A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in #Ethiopia, the United Nations #refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 people now having fled heavy fighting to Sudan. FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil tells us...
Thai police fire water cannon at parliament protest, at least 41 hurt
At least 49dZFkcrKdk7XegyMd3kp4MGQoLFeMWM6Lion2T3q3h6DScBViFrXXuZoxkHq1TB1mGufMoGzfXd7jJ7ocgpJGxdEiGirjGwith gunshot wounds, the city’s Erawan Emergency Medical Centre said. It did not give a full breakdown of the...
Austria starts tough lockdown to slow virus as new wave grips Europe
#Austria has started a new tough #lockdown meant to slow the surging spread of the #coronavirus in the Alpine nation. As of Tuesday, people are only allowed to leave their homes to purchase groceries, to go to jobs...
Five years after liberation of Sinjar in northern Iraq, Yazidis return home despite tensions
This month marks five years since the northern Iraqi city of #Sinjar – home to the #Yazidi ethno-religious minority – was liberated from the Islamic State group, under which it suffered horrific persecution in 2014...
French security law: Govt crackdown on filming the police causes outrage
#France’s lower house of parliament is opening #debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of #police officers with intent to cause them harm. Critics, including...
‘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...
South Korea to tighten social distancing, warns of new Covid-19 crisis
South #Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them, officials said on Tuesday, warning of an even bigger crisis if anti-#Covid-19 efforts fail to dampen a...