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February 25, 2020

Borders stay open as Italy coronavirus outbreak spreads south

Italy’s European neighbours pledged to keep borders open Tuesday despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country to Tuscany and Sicily and a surge in the number of infected people. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has blamed poor management in a…

February 25, 2020

German police seek motive in car ramming that injured 60

German authorities scrambled Tuesday to determine the motives of a man who ploughed his car into a carnival procession, injuring dozens and further unsettling a country rocked by a fatal mass shooting last week. In an afternoon statement, police said…

February 25, 2020

Italy coronavirus outbreak spreads south as death toll hits 10

Italy’s European neighbours pledged to keep borders open Tuesday despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country to Tuscany and Sicily and a surge in the number of infected people. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has blamed poor management in a…

February 25, 2020

#MeToo movement front and centre at Berlin film fest

With a wealth of female directors and a hit film partially based on the Harvey Weinstein revelations, the #MeToo movement is front and centre at the 70th edition of the Berlin film festival this week. – Gender parity – Only…

February 25, 2020

Merkel’s would-be successors announce bids for party leader

Political heavyweights in Germany’s ruling CDU announced on Tuesday their bids for the crisis-wracked party’s top job, with a staunch ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her nemesis jumping into the race. Merkel’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union is in turmoil…

February 25, 2020

German police seek motive in car ramming

German authorities scrambled Tuesday to determine the motives of a man who ploughed his car into a carnival procession, injuring dozens and further unsettling a country rocked by a fatal mass shooting last week. In an afternoon statement, police said…

February 25, 2020

‘Time for an accounting’ in Weinstein affair: Clinton

Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for rape and sexual assault showed that it was “time for an accounting”, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday, before defending her political ties to the disgraced Hollywood producer. “The jury’s verdict really speaks for itself,” Clinton told journalists…

February 25, 2020

Erdogan says no ‘full’ agreement on Syria summit

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday there was no agreement yet for the leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany to hold a summit over the escalating violence in northern Syria. The Kremlin indicated a two-way meeting between Turkey’s Erdogan…

February 25, 2020

Climate activists occupy disputed German coal plant

Climate activists occupied a highly controversial new coal power plant in Germany on Tuesday, police said, preventing a test run of generators campaigners say should never be brought online. Police told AFP that 14 people had entered the grounds of…