2019-01-04

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: goodbye to 2018 but what next for 2019? | View

We bring you our usual weekly round-up, looking back over the last two weeks of debate on View.

04/01/2019

World News

Poland to close 'Escape Rooms' that don't meet safety standards after fire kills 5 teenagers

A police spokeswoman in the city of Koszalin, Monika Kosiec, said Friday the teenage victims were probably celebrating one of their birthdays.

04/01/2019

Thailand

Thailand political instability sparks street art boom | NBC Left Field

One street artist, known only as Headache, said he graffitis for freedom

04/01/2019

Markets

Take Five: Be careful out there! World markets themes for the week ahead

Take Five: Be careful out there! World markets themes for the week ahead

04/01/2019

Chile

Wild puma stuck in tree for 15 hours in Chile

It's unclear how the young cat managed to climb up into the branches but was later tranquilised and brought to the zoo in Santiago, to be released at a later date.

04/01/2019

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No Comment of the Week

Revellers across the world rang in the New Year this week. Fireworks lit up the skies over Auckland as New Zealand became one of the first countries to enter 2019.

04/01/2019

United Kingdom

EU guidelines urge MEPs to use more gender neutral words

New guidelines recently rolled out by the European Parliament strive for more gender-neutral wording

04/01/2019

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Europe in 2019

In this edition we take a look at the year in perspective, with shifting political fault lines ahead of European elections, a messy divorce with Britain and much more.

04/01/2019

World News

Which European countries have the most police?

The number of police officers in Europe has slowly decreased in recent years, new figures from the bloc's statistics division revealed.

04/01/2019

France

Three quarters of French citizens unhappy with Macron's policies

As many as 75% of French people are unhappy with Emmanuel Macron's policies, a poll has found.

04/01/2019

Germany

Shots fired in downtown Cologne, police arrest one, hunt on for more

Shots fired in downtown Cologne, police arrest one and hunt is on for others

04/01/2019

Germany

European security forces collaborate in search for German hacker

Hunt is on for person who published personal details of German politicians on Twitter

04/01/2019

USA

US government shutdown: Workers tell their personal accounts #TheCube

Workers told The Cube their stories as the US partial government shutdown entered its third week.

04/01/2019

Green News

The lingering death of the Dead Sea

The water level drops by 1 metre annually and the Dead Sea could almost disappear in a few decades.

04/01/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Cumberbatch's Brexit movie explores voter anger, and causes some, too

A dramatization of the bitter and divisive mood the campaign unleashed has further fed that fever.

04/01/2019

Netherlands

Why were people allowed to take items washed up on Dutch beaches?

Who are 'Strandjutters' and why were they allowed to take items that washed up on the Dutch coast?

04/01/2019

United Kingdom

'Fat Cat' Friday: UK bosses earn average salary in just three days

A new report has found that it took just three working days for bosses at Britain's leading 100 firms to earn the typical worker's annual salary.

04/01/2019

United Kingdom

Parents should approach screen time based on child's age: report

The UK's first ever screen time guidance advises British parents to organise screen time around their child's needs and activities, not the other way around.

04/01/2019

Sweden

Man suspected of contracting Ebola cleared by Swedish hospital

A hospital in Sweden said test results showed no signs of the Ebola virus

04/01/2019

World News

Private data of hundreds of German politicians released online

The data released may have been stolen in multiple attacks but doesn't appear to be politically sensitive, a German government spokesperson said.

04/01/2019

Markets

U.S.-China trade talks boost European shares as commodity stocks, banks rally

U.S.-China trade talks boost European shares as commodity stocks, banks rally

04/01/2019

World

Shutdown Continues as Democrats Take Back the House

Democrats maneuverer to pass legislation with the support of Nancy Pelosi, the only woman ever to serve as speaker. She will preside over the most diverse U.S. House in history. The democrats wish to put an end to the partial government shutdown, but Republicans called the move 'theatre'.

04/01/2019

World News

Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' show pulled amid misconduct allegations

"StarTalk" will remain on hiatus as a Fox Networks Group investigation into the multiple claims continues.

04/01/2019

France

Paralysed by violent partner, woman found 'partly responsible'

A woman has been found "partly responsible" and denied full compensation by a French court after she was paralysed from the waist down by her violent partner.

04/01/2019

World News

The forecast for tech in 2019? 'Cloudy with a good chance of rain'

Tech investors, while still optimistic for the long term, are gearing up for a rocky 2019.

04/01/2019

World News

Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition

A growing number of women are bucking an order in place since 1928, and donning monks' traditional saffron robes.

04/01/2019

World News

Apple entering a 'dark chapter' as iPhone sales are slowing

"This is definitely the most defining period for Tim Cook in his career as CEO," said one analyst.

04/01/2019

World News

China just landed a spacecraft on the moon's far side. Here's what the probe will teach us.

"This really opens up a whole part of the moon that hasn't been explored in detail."

04/01/2019

World News

China and U.S. to hold talks in bid to end trade war roiling markets

The two nations have been locked in a trade war for much of the past year, stoking fears of a global economic slowdown.

04/01/2019

World News

'Women's lives in danger': Government shutdown holds up funds for sexual violence victims

The concern is that the funding flow for the Violence Against Women Act "may be stopped, which will put women's lives in danger," the head of the National Organization for Women said.

04/01/2019