Tunisia’s president appoints woman as prime minister in first for Arab world
By Mostafa Salem, CNN Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bouden Romdhan as the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab…
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Dutch police arrest and release former far-right party member amid reports of possible plan to attack Prime Minister
By Manveena Suri, CNN Police in the Netherlands have arrested and released a former member of a far-right political party after Prime Minister Mark…
Continue ReadingWHO employees took part in Congo sex abuses in Ebola crisis, report says
Story by Reuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) were involved in incidents of sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingExplosion and fire with ‘no natural explanation’ injures 16 in Sweden, as police hunt for clues
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Sixteen people have been injured — including four critically — after an explosion led to a large fire in an…
Continue ReadingPublic urination at Glastonbury Festival leaves traces of cocaine and MDMA in river, posing threat to rare eels
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Public urination at Glastonbury Festival led to illegal drugs entering a river running through the famous Somerset site in…
Continue ReadingRussia reports its worst single-day Covid-19 death toll since start of pandemic
By Anna Chernova, CNN Russia reported its highest Covid-19 death toll in a single day on Tuesday with 852 coronavirus-related deaths recorded in the…
Continue ReadingMan charged with London teacher Sabina Nessa’s murder
By Lindsay Isaacs, Ivana Kottasová and Kara Fox, CNN A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa in southeast…
Continue ReadingFive key takeaways from Germany’s historic election
By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest…
Continue ReadingMeet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month,…
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron hit by egg thrown from crowd in Lyon
By Simone Bouvier and Tara John, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron was hit by an egg while taking part in a food event in Lyon on Monday. The egg…
Continue ReadingMeet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month,…
Continue ReadingLava from the La Palma volcano is approaching the Atlantic Ocean, as coastal areas are locked down
By Al Goodman and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Residents along the eastern shore of Spain’s La Palma island were ordered into lockdown Monday as lava…
Continue ReadingSan Marino votes overwhelmingly to end abortion ban
By Caitlin Hu and Sharif Paget, CNN The tiny landlocked republic of San Marino voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to legalize abortion under certain…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
CNN By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic…
Continue Reading1 person dead, buildings damaged as 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Greek island of Crete
By Chris Liakos, Hannah Ritchie and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN One man has died and nine people have been injured following a strong earthquake that…
Continue ReadingSPD narrowly wins German election against Merkel’s CDU but uncertainty remains over next leader
By Sugam Pokharel, Jennifer Deaton, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party…
Continue ReadingIceland will have a male-majority parliament after all, election recount shows
Story by Reuters Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than…
Continue ReadingSwitzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Story by Reuters Switzerland agreed to legalize civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
CNN By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic…
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