2019-11-28

Italy

Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party

Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy.

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United Kingdom

No chill: PM Johnson replaced by melting ice at green election debate

Britain’s increasingly rancorous election campaign took a bizarre turn when Boris Johnson refused to join other leaders in a debate on climate change.

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Turn a ferris wheel by hand? This Austrian athlete did it!

Tied to ropes attached to the ferris wheel which he pulled with his full weight, Franz Muellner managed to get it moving under conditions he described as "brutal."

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Albania

Albania's national day marked by rescuers amid rubble of earthquake

It was supposed to be a national day of celebration, but Thursday instead saw Albanians recovering bodies from rubble or burying their loved ones.

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United Kingdom

Conservative and Labour election spending pledges 'not credible'

The Institute for Fiscal Studies research is not good news for either of the UK's main parties ahead of the December 12 election.

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Afghanistan

Trump reveals Taliban talks in surprise Thanksgiving Afghanistan trip

Trump met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and addressed U.S. troops, telling them that America was “substantially” reducing its military presence in the country.

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USA

Trump makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to troops in Afghanistan

The trip comes almost a year after the president made a surprise visit to troops stationed in Iraq, his first to a combat zone since he took office.

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Twenty-seven Iraqi protesters killed in a day as violence continues

The anti-government demonstrations began on October 1.

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Albania

Albanians sleeping in cars at roadside to stay safe after deadly quake

Parked cars lined highways as Albanians slept on the roadside, heeding warnings not to return indoors until engineers can check quake-shaken buildings.

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UK truck death victims buried in Vietnam

Family and friends of two Vietnamese men, found dead in a lorry in the UK last month, have gathered for their funeral.

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Man pulled alive from under rubble of a hotel after Albania earthquake

Adriatik Bode was one of the survivors of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that has so far left 40 people dead.

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Spain

Sending Europeans to the moon: ESA signals ambition with record budget

The European Space Agency is pursuing a number of ambitious projects, including a mission to test asteroid deflection capability

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USA

DOJ inspector general draft report says FBI didn't spy on Trump campaign

Trump has long insisted that his campaign was spied on.

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Partner content

Business opportunities expanding for Dubai in Africa

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

In this month's Business Line programme, we look at the Global Business Forum on Africa. In its fifth edition, the two-day event explores the challenges and opportunities associated with doing business in Africa with many companies looking to the continent as the next big investment frontier.

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USA

Thanksgiving Day winter storms cause travel woes across U.S.

The National Weather Service warned the snowfall could make travel "very difficult to impossible" for parts from the western United States to the Central Plains.

28/11/2019

Musica

Korngold’s mysterious opera “Die Tote Stadt” mixes Hitchcock and Freud

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was just 23 years old when he wrote the technically difficult opera - before he knew the limits of the voice, resulting in incredible changes of harmony and rhythm and a "crazy maze of different styles.”

28/11/2019

World News

Euroviews. Targeting environmental activists with counterterrorism measures is an abuse of the law ǀ View

Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet, they have been labelled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” “threats to national security".

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Europe Decoded

China anger over new US law that backs Hong Kong protesters

It's likely this will worsen already fraught relations between Washington and Beijing

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World

The challenge to educate the children uprooted by the siege of Marawi

In partnership with The European Commission

Two years after Marawi's siege, 66,000 Filipinos still live in tents or shelters and only a small amount of displaced children have resumed school regularly. Improving access to education is among the aims of a project, funded by EU Humanitarian Aid, which has been a gamechanger for many families.

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United Kingdom

Police chief at 1989 Hillsborough disaster cleared of manslaughter

Hillsborough football disaster police chief found not guilty

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USA

Gordon Sondland denies sexual misconduct allegations

NBC News has not confirmed the allegations, the most recent of which occurred nearly a decade ago.

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USA

Euroviews. Thanksgiving honors refugees who made a new home in America. Trump's policies do the opposite ǀ View

Instead of welcoming asylum seekers with open arms, the president has posited that our country is full. He couldn't be more wrong.

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Europe News

Dieselgate: lawyers back legal action for Europeans

When the emissions cheating scandal erupted, Americans were quickly compensated, but four years on, European VW owners are still seeking justice.

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Next Series

Ask Our Astronaut | How does farming work in space?

In Ask Our Astronaut, Luca Parmitano answers public questions. In the second episode, Luca gives us unique insights about the survival of plants in space.

28/11/2019

USA

America's top general 'optimistic' U.S.-Taliban talks will resume

"I think we're in a better place than we've been, doesn't mean we are there yet though," said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

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Living

Vogue’s Anna Wintour says clothes should be passed down generations

Speaking at a conference in Athens, Wintour tackles sustainability in the fashion industry.

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France

French police start moving migrants from northern Paris site

On Thursday morning, between 200 and 300 people were moved by French police from an illegal site in northern Paris.

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World

Abu Dhabi Art spotlights French-Tunisian calligraffiti artist El Seed

The 11th edition of Abu Dhabi Art took place between 21-23 November at Maranat Al Saadiyat.

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World

How are Lebanese protesters using art to express their views?

Against the backdrop of Lebanon’s political protests, which began in October, a creative and musical art scene emerged.

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Albania

Kosovan president caught up in aftershock when visiting quake victims

Hashim Thaci was on a visit to the town of Thumanë to express his sympathy and support to the victims of Tuesday's earthquake

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