French government announced on Thursday it would lift the six-week-long partial lockdown on December 15 and impose a night-time #curfew instead. But in a severe blow for the cultural sector, it said that museums...
US presidential transition: Biden hails democracy after electoral college victory
President-elect Joe #Biden pointedly criticized President Donald #Trump on Monday for threatening core principles of #democracy even as he told #Americans that their form of self-government ultimately “prevailed.”
‘Spectacular!’: Thousands watch solar eclipse in Chile, Argentina
Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a #solar #eclipse that lasted around two minutes on Monday as southern #Chile and #Argentina were plunged into darkness.
US imposes sanctions on Turkey over purchase of Russian air defence system
The #Trump administration on Monday imposed #sanctions on its #NATO ally #Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defence system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the stage for further...
NYC nurse first in US to be vaccinated for Covid-19 as death toll passes 300,000
A New York City intensive care unit #nurse on Monday became the first person in the United States to receive a #coronavirus #vaccine, saying she felt “healing is coming,” as the nation’s Covid-19 death...
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north
#Nigeria‘s #BokoHaram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of #students in an attack on a boys’ school in northern Katsina State, a Nigerian online newspaper says.
Nigeria school attack: Kidnapping ‘fits into Boko Haram’s style of operations’
#BokoHaram on Tuesday claimed the #abduction of hundreds of #students in northwestern #Nigeria, in what would be its first attack in the region since it launched a jihadist uprising more than a decade ago. FRANCE 24...