German govt plans to relax rules to attract foreign workers

AFP | Worker-starved Germany plans to ease immigration rules to attract foreign job seekers and replenish its fast ageing workforce, despite mounting public resistance against...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Foreigners put on alert over French fuel protests

AFP | Foreigners were put on alert for possible violence during Saturday's French fuel protests, particularly in Paris, with some embassies warning their nationals to...

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...
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