According to Berlin, Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, and that assessment has been confirmed by French and Swedish labs. Russia’s request to access that evidence...
‘Rule of six’ | Parties in UK before new COVID restrictions come in force
From Monday, social gatherings in UK will be limited to no more than six people as the country tightens restrictions amid a sharp increase in COVID infections. The so-called ‘rule of six’ bans larger...
Embattled Belarusian president to meet Putin as unrest enters sixth week
Embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on Monday set to meet Russian counterpart and ally Vladimir Putin in Sochi. The meeting comes a day after more than 100,000 protestors took to the streets of...
Anger as British ban on group socialising comes into effect
A UK ban on social gatherings of more than six people came into force on Monday, as the country grapples with rising coronavirus cases. The United Kingdom is Europe’s worst-hit country by Covid-19, with more than 41,600...
Politics of water: Difficult talks continue on Africa’s largest dam
As Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam nears completion, there are fears that Ethiopia will control too much of north-east Africa’s water. Around 90 percent of water flowing into the River Nile passes through...
Belarus’s Lukashenko to meet Putin as unrest enters sixth week
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday, in a bid to garner economic and political support from the powerhouse ally. FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg says the...