2022-01-04

Culture news

Keri Hulme: Booker Prize-winning novelist dead at 74

Hulme took almost 20 years to produce 'the bone people' which drew on her indigenous Maori and Scottish heritage, weaving themes of personal and cultural isolation.

04/01/2022

Italy

Draghi and Berlusconi among those touted as Italy's next president

Will it be 'competent and credible' Draghi, divisive Berlusconi or someone else?

04/01/2022

Culture news

David Bowie's entire music catalogue sold for €220 million

`The late singer's estate have waged a deal with music publishing giants Warner Chappell to oversee Bowie's bulky catalogue of 29 albums.

04/01/2022

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Colombians dance, perform music during Carnival of Blacks and Whites

Colombians celebrate the Black and White Carnival, the biggest festival in the southwestern region of Colombia, in the city of Pasto.

04/01/2022

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04/01/2022

Tech News

Swedish furniture giant IKEA to hike prices due to supply chain issues

Container transport prices are at record levels following the outbreak of the pandemic, which has disrupted maritime logistics.

04/01/2022

Italy

Dozens of passengers leave cruise ship in Italy after COVID outbreak

Italian media reported there were 150 positive cases on board the cruise ship.

04/01/2022

Tech News

Is Apple really worth $3 trillion and what's its secret?

Investors bet the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new markets such as automated cars and virtual reality.

04/01/2022

France

French MPs snub government by refusing overnight vaccine pass debate

Dozens of French MPs say they received death threats ahead of the debate on whether to make vaccines mandatory to enter many public facilities.

04/01/2022

Climate

How climate change triggered a second exodus in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ana used to live on the banks of the River Sava near Croatia, until the most destructive floods of the century turned her into a climate migrant.

04/01/2022

Ukraine

Borrell to stress EU support to Kyiv during visit to eastern Ukraine

Borrell's visit comes less than a week before talks in Geneva between Washington and Moscow.

04/01/2022

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04/01/2022

China

China to continue to 'modernise' its nuclear weapons

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), China had 350 nuclear weapons in January 2021.

04/01/2022

Tech News

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy

Holmes was convicted on two counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit fraud after seven days of deliberation.

04/01/2022