2020-02-20

World

'This EU budget proposal is bad,' Portugal's PM Costa tells Euronews

Portugal's PM António Costa is among leaders who do not want to see the EU's budget cut post-Brexit.

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How luxury floating houses are regenerating coral reefs in Dubai

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Marine biologists are growing new coral reef under these houses at The World Islands in Dubai.

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Germany

'Racism is a poison': Angela Merkel reacts to Hanau shisha bar murders

"Racism is a poison. Hatred is a poison," said Chancellor Angela Merkel after the deadly Hanau shootings.

20/02/2020

Germany

Germany's far-right AfD party apologises over 'racist' colouring books

Police in Germany are investigating 'racist' colouring books distributed by a faction of Alternative for Germany.

20/02/2020

USA

Wednesday's debate turned into an all-out brawl, and Bloomberg took the most punches

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.

20/02/2020

Earth News

Designer fills London store with 90,000 plastic bottles

Instead of launching with a flashy London Fashion Week event, Anya Hindmarch used her platform to raise awareness.

20/02/2020

USA

Far-right motive suspected after deadly attack in Germany

"Everything will be done to investigate the circumstances of these terrible murders," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

20/02/2020

World News

Euroviews. Human rights are at stake in Europe’s fight against nativist populism going mainstream ǀ View

Over the last decade, nativist populists across the European Union have grabbed the headlines. But the cost of that political attention has been less focus paid to how their ideas have entered the mainstream.

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Europe News

Budget battle as EU chiefs meet to thrash out long-term spending plans

It could get fiery: European leaders are meeting in Brussels to agree the EU's next long-term budget.

20/02/2020

USA

Harry Reid says Democratic race is 'far from being over'

The former Nevada Senator and political kingmaker tells NBC News that none of the candidates should be counted out of the race.

20/02/2020

USA

Coronavirus updates: 2 passengers die after leaving 'chaotic' cruise ship

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed to 2,118 in China. Here is the latest for Thursday Feb. 20.

20/02/2020

Sport

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi charged in FIFA bribery case

He has been charged with inciting ex-FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke ``to commit "aggravated criminal mismanagement".

20/02/2020

Spain

Spain's female footballers secure historic pay deal

Spain’s female footballers have reached a historic first collective agreement over pay and conditions, after a long battle for rights which included an unprecedented strike last year

20/02/2020

USA

Bloomberg tells Democrats they need him. Not everyone agrees.

Analysis: The former mayor acted as the catalyst for rivals to step up their fight.

20/02/2020

Japan

Coronavirus: 2 passengers dead from cruise ship Diamond Princess

Coronavirus: Two elderly Japanese passengers who had been taken off the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship have died, according to Japan’s Health Ministry

20/02/2020

Germany

Germany shootings: What we know about the Hanau attacks

Police say a suspect has been found dead after nine people were killed at two shisha bars in the city near Frankfurt.

20/02/2020

USA

Democratic voters unimpressed by Bloomberg's first debate performance

"He's toast," quipped Dwight Clarke, 70, of Los Angeles, who viewed the event from The Abbey, a gay bar in West Hollywood, California.

20/02/2020

Germany

Racism and far-right threat 'very high' in Germany, says minister

"The threat posed by far-right extremism, anti-Semitism and racism is very high in Germany," Seehofer told reporters.

20/02/2020

USA

Full transcript: Ninth Democratic debate in Las Vegas

The full dialogue and quotes of the 2020 presidential candidates, including Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren, from the ninth Democratic debate, held February 2020.

20/02/2020

USA

Bolton denies his impeachment testimony would have changed the outcome

But former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice Rice challenged his decision not to publicly discuss Trump's Ukraine pressure campaign.

20/02/2020

USA

Debate rivals hammer Bloomberg over 'stop and frisk' policing in NYC

"The policy was abhorrent," said Biden, who did not accept the former New York City mayor's apology.

20/02/2020

USA

8 people dead in shootings in German city of Hanau, police report

It was not immediately clear who or what was behind the shootings at two locations in the city.

20/02/2020

USA

Trump expected to name Richard Grenell as acting head of intelligence

Grenell, the current U.S. ambassador to Germany, is a Trump loyalist with a history of stirring up trouble on Twitter.

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