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Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge

Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers' strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico's Ciudad Juarez.

by  AFP

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Belgian brewers rush to ship to US before Trump tariffs
Belgian brewers rush to ship to US before Trump tariffs
by  AFP

Workers at a Belgian brewer stack bottles and kegs sky high as they rush to fill containers for shipment to the United States before President Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs on European Union alcohol exports kick in. Speeding up means filling around 20 containers in the space of a week to be shipped for Baltimore from the Belgian port of Antwerp.

Historic fantasy 'Assassin's Creed' sparks bitter battles
Historic fantasy 'Assassin's Creed' sparks bitter battles
by  AFP

The "Assassin's Creed" series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with heavy use of artistic license -- most recently with a black samurai in the latest instalment, "Shadows". Erupting even before "Shadows" had been released, the controversy over the black character's inclusion has been the fiercest surrounding any "Assassin's Creed" game.