Poland’s top court ruled Thursday that a law allowing abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional, shutting a major loophole in the predominantly Catholic country’s abortion laws that are among the...
Italy imposes curfew on three regions, amid record daily infections
The Italian regions of Lombardy, Campania and Lazio, which include Rome, are set for a curfew from midnight to 5am, as Italy scrambles to contain a resurgent coronavirus.
Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $2.9 billion to settle 1MDB corruption probe
Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay penalties of $2.9 billion in the US for its role in Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal, which saw the investment bank siphon billions of dollars out of an economic development fund set up by...
Ivory Coast opposition rejects gov’t concessions for ending vote boycott
In the Ivory Coast, the opposition has dismissed concessions tabled by the government that are still hoped to end its boycott of the election in coming days. The calls for a boycott came after Alassane Ouattara, who has...
Final US presidential debate: ‘A victory for the new format and the moderator’
With more discussion of policy – and fewer insults – than last time, US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have taken part in their second and final televised debate, just 12 days before the...
Whose votes count in the US election? +++ Final Presidential debate fact-checked | DW News
00:00 US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have faced off in a final TV debate less than two weeks before election day. The exhange in Nashville, Tennessee, was a lot more civil than the ill...
Brexit: Why is fishing a stumbling block in the trade talks? – BBC News
There’s still no agreement between the UK and EU on Brexit and one of the key stumbling blocks is fishing.