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Berlin's largest restaurant feeds homeless amid lockdown

01:40 Berlin's largest restaurant Hofbraeu Berlin, at the foot of the city's iconic Alexanderplatz tower, has transitioned to providing the homeless with free hot meals amid the corona

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German police baffled as over 60 artefacts attacked in Berlin museums

The artefacts desecrated included works from Ancient Egypt. /CFP. More than 60 artworks and artefacts at some of Berlin's best-known museums were attacked, smeared with an oily liquid by an un

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Pandemic can lead to surge in solar energy - IEA report

00:49 The chaos of the COVID-19 outbreak can open up opportunities to reshape the future of energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said in a report.In its annual World Energ

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Global Business Daily: Shell job cuts, Palantir IPO, VW heads on trial

"We have looked closely at how we are organized and we feel that, in many places, we have too many layers in the company."That was how the CEO of oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell, Ben van Beurden,

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More arrests in Minsk as protests drive wedge between world powers

01:23 Minsk, and other cities across Belarus, have experienced a weekend of anti-government protests that show no sign of abating.About 100,000 demonstrators marched in Minsk calling f

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Polish coalition government faces collapse after animal welfare split

Kaczynski doesn't hold an official government post but is thought of as the driving figure in PiS. /AP Poland may face an early general election or the Law and Justice (PiS) party may run the

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'Disaster' in the Danube as the river continues to be polluted

02:02 Europe's second longest river, the Danube, is being polluted by unfiltered wastewater from Serbia's capital Belgrade.The daily operation, during which trucks queue up to dump was

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Global Business Daily: Nvidia-Arm deal, TikTok Oracle, $3.8bn G4S bid

"We want to grow Arm and make it become even greater."The CEO of U.S. multinational, Nvidia, Jensen Huang, was in a confident mood after the $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm from Japan's Sof

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What is the profile of the average French ‘anti-masker’?

Thousands take to the streets of Europe's capitals to protest COVID-19 response measures, including the enforcement of mask wearing. /FP/John MacDugall. French people who are against the weari

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Belarus opposition leader detained after resisting exile to Ukraine

02:18 A leading Belarusian opposition leader has been detained by government authorities, a border official has said, after she allegedly thwarted an attempt to expel her from Belarus.

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Can sunshine and a beach view help recovery from COVID-19?

02:06 After nearly two months of intensive hospital care, most of the time hooked up to tubes or sedated, Francisco Espana took a moment this week to fill his lungs with the fresh air

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Alpine tunnel completes rail network linking Netherlands to Italy

01:44 The final component of a tunnel network dug beneath the Alps, connecting the industrialized hub of Northern Europe to the ports of the Mediterranean, was completed in Switzerland

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Which treatments are leading the fight against COVID-19?

As the COVID-19 pandemic has developed, so have the treatments used by medical practitioners to fight it. Various drugs and therapies are being trialed with the hope of reducing casualties, although

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Global Business Daily: TikTok CEO quits, Rolls-Royce asset sale

"In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require – and what it means for the global role I

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Global Business Daily: Hydrogen power, Germany's employment figures

"The corona crisis won't suddenly disappear in the next few weeks."Olaf Scholz, Germany's finance minister's words might sound like a statement of fact but when combined with the growing indications

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Why is Fulham vs Brentford football's most valuable game?

Brentford's Danish head coach Thomas Frank has turned around the club's fortunes since arriving in 2018. /Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP While almost 400 million people regularly watch UEFA's Champion

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French cities given power to make masks compulsory in public

Lille is close to the border with Belgium, which has been one of the European countries worst-affected by the pandemic. /AFP/Denis Charlet. France has granted local governments the power to ma