2018-04-12

World News

Europa League: Arsenal, Marseille, Red Bull Salzburg and Atletico Madrid reach semis

More comebacks, this time in the Europa League, as Arsenal, Marseille, Red Bull Salzburg and Atletico Madrid book their place in the last four.

12/04/2018

World News

Panic in space can be deadly. Here's how astronauts train to stay alive in emergencies

NASA's survival training is notoriously tough.

12/04/2018

Sport

El Morabity brothers dominate Marathon des Sables fourth stage

The fourth stage covers a huge 86.2km, with runners having to complete the stage within 35 hours

12/04/2018

Romania

Romanian minister wants his country's criminals in Swiss jails sent home

Romania's justice minister wants his nation's criminals locked up in Swiss prisons to serve the rest of their sentence in their home country because "Romanian prisons are tougher".

12/04/2018

Poland

The March of the Living in Poland

The marchers include Holocaust survivors and thousands of Jewish students from all over the world

12/04/2018

Germany

'Little enquiry' letter by anti-immigrant AfD links severe disability with immigration

An enquiry by MPs of Germany's right-wing populist AfD is seeking data on the number of children of immigrant background born with severe disabilities that may have resulted from marriage inside the family.

12/04/2018

Russia

Russia says "think about possible consequences"

As tensions increase over the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged against 'any steps which could lead to an escalation of tensions.'

12/04/2018

Hungary

Alarm in Hungary over 'intimidatory' list of ‘Soros mercenaries’

The Budapest university founded by George Soros has joined in the condemnation after a pro-government magazine published a list of academics and others, accused of wanting to overthrow Viktor Orban's government.

12/04/2018

United Kingdom

A wedding and a baby: Exciting time ahead for Royal fans

The UK and Royal watchers around the world are preparing for two big events in the coming weeks

12/04/2018

World News

U.S. officials: Blood samples show nerve agent used in Syria gas attack

Two U.S. officials said they were "confident" in the intelligence, though not 100 percent sure.

12/04/2018

World News

EU under pressure to act against Hungary

Report is published, critical of rule of law and fundamental rights in country

12/04/2018

Canada

Canadian suspected of burying victims in flowerbeds charged with seventh murder

Toronto-based gardener Bruce McArthur is suspected of having killed seven men and burying their remains in gardens where he worked as a landscaper.

12/04/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: How will the EU handle Hungary?

12/04/2018

Economy

Possible US China trade war threatens global growth

Figures show global trade grew at its fastest for six years in 2017

12/04/2018

United Kingdom

Migrants wrongly denied legal status in ‘flawed’ UK system, say lawyers

The Law Society says too many immigrants and asylum seekers in Britain are having to go through lengthy and costly appeals after being wrongly refused the right to stay.

12/04/2018

Estonia

Rail Baltica: how Brexit is casting doubt over €5.8bn Estonia-Poland train line

It’s a €5.8 billion Baltics rail link that has been described as the most important project for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia since their independence. But the scheme’s CEO has admitted there are no guarantees over its future financing.

12/04/2018

Earth News

Miniature-sized dishes promote Turkish cuisine

"It tastes exactly the same," says the miniature food cook.

12/04/2018

No Comment

Elderly students return to classrooms as Thailand seeks to embrace ageing population

Earlier this month, Choochart Supkerd, 63, graduated from a school for the elderly that started last year in Ayutthaya Province, north of Bangkok. It was for him one of the most important and memorable days of his life.

12/04/2018

United Kingdom

OPCW confirms use of Novichok in Skripal attack

The attack prompted the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War

12/04/2018

Mexico

The Afghan football coach training Mexican street kids for their own 'World Cup'

Khalida Popal was the first captain of the woman's football team in Afghanistan until she was forced to flee after receiving death threats from the Taliban.

12/04/2018

Europe News

Azerbaijan: a 'rebalancing' of relations with West

With Ilham Aliyev winning a fourth term as president, what next for Azerbaijan?

12/04/2018

France

French President Emmanuel Macron said France has proof of chemical weapons

President Macron also said they will decide whether to strike back when all the necessary information has been gathered from Syria.

12/04/2018

Armenia

Armenia’s changing political system: a parliamentary republic or the President’s third term?

Armenia is completing its transition to a parliamentary system of government, that the ruling coalition has lauded as a step towards greater democracy. But many argue the change has simply been high-jacked to extend former President Serzh Sargsyan's grip on power.

12/04/2018

Spain

Whale dies after eating 29 kilos of plastic in trashed waters

A sperm whale that washed up on the Murcia coast in February died because it could not digest the 29 kilos of plastic found in its stomach.

12/04/2018

No Comment

Emergency services taken by surprise by avalanche

French emergency services were taken by surprise in Tignes as an avalanche forced them to flee a hillside.

12/04/2018

Finland

Eurovision act to sing in 34 languages

Finnish singer-songwriter Saara Aalto is set to wow Eurovision fans in Lisbon next month with her song ‘Monsters’.

12/04/2018

World News

Breastfeeding could save thousands of young lives

The World Health Organisation and UNICEF are encouraging mothers to breastfeed their newborn babies

12/04/2018

World News

The Trump-Putin standoff over Syria is serious, but World War III has been closer

Analysts say the current standoff can't be compared to the Cuban missile crisis — "the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict."

12/04/2018

Turkey

Couple becomes culinary sensation with miniature-sized dishes

A Turkish couple has taken its hobby of cooking traditional dishes in miniature size to YouTube fame.

12/04/2018

United Kingdom

Late sleepers risk an early death, study finds

Late sleepers are at a greater risk of premature death compared to early risers, a study has found.

12/04/2018