Egypt seeks to weave cotton renaissanceTreading carefully among his sprawling green plants in the Nile Delta, Egyptian farmer Fatuh Khalifa fills his arms with fluffy white cotton picked by his workers. Durable, fine and luxuriously soft,...
Britain vs Europe, the final countdown?Exhausted diplomats in Brussels have taken to calling this stage of the Brexit negotiations "The Tunnel". British and EU officials are negotiating day and night to get to the outline of a Brexit deal...
UK PM faces double trouble in looming Brexit showdownBritish Prime Minister Theresa May faces a fight on two fronts this week, battling to convince her own ministers and then Brussels as the Brexit talks come to a crunch. She must see off the threat of...
Brexit talks provide stage for Barnier’s second actMichel Barnier's time on the political stage was supposed to be over. Passed over by his allies in Brussels in a failed audition for Europe's top role and out of step with his own party in his French...
With border open, Ethiopia and Eritrea are back in businessFor two decades, little besides soldiers, refugees and rebels moved across Ethiopia and Eritrea's closed border, but today the once-barren no man's land teems with activity. Horse-drawn carts, buses f...
German business losing patience with limping Brexit talksWith just under six months until Brexit day, German business is losing patience with negotiations ahead of a vital deadline, warning ever more stridently of the risks of a no-deal departure. "Europe m...