Thousands of Hungarians marched towards Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office on Friday in protest at perceived government attacks on media freedoms, as anger built at the sacking of the chief editor...
EU recovery fund deal “recognizes errors of 2009 debt crisis” – The World This Week
If ratified, the EU🇪🇺 #RecoveryFund will “cut the legs out from under of populists who point out that #Europe lacked solidarity during the debt crisis, argues Judah Grunstein in #WorldThisWeek. However, World...
Russia’s Khabarovsk sees mass protests for the 15th day in a row
Residents of #Russia’s Far Eastern city of #Khabarovsk have continued to show their support for imprisoned former governor Sergey Furgal. #Furgal, a highly popular politician in the Far East, was arrested on July 9 on...
Meghan Markle allegedly called ‘Harry’s showgirl’
New extracts from a book about Harry and Meghan’s claim a senior royal called the Duchess of Sussex a ‘showgirl’. Another high ranking courtier is quoted as saying, “there’s just something...
Coastal safety and guardians of the Bosphorus
“If an LPG tanker was to explode here, it will kill everything within a 3-km radius.” Around 140 cargo vessels pass through the Bosphorus each day, and there is a team dedicated to protecting this beautiful...
Decoded / Hagia Sophia
Decoded takes you to the heart of the Hagia Sophia debate as the mosque opens its doors to worshippers for the first time in 86 years. Ali Mustafa looks at what is fact and what is fiction in this historic change.
Tear gas and explosions as Black Lives Matter protests erupt in Portland
Sky’s Sally Lockwood reports from Portland as Black Lives Matter protests erupt. Largely peaceful protests have been a nightly ritual since the killing of George Floyd in police custody but violence has escalated...