2021-10-29

World News

UK's Johnson renews threat to EU over Northern Ireland trade

"We will have to take the steps that are necessary to protect the territorial integrity of the UK and the UK’s internal market," Johnson warned.

29/10/2021

Russia

Russian MP accused of illegal hunting after elk carcass found in car

Russian police said they found remains of the animal in Rashkin's car alongside two hunting rifles nearby.

29/10/2021

Romania

Romania police recover high-performance bikes stolen from Italian team

The bicycles went missing last week from a hotel in Lille, where the Italian team was staying during the UCI World Track Championships.

29/10/2021

United Kingdom

UK's Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for at least 2 weeks

Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks.

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Guatemalan faithful honour Saint Simon in indigenous village

With music, tobacco and liquor, hundreds of faithful honour Saint Simon, a popular deity in Guatemala in the indigenous village of San Andrés Itzapa in Guatemala.

29/10/2021

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Climate activists protest in London, feel 'optimistic' ahead of COP26

Climate activists protest outside the Lloyds and Macquarie offices in London to demand the global financial system stops putting money into the use of fossil fuels, ahead of COP26 in Glasgow.

29/10/2021

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Day of the Dead preps ramp up at market place

Just a few days away from the beginning of the annual Day of the Dead celebrations, Mexico City residents are out looking for sugar skulls, candy and paper decorations to decorate the burial places of their departed relatives.

29/10/2021

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Nurses in Lisbon demonstrate against career freeze

About two hundred nurses demonstrated this afternoon, in front of Portuguese Parliament against career freeze. In the protest, marked by the seven unions of Portuguese Nurses, justice and respect were requested by professionals who for more than 20 years have frozen careers.

29/10/2021

France

Nice pays tribute to victims one year after church terror attack

The incident prompted the French government to raise its national security alert to the maximum level.

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Joe Biden meets Pope Francis in Vatican

U.S. President Joe Biden opened a five-day European trip Friday with an extended visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where the world’s two most prominent Roman Catholics ran overtime in talks expected to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, poverty and more.

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Syria

'House of the Child' welcomes Syria's abandoned children

In a conservative society where adulterous relationships are not accepted, the deteriorating economic conditions might also be a reason for children being abandoned, according to Younes Abo Amin, manager of "House of the Child".

29/10/2021

World

"Neither the wheelchair nor my disability has ever determined who I am" - Teresa Perales

Teresa Perales has regularly defied the odds to become Spain's most decorated Paralympian. After winning a prestigious Princess of Asturias Award, she tells us how she has managed to succeed, how she manages her work-life balance and why she chose to swim.

29/10/2021

Climate

COP26: Protesters around the world demand immediate climate action

Climate activists around the world are demanding immediate action ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

29/10/2021

World

Pre-school education in Uzbekistan goes mobile

In partnership with NAESMI

More children are getting access to preschool education in Uzbekistan. Alternative school models are being introduced, like a bus with a teacher that arrives in some remote villages every morning, empowering children to make their own choices about how they learn.

29/10/2021

Experiences

I learned to make absinthe in Switzerland and now I hate it less

I don’t like absinthe so I went to Switzerland to learn more about it and to have a go at making my own.

29/10/2021

Rethink

Could these self-driving vehicles change the future of transport?

In this episode of ‘Re:Think’ Olivier Le Cornec, Navya's CTO argues that self-driving passenger vehicles could offer mobility solutions for both cities and rural areas of the future.

29/10/2021

Health news

Is air-drying COVID vaccines the solution for vaccine equity?

The Swedish company Ziccum is developing new dry-powder vaccines of the world’s most needed vaccines including COVID.

29/10/2021

Poland

Poland's senate approves €350 million wall along Belarus border

A draft bill to construct the new border wall was approved by the opposition-dominated Senate in a second vote on Friday.

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Myanmar

Myanmar's military systematically torture its detainees: AP

An estimated 1,200 people have been killed by security forces, including around 131 tortured to death, AP reported.

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Greece

Greece: Ship with 400 migrants onboard rescued after engine problem

The Greek Coast guard said it was "one of the biggest search and rescue operations carried out in the eastern Mediterranean."

29/10/2021

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's COVID nightmare that no one wants to own

Bulgarian politicians have been embroiled in year-long politicking as the country nears its third consecutive election. Yet with two weeks to go, focus has shifted on skyrocketing COVID death and infection rates.

29/10/2021

Climate

Meet the French astronaut who witnessed climate change from space

From forest fires to hurricanes, Pesquet bore witness to the natural disasters on Earth over the past six months from the International Space Station.

29/10/2021

Poland

Poland summons Belgian ambassador in war of words over EU rule of law

The dispute centres on comments made by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, while responding to his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.

29/10/2021

Conscious Travel

The Glasgow Declaration: Can tourism really cut its emissions in time?

Launching at COP26, a new UN framework is urging tourism companies to halve their carbon emissions by 2030. How will it work?

29/10/2021

Art

Marvel covers artworks starring Stan Lee go up for blockchain auction

"Stan's favourite thing in the world was cameos... and what better way to put a tribute together for him than have him be the cameos in all of his favourite comic books," says Rob Prior.

29/10/2021

Europe News

EU Parliament sues Commission over failure to act on rule of law

The European Parliament wants the Commission to activate a new budgetary mechanism to freeze EU funds to countries suspected of breaching EU law.

29/10/2021

World News

Euroviews. The G20 needs to make good on its COVID-19 vaccine promises | View

A year ago, the G20 nations promised the world equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. A year later, what do they have to show for it? asks Amnesty International health advisor Tamaryn Nelson

29/10/2021

Russia

Eight people jailed in Russia over deadly Kemerovo leisure centre fire

More than half of the 60 victims of the 2018 fire were children.

29/10/2021

Health news

UK paves the way for medically prescribed e-cigarettes

The United Kingdom could become the first country in the world to prescribe electronic cigarettes as a medical device.

29/10/2021

Netherlands

Dutch coalition negotiations set new record

Talks to hammer out a new ruling Dutch coalition broke the record Friday for the longest post-election government formation negotiations.

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