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Athens/Madrid/Rome/Tripoli, Jun 4 (EFE).- Alfa Jafo wears a puzzled look on his face when asked if the Covid-19 pandemic has killed his dream of escaping poverty and war and making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.Europe became one of the world’s worst-hit continents during the pandemic, which confined millions of people who once took cross-border travel for granted, to their homes.
Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy demanded a ban on the full-bodied swimsuit, nicknamed a 'burkini,' which he called a provocation to the French, as he held the first meeting for his presidential campaign, in Chateaurenard, Thursday.
The University of Lille is offering scholarships, including housing, to refugees of Calais' The Jungle. The only problem is too many applicants.
Rescuers pluck hundreds of migrants from vessels off the Libyan coast, but for one young Somali man who died during the journey, their help came too late -- as 2016 starts to look like the deadliest year in the current migrant crisis. Diane Hodges reports.
During a press briefing in Washington DC, on Thursday, US President Barack Obama discussed the positive progress being made against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).