...
Starmer: Restrictions were not inevitable – BBC News
Starmer says families are concerned there is no clear government strategy, giving the example of people being told to go back to work, and then being told to work from home. He asks if restrictions will be effective at...