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France and Great Britain: Drones to prevent migration across the English Channel
The English Channel developed into a busy migration route to England. Now London and Paris have signed an agreement to prevent people from crossing.
November 28, 2020
Republicans after the US Election 2020: Heroes and Cowards
A few courageous Republicans have protected American democracy from the President's attacks. This makes the behavior of the party leadership seem even shabbier
November 28, 2020
Belarus: Opposition member Marija Kolesnikowa on her imprisonment and Lukashenko’s pseudo-dialogue
The Belarusian oppositional Marija Kolesnikowa refused to leave the country despite a death threat - by tearing up her passport. In an interview from prison, the regime critic reveals why she would do it again.
November 28, 2020
Barack Obama on time after Donald Trump: “It takes more than one election to undo these things”
Former US President Obama is once again settling accounts with Donald Trump: his relationship to the truth has divided the country. He is dampening expectations of the designated successor Joe Biden.
November 16, 2020
Donald Trump announces new “big lawsuits” against election results
The still-president continues to resist the clear election result: Donald Trump apparently wants to take further legal steps - but his lawyers are already giving in elsewhere.
November 16, 2020
Moldova: Maia Sandu faces victory over Igor Dodon in presidential election
In Moldova a change of direction is apparently imminent after the run-off vote: the pro-European Maia Sandu could replace Igor Dodon as president. It is open whether Dodon would accept defeat.
November 15, 2020
USA: Joe Biden will correct Donald Trump\’s policy “from day one”
Expectations are high, and so are announcements: Joe Biden's chief of staff promises that the Democrat will immediately rejoin the Paris Climate Convention and improve the protection of migrants.
November 15, 2020
Peru: Interim President Merino resigns after only five days
Government crisis in Peru: Transitional head of state Manuel Merino has already resigned from office after there were deaths in demonstrations against the dismissal of his predecessor.
November 15, 2020
Great Britain: Marcus Rashford persuades Boris Johnson to reverse social policy
In the pandemic, footballer Marcus Rashford became the star beyond the pitch. His campaign against child poverty is moving England - and has already prompted the Johnson government to turn the tide twice.
November 15, 2020
Donald Trump about Joe Biden: “He won because the election was rigged”
So far Donald Trump has not admitted his electoral defeat. On Twitter he now writes for the first time that Joe Biden has won - supplemented by an unsubstantiated claim.
November 15, 2020