After weeks of relentless pessimism, the European Union said Wednesday there was now a clear, if narrow, path to reaching an agreement with the United Kingdom on a post-#Brexit trade deal that should avoid costly chaos...
Sakharov prize: Prestigious award handed to Belarus opposition leader
#Belarus#opposition leader Svetlana #Tikhanovskaya on Wednesday vowed the protest movement against the regime of Alexander #Lukashenko would prevail despite a brutal crackdown by Minsk authorities, as she received the...
Coronavirus pandemic: German coronavirus deaths hit new high as lockdown starts
#Germany entered a strict #lockdown on Wednesday in an attempt to bring soaring #coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 952, the highest daily increase yet. FRANCE...
US presidential transition: Senate Republican McConnell recognizes Biden’s win
While Trump still refuses to concede, top #Senate Republican Mitch #McConnell finally broke his silence Tuesday with a message to the president: it’s over. “The Electoral College has spoken. So today I want...
French cities’ streets empty as Covid-19 curfew takes effect
Tuesday brought new freedoms for people in #France because it was the end of a stay-at-home order. This had meant that, around the clock, people could only venture out for a limited time and for essential trips, to...
In Germany, ultra-Orthodox Jews start a new life far from home
The Netflix series “Unorthodox” tells the story of a young woman living in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York, who escapes to make a fresh start in Berlin. But in a case of life imitating art...
Coronavirus: Is England’s three-tier system working? – BBC Newsnight
The UK government has brought some areas into the highest alert level early as a result of recent “exponential” rises in coronavirus cases across parts of England.England’s three-tier system was...