6 January 2016 | Euronews
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Russia Orthodox Christians begin Christmas celebrations An estimated 350,000 Orthodox Christians have celebrated Christmas Eve in Moscow, with Patriarch Kirill overseeing the main event in the Russian -
Yemen School for the blind reportedly among sites hit in new airstrikes in Yemen After a lull of several weeks Saudi-led airstrikes have resumed in Yemen, amid fresh concern about the impact on civilians -
Sport Dakar Rally: Peterhansel stars in the Peugeot show The Peugeot armada took stage four of the Dakar Rally by storm on Wednesday enjoying a clean sweep of the podium. Record breaking 11-times champion -
North Korea US doubts North Korean H-bomb claims The UN plans to introduce a series of new measures against North Korea after the county’s state run news agency announced that Pyongyang had -
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Sport Africa Eco Race: Ullevalseter returns to winning ways in stage eight Defending bikes champion Pal Anders Ullevalseter returned to winning ways in the eighth edition of the Africa Eco Race. The Norwegian KTM rider won -
Business Line Catching China's cold It is said when America sneezes the world catches a cold. In this first edition of 2016 we look at what happens to the world when China gets sick -
Sport Prevc wins Four Hills title Peter Prevc has won the 64th edition of the prestigous Four Hills tournament. He capped off a fine tournament campaign by winning the fourth and -
Sport Former FIFA vice president Hawit agrees to extradition Former FIFA vice-president Alfredo Hawit has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges. Hawit, from Honduras, was acting -
Germany Scuffles in Cologne as rival groups hold demonstrations over immigration Scuffles have broken out between far-right activists and anti-fascist protesters in the German city of Cologne -
France Paris terror attacks directed from Brussels by 'Bouzid' and 'Kayal' Reports from Belgium say investigators believe they have almost certainly uncovered the faces of two suspects who directed the Paris terror attacks -
North Korea North Korea's defiant steps toward nuclear weaponry When Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Jong Il died in 2011, his dynastic inheritance of the presidential role came backed by North Korea’s atomic weapons -
Sport FIFA scandal: Valcke suspension extended Fifa’s former Secretary General Jerome Valcke has had his suspension extended by 45 days. The ethics committee for football’s scandal-hit world -
Iraq Saudi Arabia scuppers US Middle East policy by execution of cleric Kawtar Wakil:"Here to discuss the impact of the diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran is Mr Firas Abu Ali from IHS in London, an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs. Welcome to euronews. -
Iraq Baghdad offers to mediate in growing row between Saudi Arabia and Iran The Iraqi foreign minister is in the Iranian capital meeting his counterpart there, amid fears of a new sectarian conflict -
Europe News Hopes of 'concrete solutions' to migrant crisis, as Netherlands starts EU presidency Members of the European Commission are visiting Amsterdam to officially mark the start of the Dutch presidency of the EU Council. Prime Minister Mark -
Turkey Turkish cleric and 68 others on trial for accusing Erdogan's son of corruption The trial of a US based Muslim cleric opens in Istanbul. -
Vatican Pope Francis holds Epiphany mass, Eastern Christians prepare for Christmas The Vatican has held the annual Epiphany mass, marking the official end of the Christmas season. Pope Francis spoke in his homily of restless hearts -
Sport Hirscher wins his first slalom of season in Santa Caterina Reigning four-time overall world cup champion Marcel Hirscher claimed his first slalom win of the season on Wednesday. The Austrian opened up his -
Economy Volkswagen unveils Budd-e at Las Vegas CES show Volkswagen’s Budd-e had its world premier in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show one of two Volkswagen concept electric cars which were -
Cyprus Cyprus: Famagusta hosts first Epiphany for 42 years -
Economy Oil prices hit lowest in 11 years Oil prices have hit their lowest in over 11 years as the diplomatic fall out between Saudi Arabia and Iran has killed speculation that OPEC members -
France France: international comic festival faces sexism claims and boycott -
Europe News Saving Schengen: Denmark, Sweden and Germany in emergency border talks Officials from Denmark, Sweden and Germany have been at emergency talks in Brussels – amid mounting concerns over new border controls. It comes after -
Business Series Huawei smartphones top the 100 million sales mark Huawei has become the first Chinese company to ship more than 100 million smartphones. The 2015 shipments defied a market slowdown and jumped 44 -
Economy Chinese services sector slowdown Another sign the world’s second-largest economy may be losing steam comes in a private survey which showed China’s services sector expanded at its -
Belgium Walloon rail strike halts trains in Belgium and beyond Rail workers in Brussels and southern Belgium are carrying out a 48-hour strike which disrupting connections as far away as London and Paris. Both -
Culture news Adele: Queen of the charts Let’s have a look at what’s topping the charts as 2016 gets underway. The unbeatable queen is British singer-songwriter Adele, whose latest album -
Germany German Chancellery cordoned off amid security fears Police in Berlin cordoned off the German Federal Chancellery, the office of Angela Merkel, after a suspicious package was discovered. -
Europe News Hungary's 'populist model is taking hold across the whole of Europe,' says analyst A Brussels-based newspaper correspondent has told euronews that Hungary’s ‘populist model’ is taking hold across the whole of Europe. Jean -
No Comment Fisherman narrowly avoids being impaled by huge marlin Three anglers had a close call with a marlin off the coast of Port Stephens in Australia on New Year’s Day. One of the fishermen was almost impaled -
Syria Snow in Syria and Lebanon causes new hardship for refugees Parts of Syria have been hit by strong winter snowstorms, forcing thousands of people already desperately seeking shelter from civil war to take -
No Comment Maths teacher, but also super dancer! Ron Clark, a mathematics teacher at a school which he founded himself in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has more than one string to his bow. He demonstrated -
World News Cologne Mayor's tips for prevention of sexual assaults spark criticism on Twitter Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker is facing ridicule and outrage for urging women to stay ‘an arm’s length’ from strangers for their own safety after -
Ukraine Coca-Cola offends Ukraine and Russia with same post -
Cinema Jennifer Lawrence up for Best Actress in 'Joy' Jennifer Lawrence stars as a divorced mother-of-two who builds a business empire and becomes a millionaire in ‘Joy’. The film tells the story of Joy -
North Korea North Korea claims big nuclear breakthrough with H-bomb test North Korea says it has successfully conducted its first test of a hydrogen bomb. The test, the fourth time the isolated state has exploded a nuclear -
USA El Niño storms lash drought-stricken California The first of several storms linked to El Niño has hit California – until now stricken by drought – bringing flooding and warnings of possible -
Culture news Celtic queen Enya launches new album The launch of her first album in seven years went relatively unnoticed as it coincided with Adele’s latest release, but the queen of Celtic music is -
South Korea UN Security Council to meet after North Korea claims H-bomb test A chorus of international condemnation has followed North Korea’s claim to have successfully conducted its first H-bomb test. Chairing a National -
World News Obama’s plan in detail: keeping guns out of the wrong hands -
World News Japan pledges firm response after North Korea H-bomb test claim Addressing Japan’s parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned North Korea’s reported test of a hydrogen bomb as a threat to his country’s -
World News North Korea claims hydrogen bomb test North Korea claims to have carried out its first successful test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device. The announcement on North Korean state -
Saudi Arabia Saudi diplomats return from Tehran Saudi Arabian diplomats who had been based in Tehran have returned home to Riyadh’s with stories of mistreatment at the hands of Iranian officials -
World News Venezuela's opposition takes control of Congress Venezuela has sworn in a new head for its Congress on the day the country’s opposition parties took control of the assembly for the first time in 16