2018-11-09

Belgium

Convoy carrying British, Belgian prime ministers hit by car: reports

Two police motorcycles in convoy carrying the British and Belgian prime ministers were knocked over by a car on Friday in an apparent accident, according to media reports.

09/11/2018

United Kingdom

Nurses help dying elderly couple spend final hours together

Nursing staff at a hospital in the UK helped Ron and his wife, Mary, spend their final hours together holding hands on their wedding anniversary.

09/11/2018

World News

French club PSG admits racial profiling

French football club PSG admits its scouts illegally used racial profiling in the recruitment of young players but says the club's general management was unaware of the practice

09/11/2018

World News

Bosnian exhibition marks Armistice in city where World War I began

A photography exhibition by the Bosnian national archives marks the 100th Armistice anniversary in the city where World War I began — and includes pictures of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event which triggered it.

09/11/2018

USA

Midterm turnout surges to 50-year high, early estimates show

A projected 113 million voters cast a ballot, with high participation among both parties.

09/11/2018

Destinations

This is Malaysia’s hidden gem

Under the Radar: the eco guide to Langkawi

09/11/2018

World News

Euroviews. How Matthew Whitaker's surprise promotion will help Trump stop Mueller

As acting attorney general, Whitaker supplants Rosenstein as Mueller’s immediate supervisor (unless, like Sessions, he must also recuse from the matter). As such, he inherits the authority, among other things, to control the scope of Mueller’s investigation.

09/11/2018

Poland

Poland court overturns Warsaw ban on far-right independence march

An annual nationalist rally in Warsaw is set to go ahead on the centenary of Polish independence after a court said a city ban was unconstitutional.

09/11/2018

World

Manfred Weber wins backing of EPP for Commission top job

German politician, Manfred Weber won the backing of the European People's Party on Thursday to stand in the race to become European Commission president.

09/11/2018

Australia

IS claims responsibility for deadly ‘terrorism’ attack in Melbourne

One dead and two injured in Melbourne terror stabbings. Attacker dies in hospital.

09/11/2018

France

Macron defies hecklers

French President confronts angry worker in Renault factory

09/11/2018

World

Antibiotic resistant superbugs on the rise

The antibiotic apocalypse- That's the name for a world in which antibiotics can no longer defeat common infections, according to medical experts. A world where a minor illness like strep throat could again be fatal. Antibiotic resistant infections are becoming more common thanks to overuse. And

09/11/2018

World

Kristallnacht - One Survivor's Story

For 10-year-old Ruth Winkelmann, who lived in the outskirts of Berlin, it was the day she says her childhood ended. "I remember the pogrom night very well because I experienced something evil.”

09/11/2018

USA

Wildfire chars more than 18,000 acres in rural Northern California

Residents in the small towns of Pulga and Paradise, about 90 miles north of Sacramento, were told to flee the oncoming flames.

09/11/2018

World News

Letter reveals Einstein's fears of growing nationalism, anti-Semitism

The 1922 letter shows he was concerned about Germany's future a full year before the Nazis attempted their first coup — the failed Munich Beer Hall Putsch.

09/11/2018

Italy

Disability isn't a bar to going out in these Bologna night spots

A woman rolls into a bar...

09/11/2018

USA

Obscene airborne image prompts Marine probe

The pilots flew out of the San Diego airfield, once home to the Navy's "Top Gun" flight school.

09/11/2018

Botswana

Hundreds of buffaloes drown in Botswana trying to escape lions

Hundreds of buffaloes have drowned in a river on the border between Botswana and Namibia.

09/11/2018

World News

Europe briefing: Six stories you need to know about today

Here are six stories from around Europe to know about this Friday lunchtime.

09/11/2018