2019-04-01

USA

Will America run out of avocados if President Trump closes the Mexican border?

There might be fewer cucumbers, tomatoes and berries, too.

01/04/2019

USA

Reporters group seeks nearly complete Mueller report

The group petitioned a federal judge for the underlying grand jury material used to inform special counsel Robert Mueller's findings.

01/04/2019

USA

Allies rally to defend Biden against potential 'smears and forgeries'

Biden backers seek to get in front of further fallout from "awkward kiss" allegation.

01/04/2019

USA

This extremely rare apple looks like something out of a fairy tale

It's absolutely stunning but is it real?

01/04/2019

World News

EU fruit and vegetable consumption: how much does your country eat?

In 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27 %) ate fruit at least twice a day, according to a survey of the European Union (EU) population. A further 37 % of the EU population ate fruit once a day and the remaining 36 % ate fruit either less frequently or not at all during a typical week.

01/04/2019

USA

What is cholesterol and what are 'normal' levels?

Here's what you should know about the difference between HDL and LDL cholesterol and how to lower it to safe levels.

01/04/2019

USA

Trump: Census 'meaningless' without citizenship question

"Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!" Trump wrote in a morning tweet.

01/04/2019

USA

Senate Dems to introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College

The proposed amendment to change the way presidents are elected won't become law anytime soon, but it will keep the issue in the 2020 conversation.

01/04/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Britain fought wars to save Europe. Now it has lost itself - and Europe - over Brexit ǀ View

The idealised memories of British victories in the Great Wars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are impossible to reconcile with the reality of Britain’s actual global role in 2019.

01/04/2019

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion activists strip off for 'elephant in the room'

Eleven protesters from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion stripped off in the House of Commons as MPs prepared for a second round of indicative votes on Monday.

01/04/2019

France

Watch: All that glittered at the table was gold

Priced at 40 euros per person, a gold-covered dinner menu sold out within days. French artist and performer Frederique Lecerf prepared it to illustrate the transience of her art.

01/04/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo to host Bosnia’s first-ever LGBTQ pride parade

Sarajevo will host Bosnia’s first-ever pride parade on September 8, according to the country’s LGBTQ activists. A group of 16 committee leaders of the initiative Bosnian-Herzegovinian (BiH) Pride March, announced in Sarajevo Monday, the planned march will be a protest against inequality.

01/04/2019

World

Political newcomers win majority of votes in weekend of elections

Following elections in Ukraine and Slovakia over the weekend, two unlikely candidates have made their way to the top of the polls.

01/04/2019

Algeria

Algeria’s under-fire president Bouteflika 'to resign before April 28'

There have been frequent demonstrations in Algeria against Bouteflika running for a fifth term as president.

01/04/2019

USA

Jim Carrey's picture of Mussolini's demise sparks Twitter tirade from dictator's granddaughter

Mussolini, a member of the European parliament and former Playboy cover model, fired back on Sunday. "You are a bastard," she tweeted.

01/04/2019

USA

Nielsen said she will increase number of asylum seekers made to wait in Mexico

Amid a rapid rise in attempted border crossings, the DHS secretary will also up the number of asylum seekers made to wait on the Mexico side of the border.

01/04/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Brexit votes and Facebook regulation

Watch Monday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

01/04/2019

USA

Selma Blair shares how she does her makeup while living with MS

Celebs and fans loved her video!

01/04/2019

Europe News

The Brief: emigration concerns, CAP reform and NATO

A new survey shows southern and eastern European countries are more concerned by emigration than immigration. MEPs prepare to vote on reforms to the famous Common Agricultural Policy and NATO sets out priorities ahead of its 70th anniversary.

01/04/2019

USA

Supreme Court OK's lethal injection for Missouri death row inmate with rare health issue

The opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, said the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment "does not guarantee a painless death."

01/04/2019

Italy

Sperm whale washes up dead with 22 kgs of plastic in its stomach

The whale’s stomach had a mixture of garbage bags, plastic bags, fishing nets, plates, tubes, and a bag of a washing machine liquid.

01/04/2019

USA

No joke: Comedian tipped to win Ukraine presidential election

"You don't need experience to be president, you just need to be a decent human being," was a mantra repeated by the candidates' aides.

01/04/2019

USA

Whistleblower tells Congress White House overturned 25 security clearance denials

The whistleblower, Tricia Newbold, told Congress that security clearance applications for White House officials "were not always adjudicated in the best interest of national security."

01/04/2019

USA

Watch: Kites and cherry tree blossom announce spring's arrival

Thousands of people marked the arrival of spring by flying kites at the Washington Monument in DC over cherry trees in full bloom.

01/04/2019

USA

Mysterious 'Oumuamua interstellar object may have simple explanation after all

New study aligns with previous research suggesting the object is a comet, not an alien spacecraft.

01/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. The alt right is fueled by toxic masculinity — and vice versa ǀ View

The rising alt-right took many of the men’s rights activists' most backward notions about women and worked them into their own hateful rhetoric.

01/04/2019

World News

Mussolini's granddaughter slams Jim Carrey over cartoon of ex-dictator

The Canadian-American actor — also an artist — posted a picture of the pair hanging from their feet with the caption: "If you're wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta."

01/04/2019

Next Series

The Human Brain Project: Slicing brains and thinking machines

In partnership with The European Commission

Can we create a thinking machine? Can we build a model of the human brain inside a computer? How do our minds really work? Those are some of the questions that researchers in the EU's Human Brain Project are trying to answer.

01/04/2019

USA

House Judiciary Committee to vote on Mueller subpoenas Wednesday

The panel will also weigh in on whether to subpoena documents from five former White House officials related to the investigation.

01/04/2019

USA

Lawmakers know what they don't want on Brexit. Will they agree on what they do?

"There are no ideal choices available and there are very good arguments against any possible outcome at the moment," said one lawmaker.

01/04/2019