2016-06-01

Czech Republic

Czech and Greek police break up forgery network

Czech police have released a video of a raid which took place at the end of May said to be targeting an international criminal network of migrant smugglers and document…

01/06/2016

USA

MySpace and Tumblr hacked

Your old profile on one of the first social media networks may have been hacked.

01/06/2016

Sport

Wawrinka and Murray to meet in French Open semis

Stan Wawrinka remains on course to defend his French Open title after the Swiss beat Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas in straight sets in the quarter…

01/06/2016

Germany

Deadly floods in Bavaria, Germany

A state of emergency is in place in parts of the southern German region of Bavaria after heavy floods caused power cuts and chaos.

01/06/2016

Somalia

Mogadishu hotel attack: 15 dead, al-Shabaab claim assault

Smoke rises from a hotel in Mogadishu after a car bomber rammed the gates and gunmen stormed the building in the Somali capital.

01/06/2016

USA

Situation contained at UCLA, 2 dead police confirm, investigating possible murder-suicide

The situation at the University of California in Los Angeles is now contained after reports of a shooting.

01/06/2016

Syria

Fresh shelling in Syria kills 42 civilians, says monitoring group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group says forty-two civilians have been killed in aerial raids in the north of…

01/06/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Poland warned over court reforms

The Brief from Brussels is the daily round-up of all the top stories from across Europe.

01/06/2016

United Kingdom

New Brexit polls suggest shift in favour of leaving the EU

Two polls conducted by ICM, on the request of the Guardian newspaper, show 52 per cent would vote to leave the European Union in the forthcoming referendum.

01/06/2016

Sport

IOC ExCo board meet for last time before Rio Olympics

The international Olympic Committee’s executive board has met for the final time before the Rio Games take place in August.

01/06/2016

Sport

Pele collection to go under the hammer

Pele’s footballing life is to go under the hammer next week at an auction in London.

01/06/2016

USA

DIY autism care

What do you do when you discover your child has autism and that there are near-to-no specialised services available to help your family?

01/06/2016

World News

Torrential rain brings flooding from Paris to Prague

Northern Europe has continued to be lashed by torrential rain, bringing extensive flooding to Belgium, Germany and France.

01/06/2016

Thailand

Thailand raids Tiger Temple removing big cats

Wildlife officials removed 40 of 137 big cats held at the privately-run attraction, and planned to return to take the rest and re-house them in state-owned sanctuaries.

01/06/2016

Business Line

How to beat the economic low growth trap and Iran's data directive

Business Line explores the OECD's warning that the global economy is in a 'low growth trap' and Tehran wants foreign social media to move its citizens' data onto servers inside Iran.

01/06/2016

Switzerland

World's longest and deepest train tunnel opens in Switzerland

Switzerland's Gothard tunnel has opened. It is world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

01/06/2016

Sport

Euro 2016 hosts France set up camp in Austria

France coach Didier Deschamps and his Euro 2016 hopefuls arrived at their pre-tournament training base in Austria this week.

01/06/2016

Sport

Fonseca presented as new Shakhtar Donetsk coach

Ukrainian topflight club Shakhtar Donetsk presented their new manager to the media on Wednesday.

01/06/2016

Europe News

Slovakia set for EU presidency

Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico is back at work after a heart scare.

01/06/2016

Iraq

Iraq halts Falluja offensive over civilian safety fears

The decision comes two days after elite forces set up on the outskirts, preparing for what would be the most ambitious attempt to oust the extremist group since ISIL overran much of the city in June 2

01/06/2016

World News

Gorillas are the Good Guys

They are big, beautiful and in many ways just like us. Gorillas have gripped the world's attention since the killing of Harambe at Cincinnati Zoo after a small boy tumbled into his enclosure.

01/06/2016

Economy

Brazil: boom to bust story continues as GDP shrinks again

Brazil's economy shrank for the fifth straight quarter between January and March. Agriculture, industry and services all declined amid a political crisis and sweeping bribery scandal.

01/06/2016

Switzerland

The long road to build the new Gotthard rail tunnel

1999: kick-off for a mammoth Swiss project that was to last 17 years.

01/06/2016

Economy

OECD pessimistic about global growth, blames rich world governments

The world is stuck in a "low-growth trap" the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says, even as it slightly raised the eurozone economic outlook for this year.

01/06/2016

Switzerland

World's longest tunnel opens in Switzerland

The Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland has officially opened in a ceremony celebrating the money and manpower that went into making the world's longest rail tunnel.

01/06/2016

Economy

Eurozone manufacturing still lacklustre

Eurozone factory activity remained stagnant in May despite more price cuts. German production hit a four-month high, French manufacturing activity contracted again.

01/06/2016

Europe News

EU warns Poland on rule of law

The EU has stepped up the pressure on Poland over its controversial judicial and media reforms.

01/06/2016

Egypt

Signals picked up in Mediterranean could be doomed MS804's black box

A French naval search vessel has picked up signals that could be emanating from one of EqyptAir flight MS804’s black boxes, according to an Egyptian…

01/06/2016

Economy

Japanese sales tax increase delayed until 2019 to avoid recession risk

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has confirmed he will delay a scheduled sales tax increase by two-and-a-half years from April 2017 to 2019.

01/06/2016

World News

All you need to know about the Universal Basic Income

Switzerland will become the first country to hold a national vote on whether to introduce a Universal Basic Income (UBI).

01/06/2016