European Union diplomats warned Britain on Monday that time was fast running out for a Brexit deal, and that it may already be too late to ratify one, as negotiators in Brussels began a last-ditch attempt to avoid a...
Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan
#Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 25,300 #refugees fleeing the #Tigray region into #Sudan, the UN refugee agency said Monday, as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threatened to inflame...
2nd virus vaccine shows overwhelming success in US tests
Moderna said Monday its #Covid-19 #vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major #trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a...
Poverty on the rise across France amid Covid-19 pandemic
French charity Secours Catholique recently published its annual report on poverty. The NGO, which helped around 1.4 million people in 2019, estimates that their median income is €537 per month, well below the poverty...
Ethiopia fighting: Number of refugees fleeing to Sudan surpasses 20,000
The number of people who have fled into Sudan from the #conflict in northern #Ethiopia has risen to at least 20,000, the U.N. #refugee agency and local officials said on Sunday. FRANCE 24’s Maria Gerth-Niculescu...
Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America
Fast-strengthening #Hurricane #Iota, the strongest hurricane yet in this record-smashing season, became very dangerous Category 4 on Monday as it approached the same part of #CentralAmerica battered by a similarly...
Music show: Katy J Pearson on making a debut comeback album
Katy J Pearson nearly gave up on music and songwriting after being burnt out by a major record label which had picked up the band she’d formed with her brother when she was in her late teens. Luckily for us, the...