Germany Europe's famous Christmas markets fall victim to COVID-19 In Germany, France, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, Christmas markets have been an iconic part of the festive season. Then COVID-19 hit. 01/12/2020
USA Joe Biden has finally got access to the top-secret security briefing Joe Biden has finally got access to Donald Trump's top-secret presidential briefing 01/12/2020
United Kingdom UK: Philip Green's retail empire Arcadia Group calls in administrators The UK retail empire run by the billionaire Philip Green for 18 years has been placed into a type of bankruptcy protection in a move that effectively puts some 13,000 jobs at risk. 30/11/2020
World Giulio Regeni: Egypt slams Italy's push for trial over student's death Italian prosecutors have been calling on Egypt to help Italy prosecute five intelligence and police officials implicated in the killing of the Cambridge PhD student in 2016. 30/11/2020
United Kingdom UK: Coroner to examine pollution link to girl's fatal asthma attack Over the next two weeks, a London coroner will examine whether air pollution caused or contributed to Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's fatal asthma attack in 2013 30/11/2020
Croatia Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković tests positive for COVID-19 Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after his wife also contracted the virus. 30/11/2020
Spain Activists angry after third bear killed in the Pyrenees in 2020 Campaigners are demanding action after Spanish authorities confirmed that a third bear had been killed in the Pyrenees mountains since the start of 2020. 30/11/2020
world news Europeans find they're HIV positive '3 years after they are infected' Figures released on World AIDS Day show infection and death rates are falling, but experts warn many people spend years without knowing they are infected. 30/11/2020
The Cube War crimes tweet further sours China-Australia relations The tweet sparked outrage from Australia PM Scott Morrison, who called on Twitter to remove it from its platform. 30/11/2020
Denmark Murder trial with racist undertones set to conclude in Denmark Two brothers are accused of killing a biracial man on the island of Bornholm in June. 30/11/2020
United Kingdom The Crown: Netflix series suffers backlash over depiction of UK royals Critics say The Crown displays a general lack of respect for The Queen and her family. 30/11/2020
Belarus More than 300 people arrested in latest Belarus demonstrations It is the latest in a series of protests over a disputed presidential election in August. 30/11/2020
France French government to 'totally rewrite' controversial security measure Thousands of people took to the streets across France at the weekend to protest against the new measure, over fears that police violence would be harder to expose. 30/11/2020
World An estimated 11m children 'facing extreme hunger or starvation' The problem has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Save The Children. 30/11/2020
Italy Apple fined €10 million in Italy over iPhone water resistance claims The firm is accused of claiming that several iPhone models were water-resistant without clarifying the exceptional circumstances. 30/11/2020
Montenegro What's behind the public spat between Serbia and Montenegro? Vladimir Bozovic was on Saturday given 72 hours to leave Montenegro after claiming that a century-old decision in 1918 to merge with Serbia was “free expression of the people’s will to unite with fraternal Serbia”. 30/11/2020
Turkey Turkey withdraws contentious research ship to port ahead of EU summit The Oruç Reis has been conducting exploratory research in the eastern Mediterranean since the summer, despite protests from Greece 30/11/2020
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