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Three teenagers indicted in French teacher killing case
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:04am on November 07, 2020
Three teenagers were indicted on Friday in the murder of French history teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded last month after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
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Three people on trial on charge of assisting Barcelona attackers
Agence France-Presse . Barcelona, Spain | Updated at 10:24am on November 07, 2020
Three men go on trial at Spain’s top criminal court on Tuesday for helping the perpetrators of twin jihadist attacks in 2017 that killed 16...
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Global toll rises to 12,35,148
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 01:07am on November 07, 2020
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 12,35,148 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled...
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Austria shuts two mosques attended by Vienna attacker
Agence France-Presse . Vienna | Updated at 12:19am on November 07, 2020
The Austrian government ordered the closure on Friday of two mosques in the capital Vienna frequented by the jihadist gunman who shot dead four people...
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Rich nations fall short on climate finance pledge
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:16am on November 07, 2020
Wealthy countries are falling short on a decade-old promise come due to ramp up climate finance for the developing world, according to a semi-official report...
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DNA might replace barcodes to tag art, voter ballots: study
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:54pm on November 06, 2020
Easy-to-remove barcodes and QR codes used to tag everything from T-shirts to car engines may soon be replaced by a tagging system based on DNA...
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Ardern sworn in for second term
Agence France-Presse . Wellington | Updated at 10:22pm on November 06, 2020
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was sworn in for a second term Friday, as final election results showed her landslide victory was even bigger...
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WHO urged to invite Taiwan to key meeting
Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 10:19pm on November 06, 2020
The World Health Organisation is facing renewed pleas to allow Taiwan to participate in a key international meeting amid fears its exclusion could jeopardise efforts...
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Saudi princess robbed of belongings in Paris
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 09:40pm on November 06, 2020
Thieves have taken some 600,000 euros worth of high-end goods from the Paris home of a Saudi princess, a source close to the case said...
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Worldwide toll rises to 12,26,154
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 01:03am on November 06, 2020
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 12,26,154 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled...