2019-05-03

United Kingdom

Watch: Biodegradable bags are not truly biodegradable, new study says

The study examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK.

03/05/2019

Living

Why the new Harrods charity shop is an ode to sustainable fashion

The luxury department store has launched a pop-up store in collaboration with the NSPCC

03/05/2019

USA

Trump calls report of FBI investigator meeting with campaign aide 'bigger than Watergate'

In a tweet, the president offered backhanded praise for The New York Times.

03/05/2019

World

Emirates CEO sees FY profit, wants Boeing compensation

Emirates Airline, the world’s largest long-haul carrier, will report profitable full year earnings this month, according to its CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

03/05/2019

World

Jordan, Oman & Syria: different approaches to boosting tourist numbers

The 26th edition of the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai brought together more than 150 countries to showcase their tourism projects.

03/05/2019

World

Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000

One week after the attacks in Sri Lanka, executives from the country’s Tourism Development Authority and national airline attended the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.

03/05/2019

France

Panini launches first Tour de France sticker book

Fans of the most respected cycling race in the world will have to gather 352 stickers to complete the inaugural Tour de France album.

03/05/2019

World

UAE ecotourists help save Hawksbill turtles

Approximately 80 Hawksbill turtles, which were rescued last winter, have been rehabilitated and returned to their home in Arabian Gulf this April.

03/05/2019

USA

Mysterious 'Oumuamua space object may help explain life on Earth

Scientists say objects from other star systems could have brought life from world to world around the cosmos.

03/05/2019

No Comment

Tattoos made with ancestral techniques

The traditional culture of indigenous tattoos in Taiwan had almost disappeared after decades of being banned by the first Japanese colonists and later by the Chinese Nationalist government.

03/05/2019

Belgium

European elections 2019: What happened this week?

This week we look at the smaller parties that could tip the scales in the new parliament and examine the role of the Eurosceptics' favourite target, the EU Commission.

03/05/2019

No Comment

Doors and windows smash as Cyclone Fani lashes India

Tropical cyclone Fani, the strongest recorded in the last five years, has made landfall in India.

03/05/2019

World News

World Press Freedom Day: 15 journalists killed this year, says NGO

"A free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights. No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information," the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.

03/05/2019

World News

Looted artefacts from Middle East sold in Europe via social media

"Social media was a very important driver of (the Arab Spring) protests so it was only a matter of time before the looting and trafficking of antiquities would bleed into social media," Dr Amr Al-Azm, Professor Middle East History and Anthropology, told Euronews.

03/05/2019

Venezuela

WhatsApp group reveals wave of emotion around Venezuela's uprising

Amidst emotion, fear and confusion — and a mistrust of the media — Venezuelans turned to their WhatsApp groups in search of more clarity about this week's uprising.

03/05/2019

No Comment

Underwater hockey championship takes place in Russia

An underwater hockey champion started last week at one of the oldest diving clubs in Moscow.

03/05/2019

USA

Another dysfunctional and combative week in the Trump Era

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

03/05/2019

Bulgaria

Road Trip Europe Day 35 Vidin: Inside Bulgaria's ghost towns

Young Bulgarians are leaving the country's rural areas in droves, leading to a phenomenon known as ghost villages.

03/05/2019

Green News

Staying in a real 'House on the Prairie’ style haven

We checked in at Teapot Lane Luxury Camp in County Leitrim, Ireland.

03/05/2019

Venezuela

Venezuela crisis: Why hasn't Maduro arrested Guaido yet?

After a call to an uprising, disobeying orders to not leave the country, and proclaiming himself Venezuela's interim president, why hasn't Nicolas Maduro ordered the arrest of Juan Guaido?

03/05/2019

World News

EPP candidate Manfred Weber outlines vision in race to EC presidency

Manfred Weber, the European People's Party candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President, outlines his European vision

03/05/2019

Spain

Watch: Running of the Wine fiesta pays homage to local legend

The village was under seige and the water supply poisoned so Christian knights came to the rescue with flagons of wine tied to horses.

03/05/2019

Republic of North Macedonia

North Macedonia elects government-supported candidate as new president

The presidential candidate backed by North Macedonia's ruling party has won Sunday's election, taking 51.66% of the vote.

03/05/2019

USA

Wedding bells to ring for world leader who juggles motherhood and running country

The politician once joked that she wanted to put TV star Clarke Gayford "through the pain and torture of having to agonize" about popping the question.

03/05/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. It’s time the UK government took its duty to the Good Friday Agreement seriously ǀ View

In an open letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, campaigner Emma DeSouza calls on the UK government to uphold the rights of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens, something it is duty-bound to do as a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.

03/05/2019

Living

The best fresh produce delivery boxes in European cities

Whether you're in Paris or Milan, Munich or Copenhagen, find out how to get hand-picked vegetables delivered straight to your door.

03/05/2019

USA

Klobuchar releases plan to treat substance abuse, mental illness

The Democratic presidential candidate's plan to prevent and fight drug addiction is rooted in her personal experience as a daughter and a prosecutor.

03/05/2019

USA

Sanders' gun votes again a potential liability among Democratic base

His past opposition to legislation to punish gun manufacturers could be a particular obstacle for energized young voters.

03/05/2019

World

Cyclone Fani: Huge evacuation as storm makes landfall in India

A tropical cyclone has made landfall in eastern India today. A massive operation to evacuate more than a million people to safety from low-lying areas in Orissa state had been put in place. According to the authorities, cyclone shelters are being set up and major ports are being shut down.

03/05/2019

USA

Powerful cyclone lashes eastern India with 124 mph gusts

One million people were evacuated along the low-lying coast before the storm made landfall.

03/05/2019