2016-05-27

Business Series

Banco Popular latest capital increase causes share sell-off

Banco Popular's share price continued to fall on Friday after it announced a second 2.5 billion euro sale of new shares in less than four years.

27/05/2016

China

China's bus that drives over cars

Part subway, part bus, a mass transporter known in Chinese as the “bus-way” has gone on show in Beijing.

27/05/2016

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Jerusalem's festival of light

Jerusalem’s Old City is bathed in light as visitors attend ‘Light Festival Jerusalem’.

27/05/2016

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The army of feathered farmers

A vineyard in Stellenbosch, South Africa is using an army of 1,000 Indian Runner ducks to help control snails and pests that are attacking…

27/05/2016

My Europe Series

The population slide of Europe

Euronews travels to Hungary and Greece to investigate how they are dealing with Europe’s declining population.

27/05/2016

World News

Israel loses second cabinet minister in a week

The inclusion of an ultra-nationalist politician in the governing coalition is having a domino effect on the country's government.

27/05/2016

USA

Trump and Sanders plan TV clash

The billionaire tycoon and democratic socialist have voiced interest in a one-on-one encounter in California. But what about Hillary?

27/05/2016

Series

Postcards from Azerbaijan: The Baku Flame Towers

Opened in 2013, the towers are used for a hotel, apartments and offices and the tallest has a total of 38 floors

27/05/2016

Cinema

Highlights from the Cannes Film Festival

As the glitter settles on the Croisette, let’s take a look at some of the films that left an impression at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

27/05/2016

My Europe Series

Greece counts the cost of raising a family amid the financial crisis

Vassiliki and Kostis got married in 2008, but it was only about a year ago that they had their first child.

27/05/2016

Japan

Obama makes historic Hiroshima visit

Barack Obama has become the first serving US president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima, 71-years after it was hit by the world’s first nuclear bomb…

27/05/2016

My Europe Series

Europe’s demographic time bomb

Interview with Monika Queisser, Head of Social Policy with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

27/05/2016

Venezuela

Maduro: more fighting talk for Spain

The Venezuelan president challenges Spain to hold an election debate in Caracas and says he may stand for prime minister himself.

27/05/2016

World News

Saudi cleric issues "Catwa" ban on cat selfies

It’s hard to log onto social media without seeing a picture or video of a cat doing something cute, daft – or both.

27/05/2016

My Europe Series

Hungary leads way in EU family policy, but motives suspect

To arrest historic population decline Hungary is paying couples generously to have children and build homes. But is the ruling Fidetz party feathering its own nest while cutting out the poor and immig

27/05/2016

Japan

Japan: fire forces plane evacuation

Hundreds of passengers have been forced to evacuate a plane at Japan’s Haneda Airport in Tokyo after its engine caught fire during take off.

27/05/2016

Japan

G7 says 'global growth is our urgent priority'

After a two-day summit in central Japan, the Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on Friday to seek strong global growth.

27/05/2016

France

French labour reform action threatens to disrupt Euro 2016 fans

Strike action over changes to the French labour law have disrupted many cities across the country.

27/05/2016

World News

Search teams detect signal from crashed EgyptAir flight 804

Reports in Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper say an emergency locator (ELT) signal from the wreckage of EgyptAir flight 804 has been detected by…

27/05/2016

World News

New video footage: overcrowded migrant boat capsizing

New video footage shows an overcrowded fishing boat capsizing off the Libyan coast sending migrants tumbling into the sea.

27/05/2016