How Germany will turn lights out at last black coal mine
AFP | After more than 150 years, Germany's last black coal mine will close in the Ruhr region, posing a gigantic geological and environmental challenge...
UK steps up no-deal Brexit plans with 3,500 soldiers on standby
AFP | The British government on Tuesday said it was allocating two billion pounds ($2.5 billion) to fund Brexit and putting 3,500 troops on stand-by...
Arab refugees in sights of Berlin’s crime ‘clans’
AFP | Berlin crime gangs of Arab origin have long earned infamy with violence and brazen robberies but now, police warn, they have targeted a...
Conservatives’ Brexit faultlines run deep in divided UK
AFP | The conflict over Europe that has been tearing the Conservatives apart for three decades is as evident on the streets of English towns...
Growth worries, Brexit fog send global stocks lower
AFP | Wall Street led to stock markets lower across the globe on Friday after data showed weakness in the Chinese and eurozone economies, despite further...
France set for more ‘yellow vest’ protests despite Macron concessions
AFP | Thousands of France's "yellow vest" demonstrators were expected to take to the streets again on Saturday, a month after the start of their...
No end in sight as Yellow vests’ vow to continue protests in France
News Desk | Groups of "yellow vest" protesters across France responded scathingly to the "crumbs" offered by President Emmanuel Macron in a speech intended to...
Theresa May to meet EU leaders in bid to rescue deal
News Desk | Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks...
For Charlottesville survivors, fight against racism continues
AFP | As the jury delivered its guilty verdict against a neo-Nazi accused of murder for ramming his car into a group of counter-protesters at...
German farmers sue government over missed climate targets
AFP | Dismayed by the German government's failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to...
Tear gas, mass arrests as new ‘yellow vest’ protests hit Paris
AFP | Police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds of people in Paris on Saturday as the French capital went on lockdown for the latest...
Neo-Nazi guilty of murder over Charlottesville rampage
AFP | An American neo-Nazi was found guilty of murder on Friday for killing a woman when ramming his car into counter-protesters at a 2017...