2021-07-02

World News

Italy advances to semifinals at Euro 2020

Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal each to give Italy a 2-1 win over Belgium and a spot in the European Championship semifinals.

02/07/2021

World News

Death toll from Northwest heat wave expected to keep rising

Hundreds of deaths were being investigated as heat related in Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia. The dangerous heat began June 25 and only began to subside in some areas on Tuesday.

02/07/2021

Germany

Germany's Armin Laschet says EU should insist on rule of law

Armin Laschet will seek to succeed Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany in September.

02/07/2021

World News

Euro 2020: Spain beats Switzerland in penalty shootout

Spain qualified for the Euro 2020 semifinals after beating Switzerland in tense penalty shootout.

02/07/2021

France

France probes claims that retailers used forced Uyghur labour

France is investigating claims that global retailers, including Uniqlo and the makers of Skechers shoes and Zara clothes, rely on forced labour of minorities in China.

02/07/2021

Mobility

The convertible AirCar passed its test drive with flying colours

Created by Slovak designers Klein Vision, the AirCar prototype completed a 35-minute flight between Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia.

02/07/2021

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'Little Sister' Statue of Liberty arrives to NYC's Ellis Island

A new, smaller version of New York's Statue of Liberty arrives at Ellis Island from France, 135 years after the nation gifted its "big sister" to the United States.

02/07/2021

World News

Aggressive third wave of COVID-19 surges across Africa

New cases, hospitalisations and deaths have been increasing as the more transmissible variant spreads.

02/07/2021

Belarus

Belarus says it has dismantled 'terror cells' with ties to West

President Alexander Lukashenko said the "terrorist sleeper cells" allegedly plotting a coup against him had ties with Germany, Ukraine, the US, Poland and Lithuania.

02/07/2021

Sweden

Swedish teenager arrested after police officer shot dead in Gothenburg

It is the first time an active police officer has been shot dead in Sweden in 14 years.

02/07/2021

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Syria aid workers form human chain to protect cross-border 'lifeline'

Hundreds of aid workers form a human chain near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing in northern Syria calling for an extension of a United Nations resolution allowing "lifeline" cross-border aid into the opposition-held territory set to expire on July 10.

02/07/2021

Albania

Three Albanian police officers arrested in major drug-trafficking bust

Thirty-eight Albanian nationals including a prosecutor, a government department head and three senior police officers have been arrested for drug trafficking, corruption, abuse of post and money laundering.

02/07/2021

Europe News

Ireland, Hungary & Estonia opt out of tax deal and jeopardise EU unity

The three countries, which represent around 4% of the EU's GDP, did not sign up to a landmark OECD technical agreement to overhaul the global tax system.

02/07/2021

My Europe Series

German Catholics demand radical changes for a more inclusive church

On the back of resounding paedophilia scandals, the German Catholic church is going through a revolution that is unprecedented in Europe. This revolution started in Cologne in Germany. People concerned there give their insight into how things are unfolding.

02/07/2021

Green News

5 meat-free alternatives to the world's most expensive burger

Burger made with beluga caviar, king crab and Dom Pérignon costs €5000, but what are some environmentally friendly alternatives?

02/07/2021

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Afghan forces guarding Bagram after US troops leave base

Afghan forces guard one of the entrance gates to Bagram after US and NATO troops left the biggest airbase in Afghanistan, signalling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country was imminent after two decades of war.

02/07/2021

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Explore the latest medical industry innovations, find out how Dubai is using AI to prepare for the future and discover how Tunisia is leading the way in seaweed farming to produce an alternative to meat.

02/07/2021

Belarus

Belarusian opposition Twitter accounts suspended 'in error'

Twitter accounts claiming to be "Belarusian People's Embassies" have been mistakenly suspended by the social network.

02/07/2021

Work

MWC 2021: Why LiFi will make internet use safer for our health

LiFi uses light instead of radio frequencies. But will this developing technology be able to compete with WiFi and make internet use safer?

02/07/2021

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Slovenia takes over Council presidency

From Portugal handing over the baton of the EU's Council presidency to Slovenia to the EU and UK extending the Northern Ireland protocol grace period, here are the top stories in Brussels this week.

02/07/2021

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Heavy police presence as womens groups protest in Turkey

Hundreds of women demonstrated in Istanbul on the day that Turkey formally withdrew from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence.

02/07/2021

My Europe Series

Has Marine Le Pen’s 'normalisation' drive sunk the French far right?

National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen says the far-right party did poorly at Sunday's regional election because it lost its radicality and "virility." Is he right?

02/07/2021

World

Sister of black man who died in police custody acquitted of defamation

The sister of a black French man who died in police custody in 2016, has been acquitted of defamation charges brought against her by police officers. Assa Traoré publicly named three policemen, accusing them of having crushed Adama Traore to death.

02/07/2021

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In Denmark, cows can enjoy live classical moo-sic

Jacob Shaw, a cellist and the head of a music school, comes to play with other musicians to a herd of cattle. Unable to perform during the pandemic, he decided to turn to this unusual audience. The experience was so enjoyable that he continues it even after the reopening of the theatres.

02/07/2021

Green News

EU found to be world's second biggest importer of hunting trophies

EU hunters importing almost 3,000 hunting trophies a year after shooting trips abroad.

02/07/2021

Afghanistan

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

The US military left Bagram Airfield and handed it over to the Afghan National Security and Defence Force after nearly 20 years.

02/07/2021

United Kingdom

N Ireland: Charges dropped against British soldiers over 1972 killings

Prosecutors decided there was little chance of convictions in two cases where unarmed civilians were killed by the army during Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict.

02/07/2021

Hungary

Viktor Orbán hits back at European leaders over controversial LGBT law

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused European leaders of acting like "colonialists" in their criticism of a controversial new law banning the portrayal of homosexuality.

02/07/2021

United Kingdom

Man charged with 'common assault' of Professor Chris Whitty

An investigation was launched after Prof. Chris Whitty was accosted by two men in a London park on Sunday evening.

02/07/2021

Travel News

British tourists may face EU travel ban over unapproved vaccine

Doses of vaccine revealed to be unapproved by European Medicines Agency amid concerns over spread of Delta variant from UK.

02/07/2021