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LampedusaAs several migrants tried to swim to the Italian coast, a transalpine prosecutor ordered their landing.

President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland from the Danish Government, but China is already present, exploiting a commodity that the US needs: rare earth minerals. China is responsible for 97 percent of global output, and there are no viable alternatives yet.

BerlinA Syrian migrant who regularly spends his holidays in Syria can not seriously claim to be persecuted, said the German Interior Minister. Refugee status for such people could soon be revoked.

LampedusaItaly's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called on the migrant aid organisation Proactiva Open Arms to head for a Spanish port.

BerlinYoung Germans are deeply concerned about changes in the weather, which is part of the new hypermoralism gripping the country.

New data about the enormous gap between the compensation growth of American corporate executives and American workers, shows just how staggering the divide is. Corporate leaders however, would like to hide that fact.

InnsbruckThe fact that many taxis in the Austrian city do not transport dogs is not about religion, but for "legal and security reasons", says an Innsbruck taxi driver.

Maxime Nicolle, a leading figure of the Yellow Vest citizen movement, is said to have become a victim of "moral harassment" and "public defamation" on social networks.

The EU’s asylum agency, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), revealed that from January 1 to the end of June, some 305 000 migrants applied for asylum in the EU, a ten percent increase from the same period in 2018.

Saint-RaphaëlFrench President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the African soldiers who gave their lives for France and called the mayors of France to rename streets in their memory.