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Malala Yousafzai gets EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has received the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize at a

French government takes risky gamble with tax reform plan

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – France’s embattled government has taken a gamble by announcing an overhaul of the country’s complex tax system, a move it hopes will prevent

Ukraine parliament fails to break Tymoshenko deadlock

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament failed to break a deadlock on Tuesday over freeing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, with deputies openly recognizing that a landmark

‘Nervous’ mafia could target Pope Francis, prosecutor warns

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 14, 20240

Pope Francis’ campaign against corruption in the Catholic Church has made Italy’s most dangerous mafia organization “nervous,” which could make the prelate a target, a

Pussy Riot leader lost in Russia’s prison system, husband says

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 14, 20240

Pyotr Verzilov says he has had no news about or from his wife, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, for more than three weeks. MOSCOW — The leader of

Russian investigators seek clues on plane crash

YoopyaNov 18, 2013February 14, 20240

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators on Monday combed through the charred fragments of a Boeing 737 jetliner as they tried to determine what caused its

France studies giving more counter-terrorism aid to Libya

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday France was considering giving Libya more aid in counter-terrorism, including training more police. Two years after a NATO-backed revolt

Insight: Revival of Islamists in Mali tests French, U.N. nerve

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Nine months after they were scattered across the Sahara by waves of French air strikes, Islamists in Mali are making a comeback –

Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship

YoopyaNov 14, 2013March 6, 20240

New York City (AFP) A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New

Column: Why Scandinavian women make the rest of the world jealous

YoopyaNov 8, 2013February 14, 20240

Icelanders are among the happiest and healthiest people on Earth. They publish more books per capita than any other country, and they have more artists.