2020-02-27

Syria

Refugees reach Greek border as EU demands Turkey uphold commitments

Turkey has suggested it will stop preventing migrants from crossing through en route to Europe, which would be in breach of a pact made with the bloc in 2106.

27/02/2020

Canada

Canada to cease security funding for Harry and Meghan

"The assistance will cease in the coming weeks, in keeping with their change in status," said the Office of the Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair.

27/02/2020

Spain

No COVID-19 checks for Spanish students returning from northern Italy

Spanish students returning home from northern Italy say they were not checked for coronavirus.

27/02/2020

USA

'He fought us every single step of the way': How Bloomberg embraced stop-and-frisk as mayor

"He dug in and fought us all the way to his last day in office," an activist who opposed stop-and-frisk recalled.

27/02/2020

USA

This time, Sanders 'rigged' the system against himself

Analysis: As the Democratic front-runner claims a plurality should give him the nomination, his own actions come back to haunt him.

27/02/2020

USA

Tech workers have drawn a line on Chinese censorship. At Shutterstock, so did the leadership.

"Employees have a lot of opportunities to work here, to work elsewhere," a company executive said in response to questions about the company's China deal.

27/02/2020

USA

Senate Democrats ask DOJ inspector general to investigate claims of political interference

Barr's sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone case is among instances of concern cited by Democrats.

27/02/2020

United Kingdom

London's 'tart cards' reveal history of sex work, design and printing

Titillation or a sociological document. Euronews takes a look at the phenomenon of 'tart cards', the way London's sex workers got themselves noticed.

27/02/2020

No Comment

Plans to expand Europe's busiest airport grounded in landmark ruling

A bid to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport has been declared unlawful over climate change.

27/02/2020

World News

COVID-19 could tip European countries into recession — OECD

The global economy will experience “a sharp slowdown” because of COVID-19, the OECD said on Monday, driving many affected countries into recession.

27/02/2020

Musica

La Scala premiers Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

The opera is a tragi-comedy of love, lust and mistaken identity

27/02/2020

Ukraine

Ukraine: Zelensky reforms stir concerns of centralising power

The Ukrainian opposition is concerned about new reforms in the country. They fear the president and his party are centralising power, which could be dangerous in the long run. Experts also criticise some steps by the government but say previous governments acted similarly.

27/02/2020

Europe News

Record number of Commissioners reset EU relations with Africa

Faced with the increasing influence of countries such as China and Russia, the EU is preparing a new strategy. This week, a record number of Commissioners travelled to Addis Ababa. Twenty members plus the president herself.

27/02/2020

World News

Can you catch COVID-19 coronavirus twice?

A key question that has dominated discussion is whether a person can be infected more than once by the virus. So, what do we know?

27/02/2020

Partner content

Covid-19, A.I. and Big Data in healthcare and India's electric vehicles: Watch on Business Line

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Business Line looks at the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data on the healthcare sector, how the Covid-19 coronavirus is causing ripples on the Chinese stock market and the way India has plugged into the electric vehicle market

27/02/2020

Green News

Serbia will plant 1 billion trees in order to reach net zero target

The founders of an award winning festival want to increase Serbia's forest cover by nearly 50%.

27/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Privacy is overrated. It’s time Big Tech made the positive case for harvesting our data ǀ View

There are lots of people telling us how concerned we should be about giving up our data - but almost no one can tell us exactly why. And even fewer people are reminding us that privacy is a small price to pay for what tech platforms have created for our lives, economies and societies.

27/02/2020

USA

Sanders' left-wing purist image belied by record of compromise

The Democratic front-runner, criticized as an unyielding hardliner, is willing to accept incrementalism. He just doesn't like to talk about it.

27/02/2020

World

South Sudan's former child soldiers try to rebuild their lives

In partnership with The European Commission

As a fragile peace slowly settles in South Sudan, former child soldiers are gradually being demobilised. But do they still have a future?

27/02/2020

USA

'I can't even': Emails reveal EPA officials' reaction to Trump rant on toilets, showers

The president's claims about water pressure caught the attention of his environmental agency.

27/02/2020

Europe News

Kosovo PM on Serbia, land swaps, and who Borrell should represent

Euronews' Jack Parrock sat down with Kosovan PM Albin Kurti, who outlined his views on the Serbia roadmap, and how EU officials should have a pan-European perspective.

27/02/2020

Albania

Analysis: Albania standoff could affect its ambitions for EU accession

A decades-long personality clash between two of Albania’s leading politicians has worsened a constitutional mess that has profound ramifications.

27/02/2020

USA

Euroviews. McConnell will keep trying to limit abortion until voters end the GOP's majority ǀ View

Yes, you read that right: The GOP wanted to jail doctors who perform abortions. The bills, if they had become law, would have allowed judges to sentence doctors to up to five years in prison. Yes, this is happening in the United States. Yes, you should be outraged.

27/02/2020

USA

Biden's banking big on South Carolina, but his real challenge is Super Tuesday

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.

27/02/2020

USA

'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran lost nearly $400,000 in phishing scam

All it took was one phony email address to bilk her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the real estate mogul said.

27/02/2020

Syria

Turkey and Russia on a collision course in Idlib

Turkey says it will not back down in a stand-off with Russia over the northern Syrian region of Idlib.

27/02/2020

No Comment

North Korea imposes 'extraordinary' measures against COVID-19

North Korea is pulling out all the stops to try to protect itself from the coronavirus that first emerged in neighbouring China.

27/02/2020

Europe News

Belgian artists slam Flemish funding cuts

The right-wing Flemish government intends to cut funds for cultural projects by 60%. Minister-president Jan Jambon at the Flemish Parliament explains that the cuts won’t affect everyone: indeed traditional Flemish cultural heritage will receive more money.

27/02/2020

USA

'Mini-moon' may have been orbiting Earth for the last three years

The object, which is thought to be around the size of a car, was observed on February 15, and is believed to be an asteroid captured by Earth’s gravity

27/02/2020

No Comment

Demonstrators clash with police in protests over Greece migrant camps

Hundreds of protesters on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday threw stones at police who responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets

27/02/2020