2021-10-06

Poland

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp

Nine barracks were spray-painted with anti-Semitic phrases in both English and German, the memorial said.

06/10/2021

Tech News

Four key takeaways from the Facebook whistleblower's Senate hearing

Frances Haugen spent hours giving evidence to a US Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, prompting pushback from Facebook and a memo from Mark Zuckerberg.

06/10/2021

Culture news

La Mif wins at Zurich Film Festival: inside the children's home drama

La Mif, also known as ‘The Fam’, is set for an international release after winning the ‘Focus’ competition at the Zurich Film Festival this weekend.

06/10/2021

Sweden

Benjamin List and David MacMillan win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Benjamin List and David MacMillan win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

06/10/2021

Partner content

Which countries offer visas that help entrepreneurs work abroad?

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Croatia, Spain and Dubai are just some of the countries with visas that could pique the interest of entrepreneurs, digital nomads and startups.

06/10/2021

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson lauds UK's 'fastest' COVID vaccination campaign

Johnson said that wealth creators, companies and bankers were the reason the vaccine was available so quickly, and "should be praised, not vilified'.

06/10/2021

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Climate protesters invade the Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion disrupted the Louis Vitton fashion show in Paris, with banners "Overconsumption = extinction".

06/10/2021

Germany

Germany 'agrees to compensate' further 6,500 Holocaust survivors

It includes the approximate 4,500 Jews who survived the Leningrad siege during World War II.

06/10/2021

Germany

Talks over Germany's 'traffic light coalition' begin on Thursday

Germany's Greens and Liberals say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats which narrowly won the country's election.

06/10/2021

World News

World Space Week celebrates women pursuing careers in space

European Space Agency instructor Loredana Bessone says girls should be encouraged to enter the field of science at an early age.

06/10/2021

Ukraine

80 years after Nazi massacre, Babi Yar's ghosts still haunt Ukraine

The country has struggled to come to terms with the role that Ukrainians played in the murder of Jews during the Nazi occupation.

06/10/2021

Spain

Spain's government eyes rent controls in new housing bill

The most controversial provision in the bill would set price hike caps for landlords with multiple residential properties.

06/10/2021

World News

Ex-Facebook manager urges Congress to regulate tech giant

“Facebook’s products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy,” a former employee told the US Congress on Tuesday.

06/10/2021