UK businesses trading with the European Union will face major changes from January 1, as the Brexit transition period ends. The Cotswolds Distillery imports glass and botanicals from the EU, and exports its gin and...
Former top Lebanese finance official: ‘We are becoming the Somalia of a few years ago’
Alain Bifani resigned suddenly at the end of June from his position as director general of Lebanon’s finance ministry, a post he had held for 20 years. The former top official had supported an IMF-backed recovery...
Mexico cracks down on junk food
In Mexico, authorities are trying to buck the worrying rise in obesity among young people. Some 73 percent of the country’s population is overweight, with 29 percent of the nation said to be actually obese: one of...
Culture during lockdown: Vaux-le-Vicomte Château celebrates holidays despite Covid
Throughout this Thursday, December 17, France 24 shows its support for the #culture sector hard hit by the health measures related to Covid-19. Prime Minister Jean #Castex announced museums, cinemas and theatres would...
Arab Spring 10 years on: Looking at what is left of the Jasmine Revolution
#Tunisia on Thursday marked 10 years since a local fruit and vegetable seller set himself ablaze in protest after police took his cart, an act that enraged the country and snowballed into the #revolution that toppled...
Facebook uses Israeli veterans to spy on users – report
Facebook has reportedly been using an Israeli company founded by veterans of a cyber intel group within the Israeli Army to spy on users and eliminate its competition.
EU border force Frontex accused of migrant pushback cover up
Crossing to Greek shores via the Aegean Sea is the preferred route for many migrants hoping to reach Europe. But in the past year there has been mounting criticism of Greek authorities for pushing migrants in inflatable...