2017-01-06

Brazil

At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'

At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.

06/01/2017

World News

EU migration row escalates over Austria 'offshore' asylum plan

In a sign of further splits within the EU on migration, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has slammed Austrian proposals to create asylum centres outside the…

06/01/2017

USA

Putin 'ordered hacking campaign' to help Trump, US report finds

Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to hurt Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump’s electoral chances in last year’s presidential campaign, according to a declassified report by US intell

06/01/2017

Sport

Britain's Sunderland wins stage five of Dakar Rally

Britain’s Sam Sunderland took over at the top of the Dakar Rally bikes standings on Friday after winning stage five.

06/01/2017

USA

Several dead and wounded in US airport shooting

The alleged attacker has been arrested and is being questioned by police and FBI agents.

06/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Agoshkov and Magnaldi win stage five

Russia’s Dmitry Agoshkov celebrated his first victory on this year’s Africa Eco Race.

06/01/2017

USA

Nine people shot, three fatally at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport- local media

06/01/2017

Sport

Stoch claims prestigious Four Hills title with Bischofshofen victory

Poland’s Kamil Stoch won the final round of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping tournament at the Austrian resort of Bischofshofen on Friday and with the victory he took the overall…

06/01/2017

USA

'I hope I've made you proud,' Michelle Obama gives final speech as FLOTUS

Two weeks to the day before the next president is to be inaugurated, Michelle Obama delivered her final remarks as First Lady of the United States.

06/01/2017

France

French workers enjoy first week of 'right to switch disconnect'

The end of the working week in France heralded a minor milestone for workers.

06/01/2017

USA

Trump slams 'Russian hacking' allegations as 'political witch hunt'

US President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed a controversy over alleged Russian hacking during the 2016 US election campaign as a “political witch hunt,” the New York Times reported on Friday (Januar

06/01/2017

Business Series

South Korean Volkswagen executive jailed over emissions-test cheating scandal

A South Korean court has jailed a local Volkswagen executive for 18 months for falsifying documents to get import certificates for vehicles.

06/01/2017

Sport

Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has been named African Football of the year.

06/01/2017

World News

Epiphany is celebrated with services, traditions and a joke

The Vatican Pope Francis celebrated Epiphany with a joke about camels and the more serious offer of food for some 300 homeless people.

06/01/2017

Business Series

Japan backs Toyota over Trump Mexico tax threat

Japan defends Toyota over Donald Trump's threat to heavily tax vehicles imported into the US that it is planning to build at a new plant in Mexico.

06/01/2017

World News

US military shipment arrives in Germany, ahead of NATO exercises

Hundreds of US tanks, trucks and other military equipment has arrived at the northern Germany port of Bremerhaven.

06/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi troops enter Mosul from the north

A spokesman for Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says troops took the territory in an overnight raid across a tributary of the Tigris River in eastern Mosul.

06/01/2017

USA

Michelle Obama: first lady and champion for a more equal world

Michelle Obama, the United States’s first black woman to make the White House her home, will be remembered as a champion for a better and more equal world.

06/01/2017

World News

Twice the size of Luxembourg - one of the world's biggest icebergs gets ready to break away

At twice the size of the European country, experts estimate global sea levels could rise by as much as 10 cm if the Larsen C ice shelf were to break away into the South Atlantic.

06/01/2017

World News

Opinion: Will Syria's conflict redraw the map of the Middle East?

06/01/2017

Mexico

Petrol price hike sparks protests and looting in Mexico

Anger over a petrol price hike has sparked protests and looting across Mexico.

06/01/2017

Economy

US job growth slows in December, wages rebound

US employment increased less than expected in December but there was a rebound in wages, pointing to sustained labour market and economic growth.

06/01/2017

Brazil

Another prison riot claims lives in Brazil

It comes only five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in the country's worst prison massacre in more than two decades.

06/01/2017

World News

And Also... man travels 5km on roof of his stolen car, singing Italian foetuses cause controversy

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international…

06/01/2017

Cult

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06/01/2017

Europe News

Verhofstadt enters parliament race

Former Belgian Prime MInister Guy Verhofstadt says he wants the top job the European Parliament.

06/01/2017

Cult

Fashion in the face of financial problems in Africa

Designers in Africa have seen their craft suffer during an economic crisis which has hit the continent.

06/01/2017

Economy

Economic optimism in the eurozone despite political uncertainty

Economic sentiment in the eurozone was much better than expected in December while German industrial orders pointed to a busy final quarter.

06/01/2017

Business Series

Note 7 disaster barely dents Samsung's profit

Samsung says its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years.

06/01/2017

World News

Why do some Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January?

Each year on January 6 and 7 millions of Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Christmas.

06/01/2017