After months of talks, negotiators from both sides of the #Brexit divide announced some movement on Monday on sticking points that are preventing an agreement on the future relationship between the #EU and the #UK...
First foreign aid convoy reaches capital of Ethiopia’s scarred Tigray
The first international #aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of #Ethiopia‘s #Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a #refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster.
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.
Coronavirus pandemic: Even with virus under control, Wuhan playing it safe
The chinese practice of wearing #masks to reduce the spread of #Covid-19 was adopted universally and from the very beginning of the outbreak. But with the country now having largelly conquered the virus, why is so many...
France’s culture sector mobilises over continued closures as Covid-19 lockdown lifts
#France‘s government announced in November that a lockdown imposed at the end of October to tackle a second coronavirus wave would be partially lifted by Dec. 15 and would include the re-opening of #cultural...
Ski slopes open in Spain’s Pyrenees despite pandemic
Most European nations have kept ski resorts shut over fears that crowds and apres-#ski revelry could fuel the spread of #Covid-19. In the Pyrenees, only ski resorts in #Spain‘s northeastern Catalonia region have...
Coronavirus pandemic: France eases some restrictions while imposing new curfew
Starting on Tuesday, the #French will no longer need to fill out forms justifying their reason for leaving home. They will, however, be subject to a new 8pm-6am #curfew as the country battles to avoid a third wave of...