French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened…
3 years ago
Europe
G20 leaders approve global tax reform deal
G20 leaders have formally endorsed the global agreement for a minimum 15 percent corporate tax, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…
3 years ago
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sole candidate for WHO chief: source
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the sole candidate for the leadership of the…
3 years ago
British fishermen ground down by fishing row with France
NEWHAVEN, United Kingdom (AFP) -- As a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and France escalated on Thursday, British…
3 years ago
Cheese-loving France reels as mozzarella catches camembert
by Joseph SCHMID with Clara GUILLARD in Paris SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-BRIOUZE, France (AFP) -- It's a trend -- some would say a…
3 years ago
Spain to ban ads for sweets targeting kids
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain will ban ads aimed at kids for high-sugar foods and drinks like choclate bars and…
3 years ago
Sicily braces for second cyclone this week
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Sicily braced for the arrival of a cyclone Thursday, the second this week after a deadly…
3 years ago
Swiss authorize Covid booster jabs for the vulnerable
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland on Tuesday authorized booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines for the over-65s, as it urged those…
3 years ago
Pandemic ‘far from finished’: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covid-19 crisis is far from over, the World Health Organization's emergency committee said Tuesday as…
3 years ago
Police arrest 150 people globally in dark web sting: Europol
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online…
3 years ago
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