The plight of child migrants in Briancon
Briancon…… 12000 souls are on the borders of these high Alps. We are just 10 kilometers from the Italian border. Since the beginning of 2017, this ski resort has become…
Euro-Doomsday Scenario: Europeans brace for worst
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has once again been giving assurances the EU is on the road to recovery. But it seems many Europeans themselves remain unconvinced, and are bracing themselves……
License to Shoot? New law gives French police greater powers to open fire on protesters
As the protests against police brutality in France continue to rage, the government has passed a controversial law giving police greater powers to open fire. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air… source
Boys wear skirts for school in France in pro-equality protest
Male students have turned up to school in Nantes, western France,wearing skirts in an anti-sexism move called “Lift the Skirt.” The pro-equality initiative aimed to reduce sexism in French… source
Biotech M&A rolls on as Alex ion snaps up Wilson for $855 mln
(Reuters) – Alex ion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy Sweden’s Wilson Therapeutics for 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($855 million), boosting its line-up of rare disease drugs as a wave of…
Machete-wielding man attacks soldier at Louvre, terror motives suspected
The Louvre museum in Paris has been cordoned off after a French soldier opened fire on an attacker wounding him, local media report. The attacker armed with a knife reportedly…
British passport maker to appeal loss of ‘Brexit blue’ contract
LONDON (Reuters) – The company that makes British passports will challenge the decision to use a foreign firm in future, a government decision that some eurosceptics in the tabloid press…
Pfizer signs deal with Allogene to develop cancer cell therapy
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with Allogene Therapeutics, a company formed by a consortium in which the drugmaker will hold a 25 percent stake,…
Exchange operator CME Group to buy Britain’s NEX for $5.5 billion
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. exchange operator CME Group has agreed to buy NEX Group for $5.5 billion to create a cross-border powerhouse for investors trading in the multi-trillion dollar foreign…
Listeria class action filed against South Africa’s Tiger Brands
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday against South Africa’s Tiger Brands, after one of its food factories was linked to a listeria outbreak that has…