2021-06-08

United Kingdom

Stamp auction: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp goes under the hammer

Stamp auction: British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp goes under the hammer

08/06/2021

Home

Many of the world's biggest websites crashed. Here's what we know

Large swathes of the internet suffered a blackout after an apparent problem at US cloud service company Fastly. Here's what we know.

08/06/2021

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Aerial images of the Santiago General Cemetery as Chile virus deaths rise

Aerial images of the Santiago General Cemetery, Chile's oldest and one of the largest in Latin America with an estimated two million graves over 85 hectares

08/06/2021

Canada

Four Muslim family members killed in 'deliberate' attack in Canada

Police say four members of a Canadian Muslim family were killed after the driver of a pick-up truck deliberately mounted the pavement in London on Sunday.

08/06/2021

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Workers clear site of Pakistan train crash as death toll rises

Workers repair and clear the damaged tracks at the site where two Pakistan trains collided in a remote farming region, an accident that has killed dozens and highlighted huge safety problems on the nation's dilapidated rail network

08/06/2021

Tech News

Get ready with the Euronews Next newsletter

The future is already here. Get ready with the Euronews Next newsletter.

08/06/2021

United Kingdom

English FA chooses first female leader in 158-year history

Businesswoman Debbie Hewitt will take charge next January, 14 months after Greg Clarke resigned after making offensive comments on race, gender and sexuality.

08/06/2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina

UN judges to rule on Mladic appeal against Bosnian war convictions

The verdict in Mladić's appeal case will effectively conclude UN prosecutions for crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

08/06/2021

Earth News

Euroviews. Shell climate case 'is a stark warning to any corporate polluter'

Shell’s inadequate targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions were considered to constitute a breach of its legal duty of care towards Dutch citizens.

08/06/2021

Hungary

World Judo Championships day two

Discipline and determination result in another great day for Japan at the Judo World Championships in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

08/06/2021

Cyprus

Cyprus wrongly issued passports despite warnings, probe concludes

More than 6,700 passports were issued by Cyprus over its investment-for-citizenship programme's 13-year run but over half of them were issued not to the investors themselves but to family members or top company executives.

08/06/2021

Travel News

What is the risk of transmission on a transatlantic flight?

The CEOs have funded a study which put the risk of transmission on a plane travelling between the UK and US at 1 in 1 million.

08/06/2021

Tech News

US recovers most of Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin ransom

The operation to seize cryptocurrency paid to a Russia-based hacker group is the first of its kind to be undertaken by a specialised ransomware task force.

08/06/2021

Earth News

World Oceans Day: What can be done to improve the health of our seas?

On World Oceans Day, Celine Cousteau explains how the oceans hold the key to saving the world.

08/06/2021

Germany

Germany calls for abolition of EU member states foreign policy veto

Germany's top diplomat, Heiko Maas, told reporters on Monday that the bloc "can no longer be held hostage by those who paralyse European foreign policy with their vetoes."

08/06/2021

World News

Encrypted messaging app leads to 800 arrests in organised crime groups

Police accessed 27 million messages over 18 months using an encrypted messaging app. The evidence led to more than 800 arrests in global sting against organised crime

08/06/2021

France

France confirms probe into governor of Lebanese central bank

Riad Salameh, who has been at the helm of the Banque du Liban for close to 30 years and is now at the centre of the country's financial crisis, is being investigated by both Swiss and French authorities.

08/06/2021

Switzerland

Swiss unions call for women's general strike over pension reform plans

Trade unions say plans to increase the women's retirement age in Switzerland will deepen inequalities in the country, where women earn on average 20 percent less than men.

08/06/2021