Pascale Davies

Germany

EU to investigate German financial watchdog over Wirecard scandal

The German payments company collapsed on Thursday amid a major accounting scandal that has seen a €1.9 billion hole in its books.

25 June 2020

United Kingdom

Starmer sacks Long-Bailey over 'anti-Semitic conspiracy theory'

Long-Bailey, who was a Corbyn ally, said on Twitter: "In no way was my retweet an intention to endorse every part of the article."

25 June 2020

USA

Poland's Duda vows 'stronger alliance' with U.S. at White House visit

The U.S. president praised Poland for its NATO defence spending and criticised Germany for buying gas from Russia.

24 June 2020

USA

Bayer to pay $10.9 billion to settle weedkiller cancer lawsuits

German chemical giant Bayer said Wednesday it would pay up to $10.9 billion (9.6 billion euros) to settle a wave of lawsuits from Americans who allege its Roundup weedkiller caused their cancers.

24 June 2020

United Kingdom

Swissport to cut over 4,000 jobs in UK and Ireland due to COVID-19

Swissport Western Europe, which operates at London airports Heathrow and Gatwick, said in a statement that it had to reduce its staff size to survive the coronavirus crisis.

24 June 2020

Germany

Ex-CEO of Germany's Wirecard posts €5m bail in missing billions case

Markus Braun resigned as CEO of the global payments provider on Friday after auditors said €1.9 billion was missing from Wirecard's accounts.

23 June 2020

Europe News

Watch again: EU and China seek to ease tensions at summit

Chinese leaders and EU officials are seeking to cool tensions at a video summit on Monday, which will address new tariffs targeting Chinese firms, Beijing’s increasing control over Hong Kong, and the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

22 June 2020

France

French schools reopen as more COVID-19 restrictions lifted

Many schoolchildren in France have not stepped foot on the playground for nearly three months.

22 June 2020

United Kingdom

BA, EasyJet and Ryanair take legal action over UK quarantine rules

BA, EasyJet and Ryanair said the UK's 14-day quarantine was "flawed" and will have a "devastating effect on British tourism and the wider economy".

12 June 2020

France

Police in France protest chokehold ban and racism accusations

"The police is not racist... it saves lives whatever the colour of the individual's skin," a police union told reporters.

12 June 2020

Germany

Volkswagen blames lack of 'intercultural sensitivity' for racist ad

The advert showed a black man being pushed around by a large white hand.

11 June 2020

Portugal

Unruly passengers 'could exempt airlines from paying compensation'

"The unruly behaviour of an air passenger may constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ capable of exempting the carrier from its obligation to pay compensation for the cancellation or long delay of the flight concerned," the court said.

11 June 2020

France

Paris prosecutor to investigate France's handling of COVID-19 crisis

The investigation follows dozen of complaints over failures to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

9 June 2020

France

Work begins to dismantle Notre Dame's charred scaffolding

Two teams of five workers each will take turns descending on ropes into the heat-warped web of scaffolding.

8 June 2020

World News

COVID-19: UK records 118 deaths, plans to reopen schools from June 1

UK records 118 additional deaths, Wuhan lab denies link to COVID-19, Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, these are the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.

24 May 2020

United Kingdom

UK PM advisor made second lockdown trip, say new reports

Downing Street said Johnson aide Dominic Cummings "believes he behaved reasonably and legally" when he travelled 400 kilometres during lockdown to visit family.

23 May 2020

World News

Five stories you may have missed due to coronavirus

A stolen masterpiece, Hungarian democracy being questioned -- and not forgetting Brexit, here are the stories you may have missed this week.

3 April 2020

United Kingdom

Watch again: UK vows to ramp up coronavirus testing after criticism

Britain's health minister Matt Hancock returned from quarantine after contracting COVID-19 to deliver a five-point plan to increase testing.

2 April 2020

France

France warns of serious side effects of coronavirus ‘miracle cures’

The French medicine body has warned against using anti-malaria drugs to treat coronavirus, warning of possible fatalities.

2 April 2020

Belgium

Putin says liberalism obsolete, Tusk says authoritarianism obsolete

The Russian president and EU Council president have entered into a battle of ideologies.

28 June 2019