2016-07-25

Russia

Russia's participation in the Olympic Games in Rio: a presumption of innocence or collective punishment?

The International Olympic Committee’s decision not to enforce a blanket ban on all Russian competitors from going to the Rio Games could lead to “lesser protection for clean athletes”, according to th

25/07/2016

United Kingdom

Scotland's Sturgeon wants independence vote to remain an option

Just a month after the UK’s Brexit vote, Scotland’s first minister has reaffirmed her intention to keep the northern country inside the European Union.

25/07/2016

Russia

Moscow court begins hearings in Nemtsov case

Moscow’s military court has started preliminary hearings in the case of slain Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.

25/07/2016

Spain

Spain says Europe's first Zika microcephaly birth confirmed in Catalonia

Europe’s first Zika microcephaly birth has been confirmed in Spain.

25/07/2016

Turkey

Turkish justice minister denies allegations of torture

Turkey has ordered the detention of 42 journalists under a crackdown following a failed coup.

25/07/2016

Russia

Russia welcomes IOC decision against blanket ban on Rio athletes

The Kremlin says it welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling against a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the next month’s Olympics.

25/07/2016

Europe News

Quiet week in Brussels but all eyes are on UK PM Teresa May and her handling of post Brexit UK

In today's The Brief, we accompany UK prime minister on her first trip to Northern Ireland and take you to Krakow to celebrate World Youth Day.

25/07/2016

World News

FINA ban seven swimmers from Rio Games

World Swimming’s governing body FINA has banned seven Russian swimmers from competing at next month’s Rio Olympics.

25/07/2016

Brazil

Dark clouds gather over Rio ahead of Olympics

With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Rio Olympics, there are a number of dark clouds gathered over the event that are showing little sign of…

25/07/2016

France

Nice attack: French president seeks to defuse row over security report 'alterations'

The French president has sought to defuse a row over allegations government officials tried to alter a report into the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

25/07/2016

Japan

Nintendo Pokemon share frenzy wilts

Nintendo's shares fell 18 percent in one day after the company pointed out the smash-hit game would have only "limited" benefit for its earnings.

25/07/2016

Sport

Former German FA boss banned for one year

The former chief of the German Football Association and current Fifa executive committee member Wolfgang Niersbach has been banned, with immediate effect, from all football related activity for one…

25/07/2016

Germany

Germany increases security at railway stations and airports

Germany’s interior minister says he has ordered increased security at airports and train stations after four violent attacks in less than a week.

25/07/2016

United Kingdom

Alleged gay serial killer facing seven new rape charges

25/07/2016

Germany

Syrian behind Ansbach attack had 'pledged allegiance to ISIL'

The Syrian who blew himself up near a music festival in southern Germany was acting on behalf of ISIL, the militant group’s Amaq agency claims.

25/07/2016

Sci-Tech

Virtual reality just got more real

The VR Cable robot helps study human balance and advances virtual reality along the way.

25/07/2016

Economy

Spain's economy minister raises GDP growth forecast for 2016

Spain's economy is expected to grow this year by 2.9 percent according to acting Economy Minister Luis de Guindos.

25/07/2016

Germany

The four attacks in one week that have shocked Germany

Four attacks in the past week have put Germany in a state of high tension.

25/07/2016

Business Series

Verizon to buy web pioneer Yahoo's core assets

Telecommunications firm Verizon has confirmed it is buying Yahoo’s core internet properties.

25/07/2016

China

[video] Siberian tiger kills woman at Beijing wildilfe park

25/07/2016

Cinema

Another kettle of fish: Mysterious film discovered in Iceland

Icelandic fishermen reeled in a mysterious catch earlier this month.

25/07/2016

Business Series

Huawei's profits jump

Chinese smartphone and network equipment maker Huawei has posted a 40 percent rise in sales revenue for the first half of the year.

25/07/2016

Business Series

Ryanair shrugs off profit risks from Brexit

Ryanair says remains on track for record profit in the current financial year

25/07/2016

Germany

Ansbach on edge after music festival suicide attack

Many people living in the Bavarian town of Ansbach feel on edge after Sunday’s (July 24) suicide bombing.

25/07/2016

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Homage to Hemingway

Over one-hundred people participated in the annual Ernest “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West, Florida on Saturday (July 23).

25/07/2016

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Cambodians mourn beloved activist

Tens of thousands gathered on Sunday (July 24) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to join a funeral procession taking the body of assassinated government critic Kem Ley to his hometown in Takeo…

25/07/2016

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The right to breastfeed

Hundreds of Argentine women came out in greater Buenos Aires Saturday (July 23) to rally in defence of their right to breastfeed in public whenever and wherever they…

25/07/2016

USA

USA: two people dead, others seriously injured in Florida nightclub shooting

Police in Florida have confirmed that two people have been killed in a shooting at a nightclub in Fort Myers.

25/07/2016

Cult

The Timitar Music Festival: Fusing music from across the globe

The Timitar Music Festival in Morocco is a celebration of musical diversity and of Maghrebian culture with close to 500,000 in attendance!

25/07/2016

Russia

Russian teams arrive in Rio, IOC criticised

“Doping issues, we have nothing, we have never had this issue, never in our life.

25/07/2016