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Interest-free installments gain popularity in Singapore

An increasing number of Singaporean consumers are purchasing through interest-free installments known as buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes. At this cosmetics store in Singapore, for example, shoppers can opt to pay only a percentage of their bill and the remainder over the next few months, which is interest-free, and carries no service charge.

Portugal and travel industry alarmed at UK move to force visitors to quarantine on return

Portugal has questioned the UK's decision to add the country to its amber travel list, forcing visitors returning from the southern European nation to Britain to quarantine amid concerns over rising coronavirus cases. Under the new rule change, people returning to the UK from Portugal will be required to quarantine at home for 10 days as part of COVID-19 restrictions.

Displaced Families in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Going Hungry

In Ethiopia's Tigray region, millions of people are in desperate need of food aid, and even in Mekelle, the regional capital, displaced families say that on some days, they have nothing to eat. As VOA's Heather Murdock reports from Mekelle, hunger is only one element of the growing crisis stemming from the conflict in the region.

Manchin speaks out on Biden's concessions to GOP

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a pivotal swing vote for the Democratic party, tells CNN's Manu Raju bipartisan infrastructure talks should continue even as pressure builds for Democrats to move ahead without Republican support.

The local initiatives in France taking on the problem of plastic waste

For the duration of euronews' Green Week, our magazine and news teams are exploring stories and solutions for a better planet from across Europe. Every year, 600 000 tonnes of plastic end up in the Mediterranean Sea. France is the largest producer of plastic waste in the region and has a lower recycling rate than its European neighbours .

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