Berlin: German media and politicians warned on Friday against an election-year spike in fake news after ultra-conservative website Breitbart claimed a “mob” chanting ‘Allahu Akhbar‘ had set fire to a church on New Year’s Eve. After the report by the US website was widely shared on social media, police in the city of Dortmund clarified that no “extraordinary or spectacular” incidents had marred the festivities. The... 

Rome: The leaders of France, Germany and Italy insisted that Britain’s decision to quit the European Union would not kill the bloc. Representational image. Speaking aboard an aircraft carrier anchored off the Italian island of Ventotene, one of the cradles of the dream of a united, integrated Europe, the leaders vowed to relaunch the European project in the wake of the Brexit shock. “Many thought the EU was finished after Brexit but that...