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Trump appoints ex-South African Lana Marks as US ambassador in Pretoria

Published: November 18, 2018, 8:10 am

The new American ambassador in Pretoria is unusual in that she is fluent in local languages and has built her own luxury brand.

Polish mothers with 4 or more children to be rewarded from 2019

Published: November 18, 2018, 7:53 am

WarsawThe Polish government plans to begin disbursing special minimum pensions to mothers of four or more children next year, the country’s Family Minister said on Friday.

Will the Franco-German warplane project fly?

Published: November 18, 2018, 7:32 am

BerlinFrench defense officials have included a nuclear angle to their requirements for the future Franco-German combat aircraft at the recent International Fighter industry conference in Berlin.

Merkel faces mass protest in Chemnitz even as police censor latest rape

Published: November 17, 2018, 10:54 am

ChemnitzA German woman is said to have been attacked in a hallway and repeatedly raped in the city of Chemnitz this week. The news was censored ahead of Chancellor Merkel's visit.

German secret service appoints top official with migration background

Published: November 17, 2018, 9:08 am

BerlinThe German security service has given a top position to a person "with a migration background". His appointment has raised many eyebrows in Berlin.

Matteo Salvini. Photo: matteoslavini.it

Italian ID cards will show ‘mother’ and ‘father’ defying ‘gender fluidity’

Published: November 17, 2018, 8:23 am

RomeItaly's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has said the ministry was most certainly "going forward" on replacing "parent 1" and "parent 2" with "father" and "mother" on electronic ID cards for children.

French police woman under official investigation, shoots herself

Published: November 16, 2018, 8:58 am

ParisA French policewoman who led a group to raise awareness about violence against French officers has been found dead. Her death has been ruled a suicide.

Number of mosques in Norway skyrocket

Published: November 16, 2018, 7:46 am

OsloNorway has a tiny population of 5,25 million people but currently has 219 mosques, which represents a 65 percent upsurge from only eight years ago. 

Hungary’s demographic revolution

Published: November 16, 2018, 6:58 am

After the fall of Communism in 1989, few European countries have attempted to raise their fertility rates. However, serious efforts are being made in Hungary, Poland, and most recently Italy to do so.

Case to ban ‘racist characteristics’ of Zwarte Piet dismissed

Published: November 15, 2018, 9:29 am

Anti-Piet campaigners in the Netherlands have lost their case to ban "racist characteristics" from the Zwarte Piet procession on November 14, 2018.