Europe
Brexit cost will be four times greater for UK than EU, Brussels forecasts
The economic blow dealt by Brexit will be four times greater in the UK than the EU, according to the latest forecasts by Brussels. A month into the new relationship,…
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Europe
Still many challenges ahead to achieve gender equality
MEPs assessed the progress made in women’s rights over the past 25 years and the many challenges still ahead, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.Committee on Women's Rights and Gender…
Food
Interview: The passion, pride and principles of French organic chocolate house Saveurs & Nature
Fifteen years ago Jean Michel Mortreau was the successful owner of France’s first certified organic restaurant. Jean Michel Mortreau: The passionate French chocolatier behind Le Chocolats de Pauline The entrepreneur…
Health
COVID-19 ‘extremely unlikely’ to have come from a lab, experts say
The virus that causes COVID-19 probably jumped from animals to humans and is “extremely unlikely” to have come from a laboratory, the head of an international team investigating the origins…
America
West Virginia city’s evangelical Christians torn over religion’s role in politics
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) – If you're Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains — you have your choice. You…
News
Is Turkey a Proof that Religion and Democracy Cannot Coexist?
Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Featured, Gender, Gender Violence, Headlines, Human Rights, Middle East & North Africa, Press Freedom, Religion, TerraViva United Nations Nazlan Ertan…
Europe
WHO/Europe looks ahead to a busy 2021
Following an unprecedented year for WHO in 2020, WHO/Europe looks ahead to 2021 with a focus on the continuing COVID-19 pandemic alongside the implementation of the European Programme of Work.
America
American poet and activist Amanda Gorman
Amanda S. C. Gorman (born 1998) is an American poet and activist. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman…
Europe
Hauliers say exports to European Union are down 68pc since Brexit
A survey of worldwide hauliers has discovered the quantity of exports travelling from British ports to the EU fell 68 per cent final month in contrast to the identical interval final 12…
Europe
Britain must focus on Asia and US not EU post-Brexit, Barclays boss says
Britain's financial services industry should focus on winning business in the United States and Asia rather than the European Union in the aftermath of Brexit, Barclays CEO Jes Staley said.…