Bucking the global trend, Swedish schools have stayed open throughout the pandemic even with relatively high cases of Covid-19. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris-Trent and James André report from Stockholm.
Hurricane Sally brings ‘historic’ flooding to southeastern US
Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as it brought what the US National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding...
Belarus charges opposition figure Kolesnikova with undermining national security
Belarus investigators have officially charged Maria Kolesnikova, a protest leader, with incitement to undermine national security, the Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday. France 24 Gulliver Cragg...
A ‘new start’ for the European Union and Germany’s police rocked by another far-right scandal
IN THE PAPERS – Thursday, 17.09.2020: We take a look at Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the European Union address before the European Parliament. She laid out a new vision for the bloc aimed at...
China declares victory over the coronavirus pandemic – rightly so? | COVID-19 Special
Chinese officials have declared victory over the coronavirus after nine whirlwind months for first reponders, scientists and party-officials. Despite denying the severity of the virus and under-reporting numbers...
Lamine Diack: Former IAAF head found guilty of corruption and jailed – BBC News
Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics’ governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping...
Decoded: Trials of ‘Manu’ Macron
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