Nearly 20 years after Caribbean islanders sued to hold the French government criminally responsible for the banana industry’s extended use of a banned pesticide in… Read More »Dismay in French Caribbean as Paris court dismisses pesticide case
A Paris court backed the organisers of Miss France on Friday, dismissing claims from a feminist group that the beauty pageant’s selection process was discriminatory,… Read More »Is Miss France discriminatory? Paris court dismisses feminist group’s claims
Russia has built up its forces in Belarus and released footage of military drills along the border with Ukraine, stoking fears of a renewed assault… Read More »‘All they can expect here is death’: Ukrainian volunteers brace for Russian attack from Belarus
Over the past two decades, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged as the undisputed master of Turkish politics. Elected prime minister in 2003, then president in… Read More »Turkish society deeply divided after 20 years of Erdogan’s rule
The boss of World Athletics, Lord Coe, says authorities are working with the governing body to clean up the sport in Kenya.
Police warn of a rising number of luxury vehicles being stolen to order by criminal gangs.
Iceland is perhaps best known for its glaciers and the stunning Northern Lights. But the island is also a laboratory scrutinised for its democratic and social… Read More »Does Iceland live up to its reputation as a paradise for gender equality?
Social media users have noted that the same blonde woman has appeared behind Russian President Vladimir Putin on three different occasions – proof, they say, that he… Read More »Is this blonde woman with Putin a ‘paid extra’ for photo-ops? Nope
France experienced its hottest average temperature and lowest levels of rainfall on record in 2022, the national weather office said on Friday.
Police are investigating after the designer’s body was discovered dumped at the roadside.
