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Children of Nazis and their victims share family history to mark Holocaust

AFP | The moment may sound familiar to many; a family gathered around a kitchen table after the death of a parent, taking stock of...

Frustration and sadness as Italy migrant centre closed

AFP | "I found a family here, I worked with the parish priest, I helped with mass, I went to school," said Nigerian Anthony Ehikwe,...

‘The new oil’: Dublin strikes it rich as Europe’s data hub

AFP | A new industrial revolution is underway on the outskirts of Dublin. Fortunes are being made in clusters of anonymous warehouses housing vast data...

Time to ‘get angry’, teen climate activist says in Davos

AFP | Her train journey from Sweden took 32 hours, but Greta Thunberg is not tired. The teenager is dead-set in her mission to persuade...

Trump had hoped to meet Imran Khan at Davos? – Dr. Moeed Pirzada

Moeed Pirzada | World Economic Forum (WEF) top management kept hoping till the very end that Pakistani PM, Imran Khan, may be persuaded to join...

Jet-setting Davos elite frets about climate

AFP | A die-hard environmentalist and head of a polluting company walk into a conference centre... The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is one of...

Taxi driver badly hurt in Spain’s ‘anti-Uber’ strike

AFP | A taxi driver protesting in Madrid against Uber-like services was seriously hurt in a car accident on Tuesday as a strike continued in...

The central cast in Britain’s Brexit saga

AFP | Britain's drawn-out drama around Brexit has featured a colourful cast of characters -- crashing or catapulting their careers. Here are some of the...

Brexit in dates: From Leave shock to deadlock in parliament

AFP | From the shock Brexit referendum result to Monday's unveiling of the British government's reworked Brexit strategy, here are milestones on the UK's rocky...

Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol chief seeks asylum in France

AFP | The wife of the former Chinese Interpol chief being held in his home country on corruption charges has applied for asylum in France,...

Brexit bullion: Fear of no-deal triggers Irish gold rush

.AFP | In a vault under the streets of Dublin a pot of gold owned by anxious investors is growing every day Britain edges closer...

Several injured in powerful blast at Paris bakery: police

AFP | A powerful explosion badly damaged a bakery in central Paris on Saturday, injuring several people and smashing nearby windows after a suspected gas...