European Union
Gov’t Moves To Cap Fiscal Deficit At 5% of GDP With Fiscal Responsibility Law
Government will soon submit to Parliament, an amendment to the Public Financial Management Act, to set Ghana’s fiscal...
Fate of Chinese Dissident’s Widow Worries Friends
Friends of the late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were worried about the fate of his widow on Sunday, with no signs that...
China Cremates Body of Nobel Laureate and Dissident Liu Xiaobo
The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his...
Italians Debate Citizenship Rights As Migrant Pressures Grow
With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian...
Google Announces London Cloud Computing Data Centre
Google has revealed it has built a London data centre for the cloud computing services it rents to third parties. The...
The Real-Life Jedi Council Policing Planet ‘Star Wars’
Deep within Lucasfilm's San Francisco headquarters, a group of elders act as a real-life Jedi Council -- keepers of...
World Reacts With Praise, Sadness To Liu Death
The world hailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as a brave fighter for human rights after his death from...
Italy Proposes Libya Pact To Curb Illegal Migration
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Thursday proposed a pact with Libya to combat human trafficking during a...
Palestinian MP Gets Six Months In Israel Jail Without Trial
Prominent Palestinian politician and rights campaigner Khalida Jarrar has been ordered detained for six months without...
EU Takes On Hungary Over NGO Law Seen As Targeting Soros
The EU launched legal action against Hungary on Thursday over a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups that...
EU To Crack Down On Terror Art Trafficking
The EU said Thursday it would cut off financing for terror groups from the lucrative trade in priceless cultural...
France To Appeal Google Tax Ruling
The French government will appeal a court ruling that US internet giant Google is not liable for 1.12 billion euros...
Malta Votes To Allow Same-Sex Marriage
Malta's parliament voted Wednesday to allow same-sex couples to marry, three years after passing a law permitting civil...
Google Escapes 1.1 Bn Euro Tax Bill In France
Google is not liable for 1.115 billion euros ($1.272 billion) in unpaid taxes claimed by the French state, a French...
Turkey Energy Minister ‘to Visit Israel For Pipeline Deal’
Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak is set to visit Israel by the end of this year to conclude an agreement for the...
Debt-Ridden Air Zimbabwe Sacks Half Its Workforce
Air Zimbabwe has laid off 200 employees -- nearly half its workforce -- to try to stay in the air, Zimbabwe state media...
Newborn Among Migrants Reaching Italy After Rescue Off Libya
The first of more than 3,500 would-be migrants picked up off the coast of Libya in recent days arrived Wednesday in...
France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants
France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting...
President Erdogan Tells BBC: EU Wastes Turkey’s Time
Turkey will find it “comforting” if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...