23 August 2019 | Euronews
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USA This hypersonic airliner would take you from Los Angeles to Tokyo in under two hours The 300-passenger Stratofly MR3 would hit speeds of up to 5,400 miles an hour. Just don't expect to book a flight anytime soon. -
France 'We will hold discussions with EU but Irish backstop has got to come out': Boris Johnson He has previously said the odds of a no-deal Brexit were "a million to one". -
USA This hypersonic airliner would take you from Los Angeles to Tokyo in under two hours The 300-passenger Stratofly MR3 would hit speeds of up to 5,400 miles an hour. Just don't expect to book a flight anytime soon. -
Russia Russian MPs to investigate foreign interference in its internal affairs Opposition figures have sharply criticised the newly-created parliamentary commission as just another tool for the authorities to undermine the protests in Moscow. -
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Business Hasbro buys Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One US toymaker closes a €3.6 billion deal to have access to the UK listed company's crown jewel -
Business Price of pork meat rose 40% in China due to African swine fever disease African swine fever disease have reduced the country's pig herds by a third -
No Comment Indigenous protesters and environmental activists call to protect rainforest Protesters from climate activist group Extinction Rebellion gathered at the Brazilian embassy in London on Friday (August 23) to call on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest. -
Denmark What do Danes think about Donald Trump cancelling his Denmark trip? Donald Trump this week postponed a trip to Denmark because its prime minister refused to discuss the sale of Greenland. We spoke to Danes to get their view on Trump's move... and they were scathing. -
USA Does ViacomCBS stand a chance against streaming giants Netflix and Amazon? CEO Bob Bakish is covering all bases, hoping that CBS will catch any subscribers who fall off the pay model that Viacom offers. -
USA Newly released messages reveal when Facebook first knew about Cambridge Analytica breach Internal messages show what Facebook employees knew about Cambridge Analytica and when they first learned of its data scraping. -
Lithuania Lithuanian capital marks Baltic Way anniversary with record-breaking radio installation The largest recorded radio installation in Lithuania was on display on Friday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way. -
Brazil Amazon wildfires: Why is the South American rainforest so important? The Amazon absorbs more CO2 than it rejects and stores 90 to 140 billion metric tonnes of CO2, according to the WWF, which warned that "the release of even a portion of which would accelerate global warming significantly." -
Europe News The Brief: EU faces increasing pressure for tighter regulation on ivory trade The Brief: The EU is facing increasing pressure for tighter regulation on ivory trade within its borders. Despite calls for a shutdown, a panel from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species or CITES, decided to push back the decision to next year. -
USA Russia's 'floating Chernobyl' nuclear plant begins voyage north "It could flood or sink or run aground. All of these scenarios could potentially lead to radioactive substances being leaked," Greenpeace warned. -
No Comment Activists protest outside French Monsanto factory ahead of G7 French activists brought in dirt, hay and plants to create a makeshift vegetable patch as they protested in front of a Monsanto factory in Peyrehorade on Friday (August 23), on the eve of the Biarritz G7 summit. -
World UK inequality: How the 'gig economy' is reshaping workers' rights Policymakers are trying to grapple with how flexible work arrangements contribute to social injustice -
No Comment Activists wear giant heads of G7 leaders to make protest Oxfam activists organised a protest on Friday in Biarritz where global leaders will meet for the G7 summit this weekend. -
World News Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: How a Nazi-Soviet deal is still dividing Europe 80 years on How a little-known WWII pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is still dividing Europe today. -
Europe News MEPs call to block Mercosur deal over Amazon deforestation Pressure mounts on EU leaders to act against the deforestation in Brasil. One Hungarian MEP called on the European Parliament to block EU-Mercosur agreement unless Brasil gives guarantees to stop deforestation. -
Iran By not siding with its allies in the US, Europe is fast making Iran its problem ǀ View Of the foreign policy issues confronting Brussels, none is more pressing - or carries the same explosive threat - as that of Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in July 2015. -
USA Hong Kong protesters form 28-mile human chain demanding democracy Inspired by the 1989 "Baltic Way," Hong Kongers held hands across the city in protest of the government. -
Germany Watch: Visitors step behind the Iron Curtain with VR tour of East Berlin This virtual reality tour begins near the infamous Checkpoint Charlie border station between East and West Berlin. -
No Comment Rescue underway as flood batters southwest China’s Sichuan province Rescue operations are underway after recent floods destroyed roads and trapped residents in southwest China's Sichuan province. -
United Kingdom British royals William and Kate take budget flight to Scotland As a storm rages in Britain over Prince Harry and wife Meghan's use of private jets, his brother Prince William, Kate and their two children were snapped boarding a budget flight to Scotland. -
France US stance on Iran nuclear deal is a threat to Europe, Zarif says Javad Zarif tells Euronews that US pressurising its allies over the Iran nuclear deal "is a threat against the future of Europe.” -
France Probe begins over whether US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed child rape offences in France A probe begins over whether US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed child rape offences in France -
United Kingdom India, Russia, China among top sulfur dioxide emitters — report Greenpeace ranked the top pollution hotspots in the world by tracking anthropogenic sulfur dioxide emissions across the globe. -
USA Putin orders like-for-like response after U.S. tests cruise missile Move follows U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era INF Treaty, which prohibited land-based missiles with a range of 310-3,400 miles. -
China Watch: Hong Kong protesters join hands in tribute to Baltic Way Watch: Hong Kong protesters joined hands on 20th anniversary of the Baltic Way -
Malta Six EU states 'agree to take in 350 migrants from stranded Ocean Viking ship' France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will welcome some of the migrants after agreeing on a deal, putting an end to a 14-day standoff. -
World 'Alternative G7' want climate summit pledges to be legally binding Activists gathered at the "Alternative G7" on the French-Spanish border want international deals such as the Paris Agreement to be legally-binding, in order to prevent nations from flouting their environmental commitments. -
Italy Watch again: Spanish warship Audaz arrives off Lampedusa coast to collect 15 migrants Watch again: Spanish warship Audaz arrives off Lampedusa coast -
World Kosovo must form government quickly to avoid delaying EU talks, senior official tells Euronews Aridan Arifaj, deputy Chief of Staff to President of the Republic of Kosovo told Euronews that it was critical that Kosovo's political parties formed a government rapidly after snap elections. -
USA Hong Kong accountants walk off the job, joining protests in Asian financial hub "Professionals are very concerned with how this government is running," accountant and protest organizer Kenneth Leung said. -
Brazil Amazon fires: Scientists mythbust Bolsonaro claims with satellite images A NASA scientist has contradicted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over his defiance concerning fires raging in the Amazon rainforest using satellite images to back up his position. -
USA Only 2 Iraqi interpreters who worked with U.S. troops got U.S. visas last year Thousands of translators in Iraq face danger as they wait to gain entry to the U.S. -
Russia Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is released from prison Alexei Navalny spent 30 days is prison according to his spokeswoman. -
World News YouTube shuts down 210 channels uploading videos on Hong Kong protests Google announced on Thursday that it was shutting down 210 YouTube channels that were behaving in a "coordinated manner while uploading videos related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong". -
Lithuania Baltic Way: One man's memories of the 600-km human chain calling for independence from Soviet Union Meet the man who joined two million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians in forming a massive human chain on August 23, 1989, to call for independence from the Soviet Union. -
World News Baltic Way: 30 years since the 600-km human chain that helped trigger the collapse of communism Friday marks the 30th anniversary since two million people from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined hands and made a 600-kilometre human chain that spread across the three Baltic states. -
Lithuania Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way human chain Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders to drop flowers on Baltic Way -
USA How are the raging fires in the Amazon rainforest affecting climate change? "The effects of forest destruction in the Amazon don't stay in the Amazon. They affect us all," one expert said. -
USA YouTube removes channels spreading Hong Kong discord The channels used software to mask their origin and were consistent with China-linked accounts removed by Twitter and Facebook, the company said.