2018-05-01

Sport

Real Madrid reach third straight Champions League final

Real Madrid qualified for the final of the Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 4-3.

01/05/2018

World News

As it happened: Wednesday morning, May 2

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

01/05/2018

World News

Facebook's new match-making service wants to build 'meaningful relationships'

New dating features on Facebook are coming soon. In the aftermath of the data breach scandal, will users sign themselves up?

01/05/2018

World News

States sue Trump administration to maintain vehicle fuel-efficiency standards

The states aim to protect Obama-era rules that would have forced automakers to nearly double the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks.

01/05/2018

USA

CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging service, quits

Jan Koum said he will be "taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology."

01/05/2018

Armenia

Armenia protesters block roads after opposition leader calls for strikes

Nikol Pashinyan urged protesters to shut down transport systems after the ruling Republican Party's parliamentary majority rejected his candidacy for prime minister.

01/05/2018

Poland

Massed guitars beat world record for playing Hendrix's 'Hey Joe'

Poles and Hendrix fans from around the world, over 7400 of them with their guitars, gather in the Old Town square of Wroclaw in Poland to smash the previous record.

01/05/2018

France

Analysts cast doubt on Israeli claim that Iran has been lying about nuclear proliferation

Many analysts believe Israel is painting a bad picture of Iran in advance of US President Trump pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal on May 12th.

01/05/2018

United Kingdom

Scotland fixes a minimum price on alcohol in bid to save lives

With 22 alcohol-related deaths a week, Scotland takes action to relieve its health services & give hope to addicts by targeting heavy drinkers' favourite cheapest brands.

01/05/2018

World News

‘Critical period’ for learning new language, says study

The “critical period” for learning a new language is much longer than scientists had previously thought, according to a new study.

01/05/2018

Real Economy

Europe's housing prices continue to soar

In this edition of Real Economy, we focus on the fallout from rising house prices. What does it mean for homeowners, those seeking to buy and for the economy as a whole? The fear of a new property bubble is in everyone's mind.

01/05/2018

World News

Trump doc says Trump bodyguard 'raided' his office, took files

Dr. Harold Bornstein said he felt "raped" after White House aide Keith Schiller and lawyer Alan Garten showed up unannounced and took Trump's files.

01/05/2018

Sport

Former Brazilian gymnastics coach accused of sexual abuse by gymnasts

Brazil's Globo TV spoke to 40 gymnasts and former gymnasts who said Fernando de Carvalho Lopes had abused them while they were minors.

01/05/2018

France

May Day marches turn ugly in Paris as anarchists crash party

Car and businesses burn as riot police face over 1000 "Black Bloc" activists called out onto the streets via social media.

01/05/2018

World News

Green dams 'hit' West Balkans biodiversity, locals' water supply

Lauded as green and environmentally friendly, small-scale hydropower dams are dotted around the West Balkans. But local communities say the impact is disastrous.

01/05/2018

Greece

May Day: Greek workers march through Athens

Thousands of Greek workers marched through the centre of Athens on Tuesday - one of a series of protests marking May Day.

01/05/2018

United Kingdom

Jingle Bells: May Day Morris dancing in England

Clashing sticks, waving handkerchiefs and jangling bells are all part of a cherished British tradition celebrated on May 1st

01/05/2018

Europe News

The EU's smaller farmers fear subsidy cuts in the CAP budget review

Brexit is forcing a subsidy rethink as the EU cash pot shrinks, and with the Common Agricultural Policy the EU's biggest spender, cuts are on the horizon.

01/05/2018

United Kingdom

'We're in the Money': Sainsbury's CEO sings his way into an apology after hot-mic moment

Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe was left rather red-faced after being caught singing 'We're in the Money' just hours after announcing the supermarket's plan to buy Asda.

01/05/2018

No Comment

Blazing high-rise collapses in Sao Paulo

An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighbouring buildings and surrounding streets.

01/05/2018

No Comment

Pelicans gatecrash California university graduation

A pair of pelicans crashed a graduation ceremony at Pepperdine University in the California beachfront community of Malibu over the weekend.

01/05/2018

No Comment

South Korea begins dismantling anti-North Korea propaganda speakers

South Korea has begun dismantling huge loudspeakers used to blare anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and K-pop songs from its border with North Korea.

01/05/2018

No Comment

Filipino May Day protesters burn effigy of President Duterte

Thousands of people marched to the Philippines' presidential palace in Manila on Tuesday to mark Labour Day.

01/05/2018

Turkey

Turkish trade unions angry at corralled May Day protests and blockade of Taksim square

Scuffles and a number of arrests in Ankara and Istanbul mark the May Day workers' marches, as the authorities try to take the sting out of the day by banning people from the symbolic Taksim square.

01/05/2018

World News

Our galaxy's colossal black hole may have huge hidden 'siblings'

New research shows the Milky Way and galaxies like it may contain several supermassive black holes.

01/05/2018

No Comment

Millions of Buddhists in Sri Lanka celebrate Buddha's birthday

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01/05/2018

World News

Israel and Iran move closer to open warfare

An Israeli airstrike that killed and wounded dozens of Iranians at a Syrian base is the latest sign of escalating conflict.

01/05/2018

Sport

Europe Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn's practical joke

The famous golfer turns up unannounced at a fan's door afer receiving his jokey letter.

01/05/2018

United Kingdom

UK: New Home Secretary Javid pledges Windrush help

Sajid Javid, the first Interior Minister from Britain's Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, says that putting things right for the Windrush generation is his immediate priority

01/05/2018

USA

Pompeo agrees with Netanyahu and claims Iran is lying about its nuclear programme

US Secretary of State's opinion likely to be critical as President Trump considers pulling the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal.

01/05/2018