Year: 2020

America

Yes, there is a war between science and religion

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14 December 2020 · 8 min read

Books

Best books on shops: Author Patricia Nicol recommends tomes about retail

An actress friend has been working as a Tesco delivery driver. She applied online in March, when all her other jobs were cancelled. Far from resenting this emergency role, she…

13 December 2020 · 2 min read

Editor's choice

EU Favors Autocrats over Values

Rule of Law Conditionality Preserved, but Implementation Severely Delayed It smacks of irony that on Human Rights Day, the European Union caved into pressure and granted another concession to Hungary…

13 December 2020 · 3 min read

News

Pope Francis celebrates 51 years of priesthood – Vatican News

Ordained a priest on 13 December 1969, the future Roman Pontiff discovered his vocation sixteen years earlier, on 21 September 1953, on the feast of Saint Matthew.

13 December 2020 · 4 min read

Europe

European Union and African Union sign partnership to scale up preparedness for health emergencies

Today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched a new partnership initiative to strengthen the capacity…

13 December 2020 · 5 min read

Europe

EU Council President Michel says EU will keep calm as Brexit talks reach climax

European Council President Charles Michel speaks during a press conference at the end of a European summit in a video conference format, in Brussels August 19, 2020. — AFP pic…

13 December 2020 · 1 min read

Europe

Post-Brexit trade deal talks will continue, U.K., European Union officials say

Throwing overboard Sunday’s self-imposed deadline, the European Union and Britain said they will “go the extra mile” to clinch a post-Brexit trade agreement that would avert New Year’s chaos and…

13 December 2020 · 6 min read

Europe

Iran summons German ambassador over EU criticism of journalist’s execution – media

Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported on Sunday.…

13 December 2020 · 2 min read

Editor's choice

European Union funds biodiversity conservation project in Vietnam

HCMC - The European Union is funding a biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability project in central Vietnam, which will focus on the establishment and operation of a conservation foundation and…

13 December 2020 · 2 min read

Europe

EU urges China to free those detained for reporting after Bloomberg employee held

BEIJING: The European Union has urged China to release all journalists and citizens held in connection with their reporting, following the detention of a Bloomberg News employee. Haze Fan, a…

13 December 2020 · 2 min read