2014-12-05

Cinema

Jude Law hunts Nazi gold in Kevin Macdonald thriller

‘Black Sea’ is a new suspense thriller by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald about a rag-tag crew of British and Russian sailors in

05/12/2014

My Europe Series

Crude awakening: Romania's Black Sea oil and gas finds fuel Europe's energy hopes

Huge discoveries of oil and gas in the Black Sea off Romania have thrust the country back into the heart of the region’s energy market. In addition

05/12/2014

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The future of selfies? Photo-realistic 3D figurines

05/12/2014

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Second night of 'chokehold' protests in New York

05/12/2014

USA

NYC police union boss praises 'model' chokehold cop

The president of a police union has praised Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer involved in the death of an unarmed black man in New York City, as a

05/12/2014

South Africa

South Africans remember Nelson Mandela one year after his death

A year after the death of former president Nelson Mandela, South Africans have been remembering the man who led their country out of apartheid. At an

05/12/2014

World News

Australian government accused of 'using children' to pass controversial refugee law

Australia has introduced a controversial immigration law giving refugees and asylum seekers only temporary visas which won’t allow them to make

05/12/2014

Philippines

Philippines prepare for the worst as Super Typhoon Hagupit approaches

People on the Philippines flee inland fearing Typhoon Hagupit could be as devastating as last year's storm that left 7000 people dead.

05/12/2014

USA

Protests spread across the US as the black community reacts with anger to a court's 'chokehold' decision

The decision by a New York grand jury not to indict a white police officer, whose restraint of a black man resulted in his death, has provoked protests by African Americans across the country.

05/12/2014

My Europe Series

Greenwashing: misleading green advertising

Exaggerated environmental claims are under scrutiny in this edition of Utalks. The question comes from Güntheri in Leipzig, Germany: “Some brands and

05/12/2014

USA

Chimps not human, court decides

An appeal court in New York has rejected a bid to have human rights extended to a chimpanzee. The case was brought by an animal rights advocate on

05/12/2014

Poland

Polish 'miracle' toddler survives freezing ordeal

A doctor in Poland says it is a ‘miracle’ that a two year-old toddler survived after being found unconscious in sub-zero temperatures. Adam wondered

05/12/2014

France

Somali pirates in line for compensation after rights violated.

Nine Somali pirates are to receive compensation of up to 9000 euros after the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg decided they had been

05/12/2014

Syria

Kurdish fighters vow to go on fighting as long as the ISIL threat remains.

Women Kurdish peshmerga are fighting alongside their male compatriots to repel the ISIL assault on Kobani on the Syrian border with Turkey. The siege there has a become a powerful international symbol

05/12/2014