2016-09-06

Syria

Gas allegedly used by Syrian government forces in latest Aleppo bombing

Medical sources in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo say that President Assad’s forces may have again used chlorine bombs in a gas attack on a rebel-held residential…

06/09/2016

Sport

Money united as top clubs back UEFA changes to the Champions League

The ECA General Assembly of leading European football clubs has taken place in Geneva where the clubs backed changes to the Champions and Europa Leagues, which will guarantee more money for those invo

06/09/2016

Business Series

LEGO expands to beat supply-chain bottlenecks

LEGO is blaming a lack of production capacity for a decline in revenue growth and profits in the first half of the year, addressing that with big investment plans.

06/09/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: spotlight on attacks against Polish nationals in UK

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of the top stories across Europe.

06/09/2016

France

New migrant centres in Paris announced

Paris will house almost 1000 migrants in two separate camps in the north of the city at an estimated cost of € 6.

06/09/2016

United Kingdom

Sturgeon warns Scotland will decide its European future independently

The people of Scotland have made two recent choices in referendum votes.

06/09/2016

Sport

'Splashtacular' Stockholm swimrun stuns with three world records

The Swimrun World Championships through the Stockholm archipelago produced world records in all three categories this year.

06/09/2016

Italy

Police smash network 'smuggling Syrians to Western Europe'

Italian police said on Tuesday that they had smashed a criminal network that smuggled hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.

06/09/2016

Myanmar

Myanmar: the Rohingya's plight

It is significant that the Burmese Foreign Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi, called out for help to find a solution to the Rohingya’s situation.

06/09/2016

Lao People's Democratic Republic

US has moral obligation to Laos, says President Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the first US President to visit Laos.

06/09/2016

United Kingdom

Britain jails radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary

A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

06/09/2016

France

Arson suspected as wildfire leaves trail of destruction in southern France

Arsonists are being blamed for a trail of destruction on the doorstep of Marseille.

06/09/2016

Sport

Rory roars back to form with stunning PGA victory

Rory Mcllroy staged a stunning fightback to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots in Norton, Massachusetts.

06/09/2016

Sport

Record breaking Serena Williams bags her 308th Grand Slam victory

Serena Williams has advanced into quarter finals of the US Open after dispatching Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3.

06/09/2016

Cult

From Rude to Red Dress - Canadian band Magic! think women are selling themselves wrong

Canadian four-piece Magic! cherish their reggae roots with their second full-length studio album 'Primary Colors'

06/09/2016

United Kingdom

UK Government hazy on Brexit

The UK government still lack clarity on Brexit almost three months on

06/09/2016

Sci-Tech

Home robots all the rage at IFA in Berlin

Home robots held centre stages at Europe's biggest tech trade show, IFA, in Berlin. The message: put your feet up and let the robot do the work.

06/09/2016

Europe News

EU watchdog demands clarification over Barroso's Goldman Sachs job

EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has demanded that the European Commission (EC) clarify its position over the recent appointment of former EC president Jose Manuel Barroso as chairman and adviser to Goldma

06/09/2016

Ukraine

Poroshenko warns Ukraine parliament wind of change may blow friends off-course

Ukraine’s parliament has resumed business after the summer break, and gathered to hear some warnings from President Poroshenko.

06/09/2016

Business Series

Bayer raises bid price for Monsanto

Bayer's quest to become the world's largest producer of seeds and pesticides has led it to raise the price it is willing to pay for US firm Monsanto to more than $65 billion.

06/09/2016

Economy

Eurozone Q2 growth weakens

There was only weak growth again for the eurozone economy between April and June - up by just 0.3 percent from the previous quarter with exports the biggest contributor.

06/09/2016

World News

Putin offers support and comfort in Samarkand

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Uzbekistan for his first visit since the death of longtime President Islam Karimov.

06/09/2016

United Kingdom

'Black Lives Matter' protest paralyses London City Airport

Campaign group ‘Black Lives Matter’ brought London City Airport to a standstill on Tuesday morning after activists set up a wooden tripod and locked themselves together on the…

06/09/2016

Spain

SOS Children’s Villages wins Princess of Asturias Award

SOS Children’s Villages International, an organisation dedicated to abandoned and orphaned children, has claimed the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord.

06/09/2016

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Aegean Sea rescue

Portuguese Maritime Police rescued 38 migrants including several babies and infants from a dinghy in the Aegean sea on Sunday (September 4).

06/09/2016

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Ganesh Chaturthi 2016

Devotees across India began celebrating the 11-day Ganesh festival on Monday to mark the birth of the popular Hindu god.

06/09/2016

Focus

World Nomad Games: creating cultural connections

Cholpon-Ata, a city in the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, is host to the Second World Nomad Games, with athletes from over forty countries.

06/09/2016

Myanmar

Myanmar: Annan faces anger as he probes plight of Rohingya Muslims

Hundreds of people rallied in Myanmar on Tuesday to denounce an advisory commission, led by visiting former UN chief Kofi Annan, which is charged with probing the plight of the country’s Muslim…

06/09/2016

USA

Clinton hints at Russian interference to elect Trump

Hillary Clinton has hinted that Russia might have interfered with the US election process to try to help Donald Trump.

06/09/2016

Cinema

Jude Law stars as an American pope in new HBO series

British actor Jude Law stars as the Pope in HBO's new miniseries 'The Young Pope' by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino.

06/09/2016