Gazan killed as border protests test calm ahead of Israel vote
Middle East
March 30, 2019
Gazan killed as border protests test calm ahead of Israel vote
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border early Saturday, hours ahead of mass protests that could…
Germany adds six months to Saudi arms export ban: government
Middle East
March 29, 2019
Germany adds six months to Saudi arms export ban: government
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government Thursday extended by six months an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, instituted…
Facebook to deploy new transparency tools ahead of European elections
World
March 29, 2019
Facebook to deploy new transparency tools ahead of European elections
Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the…
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
Cinema/TV
March 29, 2019
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
French film director Agnes Varda, who emerged in the New Wave of intimate cinema of the 1960s and continued with…
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
World
March 29, 2019
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
For more than 30 years bright orange “Garfield” phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement…
Venezuela’s Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office
World
March 29, 2019
Venezuela’s Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime, bolstered by a Russian military deployment infuriating the US, on Thursday announced a ban on…
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre’s pyramid
World
March 28, 2019
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre’s pyramid
It was once decried as an architectural “obscenity”, but as the Louvre’s glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has…
Monsanto ordered to pay $80 mn in Roundup cancer trial
World
March 28, 2019
Monsanto ordered to pay $80 mn in Roundup cancer trial
Monsanto has been ordered to pay some $80 million to an American retiree who blames his cancer on the agribusiness…
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
Middle East
March 28, 2019
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took…
UN Security Council to meet on Golan at Syria’s request
Middle East
March 28, 2019
UN Security Council to meet on Golan at Syria’s request
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent public meeting Wednesday at Syria’s request on the US decision to recognize…