The Austrian #EUROPAgegenCovid19 initiative – which includes the Europe Direct Information Network Austria – wins the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) Civil Society Solidarity Award. The non-profit organization #EUROPAgegenCOVID19 uses podcasts, art, training, entertainment and news formats to debunk false theories and myths surrounding […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new head of the country’s anti-corruption agency, after his predecessor was dismissed over allegations of fraud including misuse of seized assets. The presidency named Abdulrasheed Bawa as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Buhari’s […]
State Republican leaders in North Carolina voted to censure Senator Richard Burr over his vote to convict Donald Trump during last week’s impeachment trial, making Burr the latest to be rebuked for opposing the former United States president. Burr, a third-term North Carolina Republican who […]
French MPs have approved a controversial bill the government says will strengthen the country’s secular principles, but critics argue could harm civil rights, especially those of the 5.7-million-strong Muslim community. The vote on Tuesday on the so-called “anti-separatism” bill, brought forward by President Emmanuel Macron, […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last year for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park, had her criminal case dismissed on Tuesday after completing a counselling programme meant to educate her on the harm of her actions. […]
The doctor leading a coronavirus vaccine trial in Peru has said former President Martin Vizcarra got a COVID-19 jab out of turn, as a scandal over government officials receiving vaccines before the general public continues to roil the South American nation. Dr German Malaga testified […]
United States President Joe Biden will press his case for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief bill during an event on Tuesday in the US state of Wisconsin, which has been hard-hit by the pandemic and its economic fallout. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said […]
The administration of President Joe Biden has formally delisted Yemen’s Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organization” and “Specially Designated Global Terrorists”, undoing the last-minute move under former President Donald Trump that the United Nations and aid groups said threatened to further devastate the war-torn […]
A United States federal judge on Tuesday said banking giant Citigroup Inc is not entitled to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired to the lenders of a cosmetics company. US District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said […]
Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it plans to halt snap nuclear inspections outside of its declared sites as of February 23, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said. Iran informed the IAEA that it “will stop implementing voluntary transparency measures under […]
