Von der Leyen sets out greener, fairer Europe to EU lawmakers
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday sketched out her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe in a last-ditch effort to win the...
Spain’s Podemos offers to make concessions to avoid repeat elections
Spain’s far-left Podemos party is willing to make concessions to rescue stalled power-sharing talks with acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez’ Socialists and avoid a repeat...
Orphaned bear Aida finds home in Sarajevo Zoo after rescue from the wild
Orphaned baby bear Aida, who was rescued by villagers after she fled the Bosnian woods in search of food and shelter, has found a new...
Spanish judge blocks Madrid council bid to lift car ban
A judge on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Madrid’s new conservative council to lift restrictions on cars entering the city center, saying the measure should...
Seeking change, Sierra Leone school defies ban on pregnant girls
A school in Sierra Leone is allowing pregnant teenagers to attend class despite a government law forbidding them to do so. Serena Chaudhry reports....
Exiled Sudanese poet shares refugee experience
Bigoa Chuol talks about the plight of refugees, exploring themes around roots and belonging with her poem “Birth Water”....
UK’s Fox eyes ‘big prize’ of U.S. trade deal, says lots of issues in the way
The quicker Britain can reach a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States the better but there are a lot of issues in the way...
EU readies sanctions on Venezuelan security officials
The European Union is readying new sanctions against Venezuelan security forces involved in human rights violations, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday, following...
Robots to install telescopes on the moon
As the United States races to put humans back on the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years, a NASA-funded lab in Colorado...
Climate activists arrested for disrupting London’s biggest concrete supplier
Six climate activists were arrested on Tuesday after the Extinction Rebellion group disrupted London Concrete, the British capital’s biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete which supplies...