Food has run out for around 100,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The UN says it lost contact with camps as a result of the ongoing conflict.
Ethiopian federal troops in ‘full control’ of Tigray region
Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Redwan Hussein says Ethiopian troops are now in “full control” of Mekelle, the capital of the northern region of Tigray after defeating the Tigray People’s Liberation Front...
TRT World Forum goes digital during pandemic
As the fourth annual @trtworldforum kicks off amid the height of the global Covid-19 pandemic, attendees will be able to join and experience the Forum safely and remotely due to an advanced digital setup. Here’s what...
Is France’s police force racist?
After the beating of Black music producer Michel Zecler by French police, issues of police brutality, profiling and racism have taken centre stage in the land of ‘Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood’
COVID-19: ‘A day to remember, frankly in a year to forget’ – Hancock
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has delivered a statement to the House of Commons about the vaccine announcement – saying that today marks “a new chapter in our fight against the virus”. The UK has...
Europe draws anger over refusal to rush vaccine rollout
While Britain is set to start rolling out its coronavirus vaccine from next week, the European Medicines Agency says it will take a decision on vaccine distribution by the end of December, at the earliest. FRANCE 24’s...
China starts lunar drilling, eyes moon station by 2022
A Chinese space probe has begun drilling on the surface of the moon to collect lunar samples. China hopes to install a crude space station on the moon by 2022, and eventually send humans there.