Lebanon banks to remain closed on Friday: statement
Lebanon’s banks will remain closed on Friday due to safety concerns amid nationwide protests but will reopen as soon as the situation stabilizes, the country’s banking association said on Thursday.
Greek workers protest reforms intended to boost investment
Greek garbage collectors marched peacefully through Athens on Thursday to protest the new conservative government’s plans to further outsource state services.
India’s ruling BJP wins in big western state, scouts for ally in other
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party retained its control over a big western state on Thursday and was left scouting for an ally to keep hold of a northern state, after the two election races turned out to be closer than forecast.
German far right tests Merkel’s conservatives in eastern state vote
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will try to build on its successes in two regional votes last month and beat Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in another eastern state election on Sunday.
Thirty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall still divides Germans
When Matthias Rudolph joined political protests in Leipzig in 1989, he wanted to change the Communist German Democratic Republic. Thirty years on, he enjoys the freedoms the fall of the Berlin Wall brought, but is not entirely happy either.
From Alice in Wonderland to walking the dog: Germans recall fall of Berlin Wall
Dagmar Simdorn had been to visit her husband’s grave when she walked out of the cemetery and looked along her street toward the austere Berlin Wall checkpoint at Bernauer Strasse. There was an opening.
Brazil president confirms Foster tapped for embassy in Washington
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Nestor Foster to be ambassador in Washington after backtracking on appointing his son, lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro.
Exhumation of former Spanish dictator is act of reconciliation says acting PM
The exhumation of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco was a step towards reconciliation, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday, after the general’s remains were removed from the state mausoleum where he was buried in 1975.
Riot-hit Chile presses forward with social reforms
Chile’s president and lawmakers prepared on Thursday to push forward social equality reforms after the easing of riots in the latest flashpoint of protests against South American leaders.
UK police investigating truck deaths can hold driver for another 24 hours
British police said on Thursday they had been given permission to hold the driver of a truck in which the bodies of 39 Chinese nationals were discovered for another 24 hours.
