German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday promised competitive energy costs and fairer international framework conditions to labor leaders and steel executives from companies such as Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, Salzgitter and ArcelorMittal. The industry has struggled for years against low-cost competition from Asia and a volatile market. During the meeting in Berlin, the chancellor emphasized his … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday invited party leaders to come together for talks in a bid to form a new government amid the political crisis triggered by the ousting of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The talks so far appear to exclude both far-right and hard-left parties, with the president’s office saying they have only … Read more
Germany, France, Austria, Belgium and several Nordic countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments in the war-ravaged nation, Vienna signaled it would soon deport refugees back to Syria. FRANCE … Read more
FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks to Omar Alshogre, a Syrian man who was imprisoned and tortured under the Assad regime. He says that global inaction against Bashar al-Assad has been the biggest traumatic experience, adding that nothing is more depressing than seeing democracies around the world ‘not even caring about humans that are trying to … Read more
Damascus stirred back to life at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. Story by Noémie Roche and Antonia Kerrigan. Source link
Forcing someone to accept bitcoin is a fiat action. Literally fiat. Fíat in Latin means “let it be done”, it implies a decree. When El Salvador passed its Bitcoin Law and made it mandatory for businesses to accept BTC, it promoted Bitcoin from a fiat approach, not a bitcoiner. Therefore, not only is it not … Read more
Let’s talk about a topic that is increasingly being debated at the dinner table here in France with Christmas around the corner! What is the greenest option between an artificial tree and a natural fir tree? On the one hand, the artificial tree is reusable every year. On the other hand, natural fir is biodegradable … Read more
Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government. Story by Camille Knight. Source link
A growing number of European countries including Austria, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Norway on Monday announced they were suspending their processing of Syrian asylum applications after rebels ousted the country’s dictator Bashar al-Assad over the weekend. Source link
Syrian rebels led by Islamist armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham announced Sunday that they had liberated thousands of political prisoners after a dramatic 10-day military campaign that toppled the Assad family’s 50-year rule. As former prisoners reunited with their families, questions remain about the prison’s hidden sections and the full extent of its brutal history … Read more