2017-08-08

World

Real Madrid beat Manchester United 2-1 to win European Super Cup

Real Madrid hold off Manchester United in European Super Cup

08/08/2017

North Korea

North Korea threatens missile strike on US territory of Guam

Pyongyang's threat to Pacific island follows Donald Trump's 'fire and fury' warning

08/08/2017

Belgium

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase

08/08/2017

South Africa

South African President Jacob Zuma survives vote of no-confidence in parliament

South African President Jacob Zuma survives vote of no-confidence in parliament

08/08/2017

China

Fatal earthquake hits southwestern China

Hundreds are feared dead after 6.5-magnitude tremor rocks Sichan province

08/08/2017

World News

Venezuela's constiuent assembly takes over parliament

Opposition lawmakers were prevented from entering Venezuala's parliamentary buildings when members of the rival constituent assembly took over the chamber

08/08/2017

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Saudi cracks down on 'illegal expats'

Saudi cracks down on 'illegal expats'

08/08/2017

Kenya

Kenya vote counting underway after presidential election

Kenya vote counting underway after presidential election

08/08/2017

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Protesters call for Zuma to go in South Africa

As the South African parliament votes on whether or not to withdraw confidence from President Zuma, protesters call for him to go outside.

08/08/2017

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1,000-ton palm oil spill

1,000-ton palm oil spill

08/08/2017

Libya

Migrant prison in Libya acts as deterrent to would-be asylum seekers

08/08/2017

Hungary

Budapest braces for 25th Sziget music festival

Sziget is one of the highlights on the European music festival scene

08/08/2017

USA

Euroviews. View: Dealing with cyber warfare

Are cyber-attacks the wave of the future, or can norms be developed to control international cyber conflict?

08/08/2017

Sport

Athletes at World Championships in London hit by norovirus

Athletes from Botswana, Canada, Germany and Ireland have been laid low by norovirus at the World Championships in London

08/08/2017

India

The festival where you can get blood from a stone

08/08/2017

Syria

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit commission

08/08/2017

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Backside of Brazil

Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo held the Miss Bumbum competition to find the nation's best backside.

08/08/2017

Spain

The dark side of tourism: Barcelona residents either put up or move out

Tourism is blamed for bad behaviour and rising house prices.

08/08/2017

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Nepal 'Gay Pride' brings colour to Kathmandu

Members of Nepal's LGBT community made their mark at a popular festival in the conservative Hindu-majority country

08/08/2017

United Kingdom

London jogger pushes woman into path of bus

Video released by the UK's Metropolitan Police shows the moment a London jogger pushed a woman into the path of an oncoming bus.

08/08/2017

World News

Australia plans 'postal vote' on same-sex marriage

08/08/2017

Venezuela

UN condemns Venezuela's "widspread and systematic" violence against protesters

In the wake of the last month's controversial Constituent Assembly elections, UN accuses the Venezuelan goverment of human rights violations

08/08/2017

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Maduro supporters march in Caracas

Thousands of government loyalists celebrate victory in the Constitutional Assembly in the Venezuelan capital.

08/08/2017

Brazil

British tourist shot in Brazilian favela recovering in hospital

Eloise Dixon was searching for a place to buy a bottle of water for her family when a drug gang approached their car and opened fire.

08/08/2017

France

Brigitte Macron ... or French First Lady?

The Elysee Palace in France has hit back in a controversy over plans by the president to create a formal role for his wife

08/08/2017

World News

This website can tell you if hackers have your password

If your password appears on 'Have I Been Pwned', you should change it immediately.

08/08/2017

USA

The Google diversity memo: key arguments and reactions

Google memo: What exactly does it say and how has the tech industry reacted?

08/08/2017

Japan

Tropical storm Noru batters Honshu bringing torrential rain

The Japanese island of Honshu has been hitt by floods as Tropical Storm Noru heads up the coast

08/08/2017

USA

Google fires employee James Damore for 'gender stereotypes' memo

James Damore says he was sacked for claiming that gender imbalance in the tech industry was 'in part due to biological causes'.

08/08/2017

Russia

No one knows why Vladimir Putin is wearing a twig in his pocket

Russian president sparks mystery with sprig of foliage

08/08/2017