Leaders of seven EU states bordering the Mediterranean have threatened sanctions against Turkey in a growing standoff over hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.
France to consider local lockdowns amid record Covid cases
France faces the threat of renewed lockdowns to contain the coronavirus threat, as new cases hit a record high of 10,000. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali reports that President Emmanuel Macron has convened a special cabinet...
Talks resume as UK refuses EU ultimatum on ‘illegal’ Brexit bill
Post-Brexit trade talks are to continue, even as the UK rejected an EU ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. EU leaders have warned the plans would destroy any remaining trust between the two...
France logs almost 10,000 new cases in 24 hours, a record since the start of Covid-19 epidemic
France on Thursday registered a record of almost 10,000 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours ahead of a key meeting to decide whether to toughen the country’s coronavirus measures.
Israel’s ‘shorts rebellion’: Schoolgirls’ protest reveals deeply divided society
At the beginning of the summer, a group of female Israeli teenagers fought for the right to come to school wearing shorts. This seemingly minor battle in fact reveals a deep divide within Israeli society between secular...
Rio Tinto executives resign over destruction of ancient Aborginal site
Rio Tinto announced the resignation of its CEO and two top lieutenants Friday over the mining giant’s destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia.
After Moria: EU announces changes in asylum policy | DW News
Germany is expected to take in 100 to 150 unaccompanied minors,after a fire left thousands homeless at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island Lesbos, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Friday in Berlin...