2015-12-22

Lebanon

Lebanon's growing garbage mountains

The Lebanese cabinet met on Monday to discuss how to deal with huge garbage mountains that have accumulated in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The crisis

22/12/2015

Greece

State of Palestine passports for 2016

On a visit to Greece the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his administration could start issuing passports under the ‘State of Palestine’ as

22/12/2015

USA

SpaceX jubilant at success of re-usable rocket

A rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday and landed again ten minutes later – the first time such a feat has been achieved. The

22/12/2015

Brazil

Brazil railway station blaze kills firefighter in Sao Paulo

A firefighter died when a blaze destroyed a large part of Sao Paulo’s nineteenth century railway station on Monday. The building houses a museum

22/12/2015

Spain

After the elections Spain gears up for El Gordo

Organisers in Madrid on Monday night were putting the final touches to the preparations for the world’s richest lottery. Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ which

22/12/2015

Italy

Traffic restrictions across northern Italy as pollution levels smash EU limits

Cities across northern Italy are on high smog alert due to unseasonably mild temperatures and low rainfall. Traffic in Rome and other major

22/12/2015

World News

Swedish railway operator suspends services to Denmark over controversial ID checks

All public transport operators that bring people into Sweden are now required to check that passengers have a photo ID

22/12/2015