In response to the decision by EU foreign ministers this morning (22 March) to sanctions imposed on four Chinese nationals and one entity linked to the persecution of the Uyghur minority in Xiangjiang province, China has announced retaliatory sanctions for ten individuals and four entities. One of those listed is [...]

Italy’s coronavirus death toll passed the 100,000 mark on Monday and Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned that the situation was worsening again with a jump in hospitalizations, writes Crispian [...]

Swiss voters have accepted a far-right proposal to ban facial coverings as they took to the polls on Sunday (7 March) in a binding referendum viewed as a test of attitudes toward Muslims, writes Michael [...]

Italy blocks vaccine shipment to Australia, ECJ slams UK in air pollution ruling and Square’s Tidal deal with Jay-Z. Delano’s breakfast briefing for [...]

EU criteria for safe and clean tourism, including a common vaccination certificate, should be a part of a new EU strategy on sustainable tourism, said MEPs. The draft resolution on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism, adopted by 47 votes in favour and two against, urges EU countries to include the [...]

Europe and the United States should without delay send enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa to inoculate the continent’s health-care workers or risk losing influence to Russia and China, French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured) said on Friday (19 February), writes Michel [...]

Air Canada has announced today that it will implement additional capacity and workforce reductions in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The airline has revealed plans to cut network capacity by a quarter, and is estimating around 1,700 jobs to be affected. Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer [...]

Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 – a Boeing 737-500 – was flying from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday to Pontianak. It had more than 60 people on [...]

The Netherlands is preparing to enter a far-reaching lockdown from Monday night at midnight until 19 January to curb the spread of Covid-19, Dutch public broadcaster NOS [...]

The former king of Spain wants to settle with the IRS in a case about credit cards of a Mexican businessman and friend, writes El País based on [...]