2019-08-20

Iceland

Climate Change top of the agenda as Nordic ministers meet in Iceland

The meeting comes after environmentalists in Iceland laid a commemorative plaque on the site of a Glacier on Sunday that had been declared dead. The Okjökull glacier had existed for 700 years and was Iceland's first glacier to disappear.

20/08/2019

USA

Inside the secretive media outlet that became one of Trump's biggest supporters

Started almost two decades ago with a stated mission to "provide information to Chinese communities to help immigrants assimilate into American society," The Epoch Times now wields one of the biggest social media followings of any news outlet.

20/08/2019

Italy

Migrants on board Open Arms rescue ship disembark at port of Lampedusa

An Italian prosecutor ordered the seizure of the Open Arms ship, stranded off the Italian island of Lampedusa with almost 100 migrants aboard, just hours after the Spanish government said it would send a navy ship to escort the vessel back to Spain.

20/08/2019

The Cube

Activists warn Poland’s LGBT community is 'under attack' | The Cube

Poland’s LGBT community is “under attack”, activists warn | The Cube

20/08/2019

USA

US President tweets picture of Trump Tower looming over Greenland

Donald Trump has jokingly promised on Twitter not to build a Trump Tower on Greenland following his comments about buying the Arctic territory.

20/08/2019

World News

El Salvador acquits woman accused of killing her stillborn child

21-year-old Evelyn Hernández had already served 33 months of a 30-year prison sentence when her conviction was overturned in February for lack of evidence and a new trial was ordered.

20/08/2019

Spain

Wildfire on Spanish island of Gran Canaria 'subsides' as winds drop

A wildfire that has raged across vast areas of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria since the weekend has abated as winds drop, local officials said Tuesday.

20/08/2019

Italy

French couple face jail for taking sand from a beach in Sardinia

Italian customs have arrested a French couple who wanted to leave the island of Sardinia with 40 kilograms of sand from Chia beach, in the boot of their car.

20/08/2019

El Salvador

Abortion law: Court acquits woman accused of killing stillborn child

In retrial, El Salvador acquits woman accused of killing her stillborn child

20/08/2019

USA

Zeppelins stopped flying after the Hindenburg disaster. Now scientists want to bring them back.

The proposed airships would move cargo more efficiently than oceangoing freighters — and produce far less pollution.

20/08/2019

China

Twitter accuses China of disinformation war on Hong Kong protesters

Twitter suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong.

20/08/2019

USA

Apple and Amazon push to keep their tax breaks. France says 'non.'

Despite their best efforts, European and American politicians have been unable to close the tax loopholes employed by Google, Facebook and Amazon.

20/08/2019

United Kingdom

EU being 'a bit negative' but we'll get there on Brexit deal: Johnson

The European Union is being "a bit negative" concerning reaching a Brexit deal but it can be done, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday evening.

20/08/2019

USA

Twitter and Facebook say China-linked accounts sought to 'sow political discord' in Hong Kong

Twitter said it pulled down 936 troll accounts, many of which pushed conspiracy theories about the protest groups, according to examples shared by the company.

20/08/2019