2021-11-30

Tech News

Facebook ordered to sell GIF making service Giphy

The social media giant bought the GIF sharing service last year, but UK competition authorities said it would distort Britain's digital advertising market.

30/11/2021

Czech Republic

Czech arsonist sentenced to life in prison for 2020 apartment fire

Eleven people, including three children, died in the building in Bohumin last August.

30/11/2021

France

France issues arrest warrant for Japanese woman over 'parental kidnap'

The case has regenerated debate in Japan, where shared custody is not legally recognised and children are often "abducted" by one parent.

30/11/2021

Culture news

Squid Game creator gives seal of approval to Mr.Beast's remake

Showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk was quizzed on MrBeast's multi-million dollar online remake as Squid Game took home its first major US accolade.

30/11/2021

Culture news

What does the selection at London's Ukrainian Film Festival tell us?

The films depict a nation of people coping, surviving and enduring; their lives ripped from normality by an always unseen (there’s not a single scene of military combat to be found throughout the festival) but often overheard fog of war.

30/11/2021

Art

Europe's biggest gingerbread competition displays marvellous creations

Stockholm’s festive gingerbread competition has been running for 31 years makes a return to ArkDes museum.

30/11/2021

France

Far-right TV pundit Eric Zemmour will run for France's presidency

Far-right tv pundit Eric Zemmour has said he is a candidate in France's presidential election.

30/11/2021

World News

Watch the Global Impact Conference 2021 as it happened

In partnership with Global Impact Conference

Get access to the online conference, which looked at best practices for sustainable development and real cases in a bid to address the challenges of our time.

30/11/2021

Top News Stories Today

Watch top news stories today | November 30th – Midday edition

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30/11/2021

Germany

Iraqi jihadist handed life sentence for Yazidi genocide

This is the first time that a court has ruled that the atrocities committed against the Yazidis amount to genocide.

30/11/2021

Culture news

Which legendary musician would earn the most on Spotify today?

Musicians these days appear ready made for the perks and difficulties that come with creating for the digital world. But what about those that came up in the 50s, 60s, even 70s?

30/11/2021

Mobility

Driverless 'robotaxis' begin taking fares on the streets of Beijing

For now, a taxi firm employee will supervise the trips but the project's backers are hopeful the fleet will be fully autonomous in the coming years.

30/11/2021

Spain

Baby and three-year-old among dead in Barcelona squat fire

A baby and a three-year-old child died on Tuesday morning in a fire at a squat in a former bank branch building in central Barcelona, ​​firefighters said.

30/11/2021

Health news

COVID vaccines less effective on Omicron, warns Moderna boss

The vaccine maker said the large number of mutations in the newly-identified Omicron variant could make it more resistant to current COVID vaccines.

30/11/2021

Myanmar

Myanmar court postpones verdict for ousted leader Suu Kyi

A court in Myanmar postponed its verdict in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

30/11/2021

France

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas win Ballon d’Or awards

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the seventh time on Monday, extending his record. Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women's award.

30/11/2021

Portugal

Portugal probes local transmission of omicron variant in football club

Portuguese health authorities identified 13 cases of the omicron coronavirus variant among members of a professional football club.

30/11/2021

Top News Stories Today

Watch top news stories today | November 30th – Morning edition

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

30/11/2021

USA

New COVID-19 variant cause for concern, not panic, Biden tells US

US President Joe Biden called the new coronavirus variant omicron a cause for concern but “not a cause for panic". He said he was not considering any widespread lockdown.

30/11/2021

USA

Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were “partners in crime” in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said on Monday, while Maxwell’s lawyers said she was being made a scapegoat for a man’s bad behaviour.

30/11/2021