Author: Tuula Pohjola

German coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to extend measures to cushion the effects of the coronavirus crisis on Europe’s biggest economy, including prolonging a short-time…

Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the…

The arrest of three Mexican women accused of trafficking more than 20 children from within their extended family has been criticized by rights activists, who…

A slump in UK consumer spending during the coronavirus lockdown has erased almost the same carbon emissions as produced by the city of Nottingham in…

American Airlines said on Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40,000, including 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on…

Facebook’s French subsidiary has agreed to pay 106 million euros ($125 million) in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants…

Africa is now free of the wild poliovirus disease, which can cause paralysis in children, The World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The announcement comes…

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the two countries to solve their dispute over rights to a resource-rich area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He likened…

Long months of a pandemic lockdown and economic crisis have revived a scourge that Chileans thought they had beaten forever: hunger. So the number of…

Dozens of asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on small boats are due to be put on charter flights over the next two days,…