#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...
SpaceX astronauts successfully dock at International Space Station
Four #astronauts riding a newly-designed spacecraft from Elon Musk’s rocket company #SpaceX greeted their new crewmates aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday after successfully docking in a landmark...
EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget
With the European Union on the verge of an embarrassing #crisis, Germany on Tuesday urged all member states to put divergences aside in a bid to break a stalemate on the adoption of the bloc’s €1.8 trillion...
Burkina Faso: Thousands of internally displaced face disenfranchisement
Thousands of people in #Burkina Faso remain internally displaced after having fled the unrest that prevails in some regions of the country. These Burkinabes are now at risk of being disenfranchised in the November 22...
French police clear more than 2,000 people from makeshift migrant camp near Paris
French police cleared more than 2,000 people from a makeshift migrant camp in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis near the Stade de France in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over new rules linking funding to rule of law
Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union’s next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a...
Macron walks diplomatic tightrope while hosting Trump ally Pompeo
#France’s Emmanuel #Macron met on Monday with #US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump, in a potentially uncomfortable encounter only nine days after having congratulated...