Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said Monday its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an internal investigation into the company's activities in Syria. His resignation, which...
Independent centrist Emmanuel Macron will face anti-EU, anti-immigration candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential run-off duel on May 7, according to initial estimates after Sunday’s...
The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say. The two saw off a strong challenge from...
An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers. Carmelo Zuccaro told La Stampa (in Italian) phone calls...
Polls have closed in the first round of the French presidential election, with higher than expected turnout in a closely watched race that could change the future of Europe. First projections based...
Pope Francis has described some of Europe's holding centres for migrants and refugees as concentration camps. The Roman Catholic leader made the comments while meeting migrants during a visit to a...
Prof. Emmanuel Debrah has called for an investment mechanism for LEAP beneficiaries to make them financially independent. Lauding the programmme, he explained that even though LEAP had reduced...
Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was quoted as saying Sunday, stirring up a simmering row over aid groups' role in...
French overseas territories and residents in some U. S. states such as Hawaii began voting on Saturday in the French presidential election, a day ahead of a main first-round vote that could change...
With fears rising that the Trump administration will follow through on its threats to raise trade barriers, world finance ministers are united on one message: protectionism threatens the global...
A 13-Member European Union (EU) Delegation including six Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee have paid a day’s working visit to Ghana. The aim of the visit was to...
A 14-member European Union delegation to the country has underscored the need for a regional ECOWAS agreement, arguing that it will help maintain a good balance with a fully fledged Economic...
The Group of 20 major economies sent a message Friday on the threat that rising protectionism poses to the global economy, but the United States cast doubt over its adherence to that stance. US...
The gutting of US-funded climate science would cripple research agendas worldwide and hamper the global fight against climate change, say scientists outside the United States, some of whom will take...
The dictates of the UK’s Parliament’s Fixed Term Act require that following the 2015 Elections, the next Elections were to be held in 2020. However, the Act also allows for early Elections with...
The dictates of the UK’s Parliament’s Fixed Term Act require that following the 2015 Elections, the next Elections were to be held in 2020. However, the Act also allows for early Elections with...
All 11 French presidential candidates have made their final pitches in the last set-piece TV encounter ahead of Sunday’s first round of voting. Both far-right leader Marine Le Pen and radical...
UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of Lampedusa, the tiny Italian island on the frontline of the refugee crisis. The...
Victoria Beckham arrived with her family at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, where she was made an OBE by the Duke of Cambridge. The Spice Girl turned fashion designer, who celebrated her 43rd...
