In the case of November aid for companies in partial lockdown, after widespread criticism, the first funds that are paid out may be topped up. © Robert Michael / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa The transferred November aid as extraordinary economic aid from... >>>

The new rule, set to affect tens of millions of people, intensifies the conflict between Beijing and Washington. The new rules would affect Chinese Communist Party members, who number around 92 million, and their close relatives. Party ranks include >>>

The greatest tension is out after the DFB vote for Joachim Löw. Nevertheless, the prospects and risks with the long-term national coach will be a top topic again. © Ina Fassbender / dpa The man behind the national coach: DFB director Oliver... >>>

In the drought-ravaged south of Madagascar, people are filling their bellies with white clay mixed with tamarind to cope with famine. Like their neighbours, they swallow clay mixed with tamarind between meals. Nine people starved to death in the... >>>

View CNN's Fast Facts on Mahathir Mohamad and learn more about the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. © MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images Malaysia's opposition alliance headed by veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, has won a historic... >>>

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government cleared stores, shopping malls, restaurants, bars and hotels to reopen Thursday, easing some of the most restrictive measures it imposed to contain a massive surge in coronavirus cases and allowing a semblance of... >>>

The Central African Republic's top court on Thursday rejected ex-president Francois Bozize's candidacy in forthcoming elections on the grounds that he was being sought for alleged murder and torture and is under UN sanctions. In its ruling,... >>>

LONDON (AP) — A local British emergency services department says there have been “multiple casualties” following a large explosion Thursday at a warehouse near the southwest England city of Bristol. The Avon Fire and Rescue Service said it was... >>>

More than 1,000 researchers affiliated with Chinese military have already fled the country amid Justice Department investigations into spying activity, top U.S. security officials said Wednesday.John Demers, chief of the DOJ's National Security... >>>

Picture a Christmas tree and you'll probably think of baubles, tinsel and fairy lights, but one Australian woman came home to find an unusual adornment: A koala bear. © Amanda McCormick/Caters News An adorable festive koala broke into an... >>>

Iran ready to show goodwill if U.S., Europe abide by nuclear deal: ZarifROME (Reuters) - Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original... >>>

In parting shot, Pompeo rebukes Turkey at NATO meetingBRUSSELS/PARIS/ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used his final NATO meeting this week to sharply criticise Turkey, saying its purchase of a Russian weapons system was "a... >>>

© Copyright 2020, L'Obs Emmanuel Macron will address the French at 8 p.m. this Thursday to pay tribute to former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died Wednesday at the age of 94 , announced the Elysee. The president has already paid tribute... >>>

European Union leaders are readying a back-up option that can cut budget holdouts Hungary and Poland out of a multi-billion dollar stimulus fund and still hold them to rule-of-law conditions they adamantly oppose. © Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto... >>>

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Vandals daubed white paint over the faces of Black historical figures on a mural outside a Black cultural archive in Amsterdam in what one of the archive's founders called a racist attack Thursday. The vandals also stuck... >>>