2020-02-20

USA

In Nevada, caucusgoers are torn between who they believe can beat Trump and who they believe in

Democrats in the state want to oust Trump. They also want health care. The two impulses often collided at the ballot box.

20/02/2020

USA

Bloomberg spends about $7 million per day on his campaign, latest filing shows

Bloomberg has spent roughly $464 million on his campaign in December and January alone, a Federal Election Commission filing showed.

20/02/2020

Portugal

Portugal is a step closer to legalising euthanasia

The debate took place against a background of protests outside parliament in Lisbon

20/02/2020

USA

DOD communications hub reports likely data breach

Many servicemembers received a letter saying that their personal information The branch of the U.S. military that oversees information technology and communications has suffered a potential breach of servicemembers' personal information,

20/02/2020

USA

Trump anger cost Joseph Maguire the job of director of national intelligence

Trump was mad about an intel official's briefing to Congress about election security, said an ex-official, costing Maguire a shot at the permanent DNI job.

20/02/2020

World News

Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean

News of the missing boat comes amid criticism of the European Union's lack of rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

20/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. How we can keep a billionaire from buying the presidency ǀ View

The wealthiest people in our country should not be allowed to use their money to capture the most powerful job in the world.

20/02/2020

World News

Wikileaks founder Assange to seek asylum in France

Julian Assange's lawyers say they plan to ask President Emmanuel Macron to grant their client asylum in France.

20/02/2020

Europe Decoded

Hanau terrorism: Prosecutors investigate the suspect's online profile

The alleged gunman is believed to have uploaded videos and 'manifesto' documents to a website which "point to deeply racist views".

20/02/2020

USA

Portuguese lawmakers vote to allow euthanasia

Hundreds protest outside parliament as bill passes.

20/02/2020

USA

Twitter is testing new ways to fight misinformation — including a community-based points system

A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that have been deemed "harmfully misleading."

20/02/2020

Germany

Far-right AfD under fire for tweeting link to Hanau attacker's site

The far-right party tried to distance itself from the attacker while tweeting a link to his manifesto.

20/02/2020

No Comment

Yangon: Scores of people rescued from a blazing building

Around 60 fire trucks raced to the 12-storey apartment block as smoke and flames spread through the building.

20/02/2020

USA

Scientists eye the Martian underground in search for alien life

The subsurface of the Red Planet offers a protected, and possibly habitable, environment.

20/02/2020

No Comment

Thousands of women rally for abortion to be legalised in Argentina

Latin America has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world, say activists.

20/02/2020

Vatican

Hitler's Pope or wartime saint? Pius XII's archives set to go public

More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the soon-to-open Vatican archives of the World War II-era pope.

20/02/2020

No Comment

Passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship arrive home in Hong Kong

They will now go into quarantine for two weeks.

20/02/2020

No Comment

On magnets, mugs and matryoshka dolls, Putin's face still sells

Russia's president, 20 years since he came to power, is still a lucrative business for some.

20/02/2020

Georgia

Russia behind massive cyber attack on Georgia, say Western allies

It was part of a long-running campaign of hostile activity Georgia, the UK's foreign office said,

20/02/2020

Eco-Innovation

Nearly half of all flights from the UK are down to stag dos abroad

Swapping Dubai for Edinburgh is the equivalent of giving up driving for 7 months, new analysis has found.

20/02/2020

Partner content

Dubai shows its funny side

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

From some of the biggest comedy stars in the world to homegrown and local talent, we go behind the scenes of Dubai’s thriving comedy scene.

20/02/2020

USA

Man arrested for attempted murder after stabbing at London mosque

Images posted to social media showed a white man in a red hooded top, jeans and bare feet being pinned to the floor by police officers inside the mosque.

20/02/2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Break-up Bosnia to solve political crisis, says Bosnian Serb leader

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said the political crisis in the country “will disappear only when Bosnia disappears"

20/02/2020

USA

Two killed after train derails in Australia

Local media carried pictures showing several carriages of the train askew off the tracks, with the locomotive on its side.

20/02/2020

Europe News

Watch again: Sassoli speaks amid tense EU budget summit

EU leaders are arguing in Brussels over the bloc's spending plan for the next seven years.

20/02/2020

United Kingdom

Police say London mosque stabbing 'not terror-related'

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

20/02/2020

World News

Euroviews. The Kremlin is trying to force Twitter and Facebook to store data locally. It’s not alone ǀ View

Required storage of data in a certain location might seem like the anti-internet openness pipe dream of an authoritarian government. But, that could not be further from the truth, with governments from New Delhi to Washington also implementing or considering rules that mandate local storage of data.

20/02/2020

Cult

Sochi Winter Arts Festival breaks new boundaries

This year’s Sochi Winter Arts Festival featured a full program under the leadership of Russian violinist and conductor Yuri Bashmet as artistic director.

20/02/2020

Russia

Moscow bus drivers told to raise alarm if Chinese people are on board

It comes after Russia temporarily banned Chinese people from entering its territory earlier this week.

20/02/2020

USA

Trump has assembled team to recommend and vet candidates for clemency

This comes as speculation swirls around whether Trump will pardon his longtime ally Roger Stone, who is set to be sentenced on Thursday for lying to Congress.

20/02/2020