Disrupted Jean-Marc Ollagnier says “there are opportunities that we have to shape, understand and capture”
Nigeria Police and army in bid to rescue 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria Unidentified gunmen stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Jangebe and took the girls away, say police. 27/02/2021
USA Joe Biden's €1.5 trillion COVID relief bill passes House vote hurdle The vote is seen as a crucial victory for President Biden but is likely to run into trouble in the Senate over proposals for a $15 minimum wage. 27/02/2021
World A diary of life aboard a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea Euronews' Pablo Ramiro joined NGO Open Arms on a migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Here's what he saw. 27/02/2021
USA Joe Biden visits Texas amid recovery effort from deadly winter storm More than a million people in the state are still under orders to boil water before drinking it after millions lost power and water pipes burst in an extreme cold snap. 27/02/2021
World UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding COVID ceasefire The resolution "will help bring vaccines to 160 million people in conflict areas or displaced by conflict,'' says the council president. 26/02/2021
Nigeria Police confirm abduction of at least 317 girls in Zamfara state Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said. 26/02/2021
Myanmar Myanmar's UN envoy opposes coup in dramatic speech "We will continue to fight for a government which is of the people, by the people, for the people,'' Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun told the UN General Assembly in a surprise speech on Friday. 26/02/2021
The Cube Angela Merkel did not "refuse" the AstraZeneca vaccine Newspapers claimed the German Chancellor refused to have the vaccine. However, she wasn't offered it because she is above the age threshold. 26/02/2021
Armenia Armenia’s PM says the army attempted a coup. What’s really going on? Who are the key players and what was the catalyst that sparked tensions this week? 26/02/2021
The Cube Lockdown easing plan circulating on WhatsApp in Portugal is "false" Portugal's government says there is "no truth" to the document, which has been shared widely on social media. 26/02/2021
Saudi Arabia Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia rejects US intelligence report The US report claimed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorised the operation to 'capture or kill' journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 26/02/2021
Republic of Northern Macedonia Former North Macedonia police chief sentenced over wiretapping scandal The former head of the North Macedonian intelligence police has been imprisoned for 12 years for co-ordinating a decade-long illegal wiretapping scandal. 26/02/2021
Russia Boeing 777 flight makes unscheduled landing in Moscow Russian media say that a Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in the early hours of Friday after the pilot reported a problem with the engine. 26/02/2021
Belgium Belgium's government warns against using its own facemasks Belgian authorities said their freely distributed masks contain small traces of silver and a chemical compound and are undertaking further studies. 26/02/2021
Turkey Turkey slams Dutch bid to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide Turkey has strongly denounced a motion by the Dutch parliament to formally recognise the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide. 26/02/2021
Netherlands Victory for Dutch government over legal challenge to COVID curfew Court found government was entitled to use an emergency law to introduce the measures forcing residents indoors from 9 pm to 4:30 am 26/02/2021
Russia Diplomat uses hand-pushed rail trolley to get from N Korea to Russia A group of Russian diplomats and their families have returned from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to COVID-19 restrictions. 26/02/2021
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