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Yasmine wrote for the breaking news desk and daily newsletters. She also conducted original reporting on topics ranging from Brexit and Belgian elections to the migrant crisis and court hearings.
Brussels mobilizes expat voters
More than a third of Brussels' inhabitants are foreigners with voting rights in their local elections. But despite many of them working within the EU institutions at the heart of the Continent's democracy, Belgium has close to the lowest voter participation rate among EU citizens in Europe.
At least 48 migrants drowned when a boat sank off the coast of Tunisia Sunday night, in one of the worst migrant boat accidents in recent years. The vessel was carrying around 180 migrants — double its maximum capacity — when it capsized off Tunisia's eastern coast, near the southern island of Kerkenna.
British MEPs should not quit on Brexit day, says Parliament legal report
British MEPs and judges serving on the EU's highest court should complete their mandates rather than being ousted on Brexit day, according to a legal analysis carried out for the European Parliament.
Emmanuel Macron promises ‘Spiderman of Paris’ French citizenship
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that a Malian migrant would be given French citizenship after climbing a building to save a child's life in Paris. Videos on social media show Mamoudou Gassama climbing four stories by pulling himself from balcony to balcony in order to rescue the 4-year-old, who had been left unattended, according to the BBC.
