2019-06-04

USA

At least 4 dead in Australia shooting, suspect in custody

A 45-year-old man was in custody following the shooting.

04/06/2019

Europe News

Orban's Fidesz party to back Manfred Weber as EPP group leader

The news marks a major U-turn for the Hungarian prime minister, who has long been at odds with the centre-right spitzenkandidat.

04/06/2019

Egypt

Euroviews. In Sisi’s Egypt, even teenagers who can’t take their exams get arrested ǀ View

A group of high school students in Egypt can’t take their exams because the system introduced by the Education Minister has failed them. [...] The students, aged 15 to 16 years old, decided to take to the streets to peacefully protest the situation, but they were in turn violently arrested.

04/06/2019

Iraq

Two more Frenchmen sentenced to death in Iraq over ISIS involvement

The two men — Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41 — are the latest defendants in a string of court cases that have already seen other nine French citizens and a Tunisian national be sentenced to death in the past weeks.

04/06/2019

Italy

Watch: Cliff Diving World Series makes Italian stop on world tour

Beginning in April in the Philippines and with stops in Portugal, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina to come, the competition will end in Bilbao in September.

04/06/2019

Bangladesh

Watch: Bangladeshis crowd trains and ferries hoping to make it home fo

Around 20 million people live in Dhaka for work, and leave the capital to celebrate holidays in their hometowns.

04/06/2019

USA

Survival chances fade for missing mountaineering group in Himalayas

The chances that any of the eight missing climbers being found alive are virtually non-existent, a search official told NBC News Tuesday.

04/06/2019

United Kingdom

Trump: Corbyn and Khan are 'negative forces, not positive forces'

Trump said Corbyn wanted to meet him, but "I decided not to do that".

04/06/2019

USA

Post-war western alliance in doubt 75 years after D-Day

World leaders will attend events this week to mark 75 years since the D-Day landings in Normand — but the post-war order is under threat.

04/06/2019

World

Giuseppe Conte threatens to go if Italian coalition can't work together

Work it out, or I'm out: that's the message from Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to the Italian governing coalition of the League Party and the Five Star movement.

04/06/2019

USA

Migrant children stuck at border stations because of HHS overcrowding

Officials have warned that there will be more deaths of children at border stations if Health and Human Services does not increase its capacity.

04/06/2019

Sport

Football for Friendship profiles: Sri Lanka, Ghana and Denmark

Football for Friendship profiles: Sri Lanka, Ghana and Denmark

04/06/2019

Vatican

Pope Francis speaks up against politicians who “sow hate and fear”

According to the Pope, Europe is "overcome by pessimism or by ideologies" after Italy, Britain, France and Poland elected nationalist politicians into the European Parliament

04/06/2019

United Kingdom

Trump baby blimp launched as thousands protest his visit to London

A giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as a pouting baby was set to fly over the British parliament on Tuesday as he met UK Prime Minister Theresa May for talks at Downing Street.

04/06/2019

SanMarino

San Marino bans discrimination based on sexual orientation

Citizens of San Marino have voted by referendum to insert a clause prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in their country's constitution

04/06/2019

Ukraine

Zelensky meets EU officials

President Zelensky will meet European Union officials in Brussels for his first foreign visit since his election on April 21.

04/06/2019

United Kingdom

Trump's UK state visit: What's happened and what's next on the agenda

As US President turns to politics on Tuesday, he will be trying to convince UK prime minister Theresa May to ban China's Huawei from British 5G networks.

04/06/2019

Green News

Best wildlife experiences of June

Looking for ways to engage with nature this month? These are the best wildlife events and trips to have on your radar in June 2019.

04/06/2019

USA

Anti-Trump protesters set to flood London streets

"Let's show him what we think of his divisive, hateful policies," organizers said.

04/06/2019

France

France: Imam jailed for helping migrants cross the English Channel

An Iranian imam has been sentenced to two years in jail for having facilitated the illegal crossing of migrants across the English Channel.

04/06/2019

World News

#KuToo no more! Japanese women take stand against high heels

#KuToo no more! Japanese women take stand against high heels

04/06/2019

USA

More than 4 million could be left out of 2020 census, new report says

Black and Latino households face the greatest risk of being undercounted, while whites, in some scenarios, could be overcounted, the Urban Institute said.

04/06/2019

USA

Botched family reunifications left migrant children waiting in vans overnight

Not until 39 hours later — after two nights in a van — did the last child step out of a van to be reunited. Most spent at least 23 hours in the vehicles.

04/06/2019

USA

Buttigieg says he would vote to impeach Trump, but won't second guess Pelosi

The Democratic presidential contender spoke during an MSNBC town hall meeting in Fresno, Calif.

04/06/2019

USA

House passes $19 billion disaster relief bill

Three Republicans each blocked votes in the last two weeks as Democrats tried to pass the measure by unanimous consent.

04/06/2019

USA

Ex-NSA hacker wants to give 2020 candidates free cybersecurity tool. The FEC may stop him

FEC lawyers say the request by Oren Falkowitz looks "too much like a political contribution." An official decision will be made Thursday.

04/06/2019

USA

Apple is getting rid of iTunes — what does it mean for your downloads?

Technology giant Apple on Monday confirmed recent speculation from key players in the industry that it was going to scrap its historic iTunes service.

04/06/2019

USA

Russia probe witness arrested on child porn charges

George Nader had helped arrange a meeting in the Seychelles islands between Erik Prince and a banker who is a close associate of Vladimir Putin.

04/06/2019

USA

House Judiciary to investigate market dominance of big tech companies

While no companies are named, any investigation will inevitably touch on Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.

04/06/2019

Italy

Italy PM threatens to quit, tells warring coalition to end feud

Italy PM threatens to quit, tells warring coalition to end feud

04/06/2019