Israel says will renew ties with Chad after presidential visit
Israel said on Tuesday that it and Chad would resume relations, severed in 1972, after the central African country’s President Idriss Deby made a surprise visit to Jerusalem this week.
Hundreds protest in Tunisia against Saudi Crown Prince’s visit
Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Tuesday against a visit by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, denouncing the top Saudi royal as a murderer in the second straight day of demonstrations condemning the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
France to reduce reliance on nuclear energy, may boost stake in EDF
France will steadily reduce its reliance on nuclear power to 50 percent of the energy mix by 2035 but will only close two reactors before the end of the current presidential mandate in 2022, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
Estonian defense minister calls for new EU sanctions against Russia
Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik on Tuesday called for the European Union to impose new sanctions on Moscow after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships and took their crew prisoner at the weekend.
Poland would join any moves to step up Russian sanctions over Ukraine: president
Poland’s president said on Tuesday Warsaw would join any international moves to step up sanctions on Russia, after Moscow opened fire on and seized three Ukrainian navy ships near Russian-annexed Crimea over the weekend.
UK to publish Brexit economic analysis on Wednesday: May’s spokesman
The British government will publish its economic analysis of a range of different Brexit scenarios on Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said.
Egypt’s poor bear brunt of crackdown on farmland building
In the home he shared with 11 relatives, Mohammed Abd al-Hamid had no room to start a family. But since he put up a house on a nearby field in 2016, he has paid $4,500 in fines for building on agricultural land.
India throws book at schools making young pupils carry heavy bags
Concerned about producing a generation of children with hunched backs and other spine problems, India has denounced schools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework.
Austria concerned Russia-Ukraine tensions could escalate
Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said she was concerned about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as it could get more dangerous and, asked about possible further sanctions for Russia, said this would depend partly on how both parties procee…
Seeking to defuse French protests, Macron says fuel taxes must be fairer
President Emmanuel Macron proposed reviewing the rate of tax on diesel and petrol every three months to take into account moves in global prices, seeking to defuse sometimes violent protests against high gasoline taxes that have caught him off-guard.
