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Added on the 12/05/2021 20:00:12 - Copyright : Euronews EN
A Russian court is set to make a ruling in an "extremism" case against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as Moscow seeks to outlaw the opposition to President Vladimir Putin. The closed court hearing is part of a sweeping crackdown on Putin's most prominent critic and his supporters after Navalny barely survived a poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent last summer. IMAGES
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, new World Trade Organization's director general, arrives at the WTO's headquarters for her first in day in office. She is the first woman and first African to lead the WTO. IMAGES
Quezon City, Nov 8 (EFE/EPA).- The US presidential election, in which the Democratic challenger Joe Biden was projected winner by major media outlets, made the front page of newspapers in the Philippine on Sunday. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).B-ROLL OF A CONVENIENCE STORE IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SELLING LOCAL NEWSPAPERS WITH STORIES ABOUT THE 2020 UNITED STATES ELECTIONS.
Hundreds of people gather at Paris' Trocadero as French lawmakers are expected to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support. IMAGES
Greenpeace activists dressed as Shell board members hold a mock profits party behind a burning sign reading "Your Future" outside the company's headquarters as it released its annual results. Shell announced a post-tax profit of $19.4 billion for 2023, a slump from $42.3 billion in 2022 when prices soared to a record on the Ukraine conflict. IMAGES
France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE