22 April 2016 | Euronews
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India At least 16 people killed after heavy rain triggers landslide in India Search and rescue operations were underway on Friday (April 22) in northeastern India after a landslide killed at least 16 people in the early hours -
China No casualties reported after huge chemical blaze in Jiangsu, China At least 90 fire engines and 500 firefighters struggled to put out a blaze at a chemical storage facility in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. State -
Mexico Longest ever Mexico-California drug tunnel unearthed United States Federal agents have seized about one ton of cocaine and six tons of marijuana. The stash had been smuggled through a newly discovered -
USA At least 7 people dead after rural shooting in US state of Ohio Law enforcement officials in the US state of Ohio say that several people were found dead in a home in Pike County. According to investigators, no -
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Nigeria Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of mass murder Human rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a report accusing the Nigerian army of the massacre of 350 people in the north of the -
Sport Nadal marches on in Barcelona shadowed by Nishikori Rafa Nadal has moved into the semi-final of the Barcelona Open as he looks to win his 9th title in the Catalan capital. -
USA Unprecedented 175 nations sign UN climate change deal -
USA Paris climate accord is signed by record 175 countries As Earth Day was being observed around the planet on Friday, a record number of 175 countries signed the historic Paris accord to slow global -
United Kingdom Obama says EU membership makes Britain great The US president said the the UK’s membership of the European Union magnified its influence in the world. Barack Obama is supporting those who want -
United Kingdom 'Brexit' outcome of 'deep interest' to US because it affects US interests The US president Barack Obama has told reporters in London that the outcome of the UK referendum on EU membership is of deep interest to the -
World News Belarus: the silent victim of Chernobyl? Focus on the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, whose 30-year anniversary is being marked this week, naturally falls upon the host country -
Sport Sky's Mikel Landa holds on for agonising Trentino win Sky's Mikel Landa withstood a determined Astana effort to wrest the leaders jersey off his back in the final stage of Giro del Trentino. -
Business Series VW counts cost of emissions scandal as other German carmakers join massive recall Volkswagen will take a 16.2 billion euro hit over its emissions-test cheating scandal as other German carmakers agreed to recall 630,000 vehicles to fix diesel engine technology. -
World News ESA's satellite launch postponed Europe is set to have a new eye in sky and it is all about making life safer for all of us, says the European Space Agency. The Sentinel 1-B is -
USA FBI paid over $1 million to unlock San Bernardino iphone The FBI is estimated to have paid more than $1.3 million to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers The figure, the largest ever -
My Europe Series European nuclear energy post-Chernobyl Three decades after Chernobyl, how safe is nuclear energy in Europe? -
Economy How abolishing taxes saved a dying Hungarian village A world away from Panama, the sleepy eastern Hungarian village of Komlóska has become a kind of tax haven to survive, eliminating local taxes to bring in more than 100 companies. -
My Europe Series Life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone A visit to the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine reveals what life is like three decades after the nuclear disaster. -
My Europe Series Radiation continues to ‘muddy the waters’ in the Sea of Kyiv Contaminated components can be found in the mud of the northern part of the artificial lake. -
My Europe Series A Ukrainian nuclear power plant and the containment of a disaster Zaporizhia was built at the same time as Chernobyl, with Soviet-era reactors. -
China WADA suspends China's only anti-doping laboratory for recording erroneous results -
Belgium New support for Maelbeek victims as station readies to re-open One month to the day after the Brussels attacks and members of parliament’s investigation commission paid a symbolic visit to the Maelbeek metro -
Turkey Turkey: Protests over 'freedom of speech' trials Demonstrators in Turkey have denounced two ‘freedom of speech’ cases being heard at the same court in Istanbul on Friday. They gathered outside the -
World ISIL 'will be defeated' - US General John Allen on tackling the new terrorist threat 2015 was one of the most lethal years for Europe in decades, coinciding with the rise the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) militant group. What will -
United Kingdom Obama's Brexit comments draw strong rebuttal from London Mayor Boris Johnson Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called comments by President Barack Obama on Britain's Brexit referendum "Incoherent, inconsistent and hypocritical". -
Ukraine Chernobyl disaster: witnesses describe the immediate aftermath of the catastrophe Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, euronews spoke to three people who worked in and around the site of the power station in the -
Economy Eurogroup: progress but no Greek reform deal yet Eurozone finance ministers say there has been progress on a deal between Greece and its lenders but there is still some way to go. -
My Europe Series Europe Weekly: Obama warns against 'Brexit' In this edition of Europe Weekly: US President Barack Obama backs the Remain campaign in the UK’s EU referendum; the EU-Turkey deal could break down -
Business Series Daimler faces US emissions investigation Mercedes owner Daimler's shares fell on Friday after the United States Department of Justice asked the carmaker to investigate its emissions certification process for vehicles. -
Business Series US authorities ask Mitsubishi about falsifying mileage data US auto safety authorities have asked Mitsubishi for more information after it admitted falsifying mileage data for 635,000 cars sold in Japan. -
Culture news Prince: Fans pay tribute to His Royal Purpleness They turned in their hundreds to an impromptu street do and partied like it was 1999 after the news filtered out about the death of His Royal -
No Comment Cervantes honoured in Spanish parliament Actors put on a performance inside the Spanish parliament as part of a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of writer Miguel de Cervantes’s death. -
USA USA: Prince fans' tribute Fans from all over the country have been mourning the death of iconic pop star Prince. -
No Comment Terrorist attack simulation in Cannes before film festival French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, just a few weeks before the opening of its film festival -
USA #PrinceRIP - how Twitter reacted to pop star's death The sudden death of music icon Prince sent shockwaves through social media, as fans flocked to Twitter to pay tribute to their hero. This is what it -
USA UN: delegates set to sign historic climate change deal Delegates from more than 165 states are at the United Nations in New York to sign an historic deal to slow down climate change. #EarthDay - the -
USA What killed Prince? As world waits for answers, hometown leads tributes While global tributes pour in after the unexplained death of pop superstar Prince on Thursday, the 57-year-old’s native Minneapolis has been paying -
Liberia Africanews exclusive: George Weah will run again for Liberia’s presidency George Weah, the only African footballer to win FIFA’s World Player of the Year award, will make a second bid to become president of Liberia, he told -
My Europe Series Safety fears surround the world's oldest atomic power plant Do you want to “hijack” a nuclear power plant? Ask Leo Scherer, he tried… After September 11th (9/11) Leo devised a secret operation to show the -
Venezuela Drought-hit Venezuela faces daily power cuts to save energy Venezuela has announced power cuts from next week – plunging people into darkness for four hours each day as the crisis-hit country grapples with a -
Cinema Manoel Oliveira brings Memories and Confessions from Portugal's past At 73 Manoel Oliveira made a film that was embargoed until after his death But he died at the ripe old age of 106, and only now is it possible to -
Mexico Mexico: death toll in Pemex factory blast rises to 24 The death toll in the Pemex plant blast has surpassed 20 and could continue to rise, officials fear. -
Republic of Ecuador Ecuador hit again: magnitude-6.0 earthquake strikes west coast Another strong earthquake has struck Ecuador, less than a week after Saturday’s (April 16) deadly tremor. The epicentre of Thursday’s (April 21) -
USA Prince was "Beethoven kind of talent" says first manager Owen Husney Owen Husney was Prince’s first manager who negotiated the deal that would lead to his first album “For You” in 1978. He remembers the eighteen year -
Mexico Mexico pushes for softer laws on marijuana use Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto has put forward proposals to legalise marijuana-based medicines. He also wants to raise the legal amount users -
USA Volkswagen reaches deal over emissions scandal for drivers in United States Volkswagen has reached a deal to compensate drivers in the United States over its emissions scandal. The final details will be announced in June. -
United Kingdom Beacons lit across UK to mark Queen's 90th birthday Crowds of well-wishers lined the streets of Windsor in the United Kingdom on Thursday to wish Queen Elizabeth II a happy 90th birthday. Many had been