New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. Provisional results show her center-left Labour Party secured some 49 percent of the vote...
Who is Thailand’s King and what do protesters want from him? | DW News
Thailand’s revered monarchy is facing calls for change from thousands protesting on the streets of the country. In particular focus is the current King Maha Vajiralongkorn, whose long periods of stay in Germany have...
Shattering Korea’s cement ceiling – BBC News
In South Korea, nearly 90% of victims of violent crime are women. And in recent years, breaking and entering have been on the rise.
Coronavirus: IMF boss warns against austerity in the UK
IMF head Kristalina Georgieva has told Sky News the UK must spend more to support firms through the second wave of the pandemic.
Snapshot before lights out: France on the cusp of Covid-19 curfew
Revellers in major French cities were set for one last night out on Friday before a government-decreed curfew meant to stem the tide of the second wave of Covid-19 takes effect on Saturday. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the...
France opens terror probe after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb
A man armed with a knife on Friday beheaded a middle school history teacher in front of his school in a suburb of Paris before he was shot dead by police.
