As oil giant Shell calls a temporary halt to its exploration activities in the Arctic over safety concerns, lawmakers in Britain are urging international governments to seek a moratorium on offshore d...
185 viewsBillions of dollars of so-called ‘dirty money’ from the proceeds of crime - especially from Russia - are being laundered through the London property market, according to anti-corruption activists....
254 viewsCampaigners are calling for the world's richest countries to end so-called tax havens, which allow companies to transfer profits among jurisdictions and reduce their tax bills. An inv...
194 viewsBritain has apologized and agreed to pay compensation to thousands of veterans of the Mau Mau nationalist uprising in Kenya, which was brutally suppressed by the British colonial government in the 195...
229 viewsDozens of British music stars have come together to record a new version of the song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ to raise money for the fight against Ebola. But as Henry Ridgwell reports from...
190 viewsAmong the thousands of migrants making the deadly journey by boat to Europe, there are unaccompanied girls and boys. Some have been sent by relatives to earn money; others are orphaned or fleeing war....
266 viewsThere’s growing speculation in Yemen that the Saudi-led coalition could be about to launch a ground operation against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Houthis captured swaths of the country earlier th...
244 viewsEuropean leaders have pledged more than $1 billion to help Syrian refugees in the Middle East, in an attempt to stop the flow of migrants arriving on the continent’s southern shores. But big differ...
203 viewsHungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties bordering Serbia, and has arrested dozens of migrants and refugees for illegally entering the country. The move comes hours after ne...
164 viewsVOA's Henry Ridgwell describes the situation at the border after new laws and border controls come into effect in Hungary, Sept. 15, 2015. Originally published at - http://www.voan...
276 viewsThe harrowing picture of a drowned three-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach appears to have galvanized Europe’s leaders into doing more to address the refugee crisis. France, Germany...
286 viewsIn a policy reversal, Britain has announced it will take in tens of thousands of refugees from Syria. It follows a public outpouring of distress across Europe after pictures were published last week s...
292 viewsEuropean Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the resettlement of 160,000 refugees across the 28 members of the European Union – and a permanent asylum mechanism to cope with future c...
207 viewsThe world’s focus is on the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe. But millions of people are also on the move across Africa, escaping poverty and persecution. As Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA, mig...
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