In Algeria, a band of lawyers has staged a sit-in on the steps of an appeals court in the capital of Algiers, protesting the country’s increasing crackdowns on journalists and free speech, and demanding legal reforms.
Lebanon crisis: France’s Macron says failure to form govt is ‘betrayal’
French President Emmanuel #Macron on Sunday accused #Lebanon‘s leaders of “collective #betrayal” over their failure to form a government in the wake of the giant blast at the #Beirut port in August...
President Trump paid only $750 income tax, bombshell report reveals
Donald Trump has denied claims he paid only $750 in federal income tax in 2016, and no income tax at all in 10 of the 15 years before, published in a bombshell New York Times report. It remains unclear what, if any...
Crisis in Lebanon: Aid being given by NGOs is ‘not enough’, UNICEF warns
For the people of Lebanon, four crises have come at the same time: an economic crisis, a refugee crisis, then coronavirus, and now the recent blast which devastated the port area of Beirut and beyond. Our guest Violet...
Melbourne virus curfew to be lifted after nearly two months
An overnight #curfew in #Australia‘s second-biggest city will be lifted from Monday, almost two months after it was imposed across #Melbourne to counter a surging #coronavirus outbreak.
Trump frequently paid no federal income taxes in years leading up to presidency
President Donald #Trump paid just $750 in federal #income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times. #NYT #revelation
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: At least 16 killed in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani and Armenian forces battled for a second day on Monday after dozens were killed in an outbreak of heavy fighting that has raised fears of an all-out war between the longtime enemies. FRANCE 24’s Jasper...