PARIS, France (AFP) – Authorities in France announced Thursday that they have fined Google and Facebook 210 million euros ($237 million) for their usage of “cookies,” the data used to follow people online. Apple and Amazon, among other US internet firms, have come under increasing scrutiny in Europe for theirRead More →
PARIS, France (Reuters) – According to the farm ministry, France will slaughter roughly 600,000 poultry birds in order to limit an avian influenza virus that is spreading among duck herds in the southwest of the country. Late last year, France was one of several European countries to report extremely contagiousRead More →
BRUXELLES (AFP) – According to a coalition government agreement struck Thursday, Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not exclude out new-generation nuclear technology. According to a government source, the all-night talks included an agreement on “investments of about 100 million euros ($Read More →
On Wednesday, Germany’s parliament will formally elect Olaf Scholz as the country’s next chancellor, ending Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule and ushering in a new political period led by the center-left. Scholz led his Social Democrats to victory in a historic election in September against Merkel’s conservative CDU-CSU party, as theRead More →
JEDDAH: French President Emmanuel Macron met with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler in Jeddah on Saturday to discuss regional security, particularly crisis-hit Lebanon, after asserting that he has not disregarded Riyadh’s record on human rights. Macron arrived in the Red Sea city following trips to the United Arab Emirates andRead More →
RIGA (AFP) – NATO foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss ways to resist a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border, amid worries that the Kremlin is planning an invasion. The long-planned meeting in Latvia’s capital Riga comes at a dangerous time on NATO’s eastern border, as members copeRead More →
CALAIS, France (AFP) – On Sunday, France will host a conference of European ministers to explore measures to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel in dinghies, but Britain will be absent due to a disagreement last week. Ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium will meet on Sunday afternoonRead More →
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The U.S. The US, led by President Joe Biden, will restart indirect talks with Iran in Vienna on Monday, but is significantly less hopeful than it was in the spring about the chances of salvaging the Iranian nuclear agreement. And if negotiations fail, its options for preventingRead More →
THE HAGUE (AFP) – On Thursday, the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine was approved in Europe for children aged five to eleven, paving the path for immunisation in a cohort where the virus is rapidly expanding. A panel of experts “suggested awarding an extension of indication for the Covid-19 vaccination Comirnaty toRead More →
BOSNEK (AFP) – In Europe’s deadliest road catastrophe in the last decade, 46 people were killed, including a dozen youngsters, when their tourist bus caught fire on a Bulgarian highway early Tuesday. The reason has not been identified, but officials suspect the bus collided with the guardrails and caught fireRead More →
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