archives - 02 Feb 2019. euronews : International and European news all available as video on demand

Justin Fairfax carried the manumission documents for his enslaved ancestor as he took the oath of office in the capital of the former Confederacy.

Justin Fairfax, the descendant of slaves, is next in line for Virginia governor

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Jackson is best known for claiming that Trump could live for 200 years because of the president's "incredible genes."

Trump taps failed VA nominee Ronny Jackson as chief medical adviser

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Maduro seeks earlier elections for National Assembly in a bid to crush the threat posed by proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido.

Maduro seeks earlier elections for National Assembly

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France

French new political party 'will do things with the heart'

Former gilets jaunes leader,Jacline Mouraud, launched a new political party called "Les Emergents" that "will do things with the heart instead of the wallet," she told Euronews.

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United Arab Emirates

Pope Francis to visit UAE with message of peaceful coexistence

The Gulf state currently has about 800,000 Catholics but few of them are citizens, they're mostly temporary migrant workers from South and South East Asia.

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Senior citizens and others say the 6% rise offered by the government is not enough

Thousands protest in Madrid demanding higher pension increase

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A spokeswoman for the governor said he planned to announce at a press conference Saturday afternoon that he would not resign.

Northam plans to defy calls for his resignation over racist photo

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The Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in one of her favorite Alexander McQueen dresses.

Kate Middleton looks radiant in red for her mother's birthday party

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Groundhog Phil left his den in Pennsylvania on Saturday and didn't see his shadow, predicting that spring will arrive soon this year..

It's Groundhog Day again in the United States

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Pennsylvania’s famed groundhog, 'Punxsutawney Phil', has predicted that spring will come early this year.

Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog predicts early spring

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The extreme cold weather in the United States Midwest has frozen rivers and turned ordinary objects into “ice sculptures”.

Rivers freeze over, ‘ice sculptures’ form in US extreme weather

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The meteorite came down in pieces just outside the city of Vinales.

Meteorite hits western Cuba, sets social media on fire

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Albert II has now decided to take his case to the Court of Cassation, the main court of last resort in Belgium.

Former King of Belgium refuses to give DNA sample in paternity case

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At least 115 people dead and around 250 missing in what could be the country's deadliest mine disaster.

New video captures moment of deadly dam collapse in Brazil

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Venezuela

Venezuelan general publicly recognises Guaido as interim president

A high-ranking Venezuelan air force general publicly recognised Juan Guaido as interim president in a video circulating on social media on Saturday in the biggest military defection Nicolas Maduro’s government has seen so far.

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The decision was linked to a Jan. 31 deadline set by new U.S. legislation under which foreign aid recipients would be more exposed to anti-terrorism lawsuits.

US cuts all aid to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza

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The accounts' tweets featured the hashtag #MAGA, usually in support of President Trump, almost 38,000 times — the most of any hashtag.

Russian troll accounts purged by Twitter pushed Qanon, other conspiracies

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They uncovered them at an ancient burial site dating back to the Ptolemaic era.

Egyptian archaeologists discover 50 unidentified mummies

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Fire dancers in China's northern city of Taiyuan wowed crowds with their traditional charcoal-spinning performances.

Chinese revellers welcome Spring Festival with charcoal-spinning

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Iran has unveiled a new criuse missile with a range of thirteen hundred kilometres, putting it in range of one of its biggest enemies, Israel.

Iran unveils new missile on 40th anniversary of revolution

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African penguins are the only penguin species listed as endangered, with just 50,000 breeding pairs left from some 5 million 20 years ago.

South Africa establishes penguin sperm bank

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Analysis: If anything, Trump's path to getting out of Afghanistan and Syria may be easier after his Senate 'rebuke'

Trump got a wrist slap by the Senate on troop withdrawals. That's a green light.

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France

Thousands of France’s ‘gilets jaunes’ join 12th weekend of protests

"Gilet jaune” (yellow vest) protesters took to the streets on Saturday for another weekend of anti-government action, as they paid homage to those injured by police in previous demonstrations.

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The INF Treaty bans both nations from stationing short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles in Europe.

Russia joins US in suspending Cold War era nuclear arms treaty

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Experts who track websites and social media linked to Russia have seen stirrings of a possible campaign of support for Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard.

Does the Russian propaganda machine already have a 2020 favorite?

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