2018-06-07

World News

Facebook bug made some private posts public, affecting as many as 14M

Facebook bug made some private posts public, affecting as many as 14M users.

07/06/2018

USA

Trump offers US visit to Kim Jong-un if Singapore summit a success

But the US president reiterates that if the talks do not go well, he will walk.

07/06/2018

France

French MPs vote to ban mobile phones in schools

French MPs vote to ban mobile phones in schools.

07/06/2018

Guatemala

Guatemala struggles with aftermath of Fuego eruption

Appeal goes out for help with reconstruction and salvage operation as fresh explosions and lava flows strike volcanic zone.

07/06/2018

Netherlands

Dutch queen’s sister found dead in Buenos Aires apartment

Dutch queen’s sister found dead in Buenos Aires apartment.

07/06/2018

World News

At sea on the world's deadliest migrant route

At sea on the world's deadliest migrant route

07/06/2018

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Beekeepers stage funeral for France's dying bee population

Bees in France are fast dying, say beekeepers who staged a mock funeral in central Paris on Thursday (June 7).

07/06/2018

World News

Mars rover Curiosity's new findings hailed as 'breakthroughs in astrobiology'

NASA's roving science lab has uncovered tantalizing new evidence of organic molecules on the red planet.

07/06/2018

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Statuette of new Italian PM Conte made in Naples

Italy's new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has joined the long list of political figures from around the globe to be made into statuettes by Neapolitan artisans to be used in unusual nativity scenes.

07/06/2018

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Oxfam urges G7 leaders to tackle women's inequality with "Big Heads" protest

Oxfam, a global humanitarian relief organization on Thursday (June 7), depicted the G7 leaders who are due to meet in Quebec, Canada, with huge heads made out of fiberglass to bring awareness to women's economic empowerment.

07/06/2018

France

Innovators recognised at European Inventor Award

The European Inventor Award organised by the European Patent Office celebrates inventors not just from Europe but also from the US and Canada

07/06/2018

China

US consular staff in Chinese city evacuated amid sonc attack scare

Staff in Guangzhou complained of symptoms similar to those experienced by diplomatic staff in Cuba last year.

07/06/2018

World News

Killer drug fentanyl 'linked to 250 deaths in Europe'

One of the opioid painkillers causing a killer drug epidemic in the US has been linked to hundreds of deaths in Europe, it’s emerged.

07/06/2018

Russia

Follow us in Siberia: The other side of Siberia

Forget the clichés! Seven travellers headed north to discover the real Siberia - and you might be pleasantly surprised by what they discovered.

07/06/2018

Turkey

Turkey scraps migrant deal with Greece over diplomatic row

Ankara's decision follows a decision by a Greek court to release eight soldiers suspected of being involved in the July 2016 coup attempt

07/06/2018

France

Beekeepers mourn declining bee numbers

At a mock funeral in Paris, beekeepers called on the government to come to the rescue and take urgent action to stave off an ecological disaster

07/06/2018

Germany

Man suspected of killing German teeenager has fled to Iraq, police say

A 20 year old Iraqi refugee is suspected of raping and killing the 14 year old and hiding her bodyin undergrowth near the city of Wiesbaden.

07/06/2018

Hungary

Hungarian bear eludes trackers for three weeks on cross-country escapa

Young bear born in wild and likely to avoid humans say experts, but vigilance the order of the day until animal is caught.

07/06/2018

Austria

Austrian Chancellor calls for reinforcement of EU border

Sebastian Kurz says Austria will use its six-month presidency of the EU to focus on migration

07/06/2018

Belarus

German superfan travels to World Cup Russia on vintage tractor

70-year-old Hubert Wirth is driving over 2500 kilometres to cheer on his team at the World Cup in Moscow.

07/06/2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkan countries meet to discuss how to avoid repeating the 2015 migra

More than a million refugees came into Europe from North Africa and the Middle East three years ago

07/06/2018

Europe News

Strong pro-EU credentials of new Spanish government

Two former top Brussels hands have joined cabinet

07/06/2018

Poland

How Europe's rubbish is helping to fuel a fires crisis in Poland

Europe has doubled the amount of its waste it is sending to Poland and it’s helping to fuel a major increase in rubbish fires, it’s been claimed.

07/06/2018

Europe News

Fear of opioid crisis in Europe

Last year alone, 51 new psychoactive substances have been detected

07/06/2018

Greece

"Waste to wear" project makes clothes out of discarded fishing nets

The Healthy Seas project is trying to protect fish from getting trapped in plastic nets

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

UK proposes new Brexit deal to avoid hard border in Ireland

Theresa May reportedly backed down after a senior minister threatened to resign

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

UK Supreme Court rules Northern Ireland abortion reformers must bring

Technicality derails attempt to ease access to abortion in Northern Ireland, but court indicates it is likely to give a favourable hearing to any individual plaintiff.

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

Syphilis and gonorrhoea spikes in the UK

Recent numbers released by Public Health England show there was a 20% increase in the sexually transmitted infection syphilis.

07/06/2018

Economy

US will be isolated at the G7 summit in Canada

President Trump's protectionist stance, which have already provoked retaliatory tariffs by the EU, Canada and Mexico hasn't backed down on imposing tariffs.

07/06/2018

Australia

Broccocino, anyone? Aussies create broccoli coffee to improve health

Australia has developed broccoli powder made of 100% broccoli in a bid to eliminate food waste and encourage good nutrition.

07/06/2018