2020-01-30

USA

Memo shows CBP ordered agents to question Iranian-Americans at the border

Despite agency denials, a memo shows a Customs and Border Protection office ordered agents to question Iranian-Americans after Gen. Soleimani's death.

30/01/2020

USA

Outside groups unite to back Bernie Sanders as Democratic attacks on him mount

The independent expenditure effort is dubbed "People Power for Bernie."

30/01/2020

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Pro-EU campaigners demonstrate as UK counts down to Brexit

People dressed in the colours of the European Union demonstrate outside of the British Parliament on the eve of the official departure of the United Kingdom from the EU.

30/01/2020

Romania

Moldovans warned to stop calling Romanian language Moldovan

You say mulţumesc, they say mulţumesc...let's call the whole thing...Romanian

30/01/2020

USA

Iowa anxiety: Caucus-goers say the pressure to get it 'right' has never been higher

Many voters in this first-in-the-nation contest say they feel special pressure to pick a winner this year, leaving them more conflicted and confused than ever before.

30/01/2020

Greece

Greece plans to build a 2.7km floating fence to curb illegal migration

It comes as part of the new government's pledge to take a tougher stance on refugees and migrants arriving at its ports.

30/01/2020

China

'Wuhan is a ghost city': Video reveals life in a coronavirus lockdown

Watch this Frenchman show you around Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and a city on lockdown.

30/01/2020

USA

3 states ask judge to declare Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution

The most recent states to ratify the ERA — Virginia, Illinois, and Nevada — filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C.

30/01/2020

United Kingdom

Brexit Timeline 2016–2020: the UK’s path from referendum to EU exit

A blow-by-blow account of the UK’s tortuous route to Brexit, from the 2016 EU referendum to the present day.

30/01/2020

Italy

Italian says coronavirus face mask she bought... came from Wuhan

Lots of people have been purchasing protective masks amid reports of the spread of coronavirus - but one Italian has noticed the one she brought is from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

30/01/2020

Musica

Der Messias: Robert Wilson stages Mozart's oratorio in Salzburg

Der Messias which premiered in Mozart Week in Salzburg in a production staged by American director and visual artist Robert Wilson, known as the 'master of minimalism'

30/01/2020

USA

'It's clearly working': Coronavirus misinformation surges, fueled by clout chasers

Misleading, unverified and clearly false information about the coronavirus has spread across social media platforms with a mix of fearmongering and racial stereotyping.

30/01/2020

Earth News

Online shopping’s big issue is perfect fit. Can true size models help?

A new brand is aiming to end online returns with a solution to show how the dress will look on you.

30/01/2020

USA

700,000 Syrians flee intensifying bombing, U.S. envoy warns

U.S. special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey says the Syrian government and Russian warplanes had hit Idlib with 200 airstrikes "mainly against civilians."

30/01/2020

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Brussels' Manneken Pis dressed in Union Jack waistcoat ahead of Brexit

A famous sculpture in Brussels has gone all British ahead of Brexit on Friday.

30/01/2020

Ireland

Euroviews. Brexit is a rupture in Anglo-EU relations. But it obscures a much bigger tragedy for Ireland ǀ View

Forget the Irish border or tall tales of the imminent break-up of the United Kingdom. The real tragedy of Britain leaving the EU is the break in economic continuity which has been carefully crafted (within the European framework since 1973) between all parts of the previously restive British Isles.

30/01/2020

USA

Possible coronavirus case on cruise ship with 6,000 passengers docked in Italy

A female passenger, 54, fell ill with symptoms of coronavirus on a ship that remains docked north of Rome.

30/01/2020

USA

Thieves steal Dali works in Stockholm smash and grab raid

A gallery in Stockholm's upmarket Ostermalm district was holding an exhibition of work by the surrealist master, according to a local report.

30/01/2020

World

Ninety thousand still displaced: how Mozambique is recovering from devastating cyclones

In partnership with The European Commission

Ninety thousand still displaced: how Mozambique is recovering from devastating cyclones

30/01/2020

USA

Cliffhanger: What you need to know about witnesses and Trump's trial

The vote on additional testimony — expected on Friday — looks like it could be exceptionally tight.

30/01/2020

France

French cardinal to offer his resignation again to Pope Francis

A French appeal court has acquitted Cardinal Barbarin of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock. But the plaintiffs are challenging the ruling.

30/01/2020

USA

Hot shot: Solar telescope captures the Sun in unprecedented detail

These pictures show the surface of the Sun in remarkable detail.

30/01/2020

World News

Vestager and MEPs discuss how to regulate Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is moving fast and it's something the European Parliament wants to reap the benefits of whilst ensuring its properly regulated.

30/01/2020

USA

Senate Republicans appear ready to fall in line on impeachment vote despite earlier concerns

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.

30/01/2020

USA

Trump impeachment trial live coverage: Senators ask questions as witness battle looms

Senators asked more than 90 questions Wednesday on everything from executive power to the ability to call witnesses.

30/01/2020

Europe News

MEPs urge EU to adopt common phone charger standard across the bloc

MEPs voted a resolution on Wednesday asking the EU Commission to adopt a common mobile phone charger standard across the bloc, despite Apple's opposition to the measure.

30/01/2020

USA

Wilbur Ross touts coronavirus economic benefits to U.S. after saying he doesn't want 'victory lap'

"I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America," Trump's commerce secretary said.

30/01/2020

USA

Pompeo to visit Ukraine at height of Trump impeachment trial

"This has been a very intense month" for Ukraine, one expert in the country said.

30/01/2020

USA

German nurse suspected of drugging 5 babies with morphine

The five babies at the University Hospital in the southwestern city of Ulm all suffered breathing problems at roughly the same time early on Dec. 20.

30/01/2020

France

France debates blasphemy after teen posts viral anti-Islam video

A 16-year old high school student posted an anti-Islam video on Instagram, sparking death threats and a national controversy on the right to blasphemy.

30/01/2020