French #police on Tuesday cleared a #migrant street camp outside the Stade de France stadium north of #Paris where around 2,000 people, mainly Afghan and African, had been living in cramped tents.
‘Authoritarian and freedom-killing’: French papers sound alarm over security bill
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, November 17, 2020: We look at a controversial French security bill that would punish people for publishing photos of police officers “with intent to harm”. The nebulous phrase has...
Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: What’s behind the fighting?
In recent weeks, the northern #Tigray region of #Ethiopia has become a bloody battlefield. Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has launched a military offensive in the region, accusing the Tigray ruling...
Austria returns to lockdown to limit rise in Covid-19 cases
#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...
Coronavirus pandemic: Sweden limits public gatherings as second wave swells
The #Swedish government on Monday moved to cut the size of public #gatherings sharply as it sought to come to grips with a second wave of the #pandemic that has seen record daily numbers of new cases and growing...
Coronavirus pandemic: US reports 1 million new Covid-19 cases in a week
The United States recorded more than 1 million new #Covid-19 cases last week as new infections rose in every state except for Hawaii. US President-elect Joe #Biden expressed frustration Monday over Donald Trump’s...