2018-05-18

Russia

2018 FIFA World Cup: the Euronews guide

The favourites, the outsiders, the controversies: our guide to the the world's biggest sporting event ahead of kick-off in Russia in June.

18/05/2018

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Muslims mark the first day of Ramadan in Kashmir

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, Muslims gathered at Srinagar's Grand mosque to offer their special prayers.

18/05/2018

Egypt

Arab League demands inquiry into Israeli 'crimes'

A meeting of the Arab League has demanded an international probe into what it denounced as “crimes” by Israeli forces on the country's border with Gaza.

18/05/2018

USA

Trump: "The European Union has been terrible to the United States on trade"

After European Council President Donald Tusk had laid into the US President, saying "with friends like these who needs enemies," it was Donald's Trump's turn to trade barbs.

18/05/2018

France

Women challenge the status quo at the Cannes Film Festival

Women often fill the frame at Cannes. On the red carpet, the camera lingers on them far longer than it does on men. But this year, some women are challenging that image.

18/05/2018

World News

As it happened this morning: Friday, May 18

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

18/05/2018

USA

Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA's first female director

The US Senate has voted in favour of appointing the CIA's first female director. The confirmation of Gina Haspel, a veteran of the spy agency, follows a partisan fight among lawmakers over her role in the its post-9/11 interrogation programme.

18/05/2018

World News

Study claims Bitcoin uses as much energy as Ireland, but experts don't agree

Like early claims about the energy-gobbling internet, experts find that assertion more than a little problematic.

18/05/2018

World News

Euroviews. Gina Haspel and America's depressing indifference to torture | View

Haspel's confirmation process could have been a referendum on past misdeeds — instead it whitewashed them.

18/05/2018

World News

Kilauea threatens Hawaii but is less deadly than other types of volcanoes

It's a so-called shield volcano, which is typically broader in shape and has lava that is relatively fluid.

18/05/2018