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France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides

AFP | A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its...

Removing Theresa May won’t solve the Conservative Party’s problems

Andrew Scott Crines | Brexit is in the process of re-defining longstanding assumptions about British politics. Party loyalties are being tested to the extreme and parliamentarians...

Germany’s Bosch powers up hydrogen cells for cars

AFP | The world's biggest auto parts maker Bosch said Monday it would work with a Swedish firm to develop key components for hydrogen fuel...

One dead during Orthodox Easter celebrations in Greece

AFP | Greece's celebration of the Orthodox Easter on Sunday, hailed by the government as a moment of hope for the post-bailout resurrection of the...

Japan’s Abe says no-deal Brexit must be avoided ‘by all means’

AFP | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday a no-deal Brexit must be avoided "by all means" as Japanese firms have used Britain as...

Crisis-hit Greeks foot steep bills for health and education

AFP | Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens. Amid derelict stadiums dating from...

Footballers in England protest over racism

AFP | Premier League stars led footballers in England and Wales in a 24-hour social media boycott on Friday in a bid to combat racist...

Turks annoyed with Macron interference

AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosted representatives of the Kurdish-led force that defeated Islamic State (IS) extremists in Syria, drawing a sharp...

Notre-Dame’s fire changed many lives in Paris for ever?

AFP | Quasimodo Cafe: Victor Hugo's immortal hero Days after the catastrophic fire at Paris's Notre-Dame, around 30 business owners on Thursday gathered at a cafe...

29 German tourists killed in Portugal bus crash

AFP | Twenty-nine German tourists were killed when their bus spun off the road and tumbled down a slope before crashing into a house on...

Woman shot dead in N.Ireland in ‘terrorist incident’

AFP | A woman has been shot dead during riots in the city of Londonderry in Northern Ireland and the killing is being treated as...

How Brexit threatens Falklands’ economy — and Spanish fishermen

AFP | A no-deal Brexit would deal a severe blow to the economy of Britain's Falkland Islands which is heavily dependent on squid exports --...