europe
Italy’s staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions
World
December 12, 2020
Italy’s staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions
ROME (AP) — Italy could soon reclaim a record that nobody wants — the most coronavirus deaths in Europe —…
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
World
December 10, 2020
Spain: Two dead in inferno of building occupied by squatters
MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in northeastern Spain found two bodies in an abandoned building occupied by migrants and other squatters…
No-deal Brexit fears rise as Johnson heads for last supper in Brussels
World
December 9, 2020
No-deal Brexit fears rise as Johnson heads for last supper in Brussels
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Brussels on Wednesday for dinner with European Commission President Ursula…
Manchester bomber’s brother admits “full part” in planning attack, UK inquiry told
World
December 7, 2020
Manchester bomber’s brother admits “full part” in planning attack, UK inquiry told
LONDON (Reuters) – The brother of a man who detonated a suicide bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande…
‘Immunity passports’ are already here. But they come with warnings
Features/Interviews
December 7, 2020
‘Immunity passports’ are already here. But they come with warnings
(CNN) — With miles of barbed wire and electric fencing along its border and open government hostility to migrants, Hungary’s…
EU negotiator kicks off hectic day for final Brexit deal
World
December 7, 2020
EU negotiator kicks off hectic day for final Brexit deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday set off one of the most intense days in…
Crunch UK-EU talks on post-Brexit ties to resume Sunday
World
December 6, 2020
Crunch UK-EU talks on post-Brexit ties to resume Sunday
LONDON (AP) — The European Union and the United Kingdom decided Saturday to press on with negotiating a post-Brexit trade…
European Court of Justice annuls freezing Mubarak family funds in Europe
Egypt
December 5, 2020
European Court of Justice annuls freezing Mubarak family funds in Europe
The European Court of Justice on Thursday annulled sanctions imposed on the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family…
France to investigate dozens of mosques suspected of ‘separatism’
Egypt
December 3, 2020
France to investigate dozens of mosques suspected of ‘separatism’
PARIS (Reuters) – France will on Thursday start investigating dozens of mosques suspected of fomenting Islamist ideology to combat the…
Their existing secularism and our aspired secularism
Opinion
December 3, 2020
Their existing secularism and our aspired secularism
George Holyoake’s 1896 publication English Secularism describes secularism as follows: “Secularism is a code of duty pertaining to this life, founded on…