2022-02-10

Culture news

Every artist that has left Spotify so far in 2022

We dive into the story of Neil Young vs Spotify and every artist to speak out against the platform since Joe Rogan's controversial antivax episode.

10/02/2022

France

French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89

Since the end of the 2000s, Montagnier started expressing views devoid of a scientific basis. His opinions led him to be shunned by much of the international scientific community.

10/02/2022

Europe Decoded

Debunked: COVID-19 vaccines do not create variants of HIV/AIDS

False claims have suggested a link between Coronavirus jabs and the new HIV variant that emerged in the Netherlands.

10/02/2022

United Kingdom

London Police chief resigns over report into bullying, discrimination

London Police chief resigns following report into bullying, discrimination

10/02/2022

Latvia

Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law

Following years of wrangling over the issue, the 100-seat Saeima voted 64-21 to approve the Law on the Compensation of Goodwill to the Latvian Jewish Community on the bill's final reading.

10/02/2022

My Europe Series

Can new governments resolve issues plaguing North Macedonia, Bulgaria?

Both countries have pledged to resolve the impasse brought on by the Bulgarian veto to North Macedonia's EU membership negotiations. But are nationalists going to cause further roadblocks?

10/02/2022

Football Now

What is it like to be a professional footballer during the pandemic?

In partnership with Media City

Having surpassed two years since the first matches were postponed, Football Now looks back at life for footballers during the height of Covid-19.

10/02/2022

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Bulgaria: Honey pots form a candle crucifix.

Hundreds of honey pots lit by candles form a huge crucifix in the church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.

10/02/2022

Partner content

Celebrating art and culture: Dubai’s Quoz Arts Fest

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

From live music and cinema, to interactive art and yoga, Cult explores Dubai’s Quoz Arts Fest.

10/02/2022

Tech News

Russian teenager jailed for 'training' for terror attack on Minecraft

The 16-year-old pleaded not guilty and said that if he is handed real prison time, he will serve it "with a clear conscience and dignity".

10/02/2022

Europe News

Belgian teachers protest working conditions and financial cuts

The demonstration in Brussels gathered teachers and school staff from the French-speaking region of Wallonia.

10/02/2022

Denmark

Denmark may allow US troops on its soil, pact in the works

PM Frederiksen said that "the exact shape that this collaboration will take has not yet been defined" but could include the deployment of US troops and military equipment in the country.

10/02/2022

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 10th – Evening

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

10/02/2022

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USA: teenagers rescued in the ice

A water rescue training session turned into a reality for suburban St. Louis Fire Department personnel, saving two teenagers.

10/02/2022

Tech News

YouTube considers NFTs and watching games in the metaverse

The tech giant said it could harness the emerging technologies to cut fraud in the fast-growing digital art market.

10/02/2022

Health news

10% of healthcare workers struggle with suicidal or self harm thoughts

New research in Australia, which mirrors previous findings in Europe, lays bare the scale of the struggle that healthcare workers are experiencing.

10/02/2022

Culture news

Betty Davis, hard funk pioneer who inspired husband Miles, dead at 77

Sometimes referred to as “Madonna before Madonna,” Davis was the rare woman to make funk albums in the 1970s.

10/02/2022

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Colombia: Refugee camp with over 1,000 indigenous people

More than 1,000 indigenous people displaced by the conflict have been squatting in a park in the Colombian capital since September.

10/02/2022

Lithuania

China suspends beef imports from Lithuania amid dispute over Taiwan

The EU has launched a case against Beijing for "discriminatory" trade practices.

10/02/2022

Green News

This region of Switzerland wants to give primates fundamental rights

Monkeys and apes in Basel-Stadt could be recognised as having the right to life and to have their mental and physical integrity respected, just like people.

10/02/2022

Portugal

More than 200 allegations of sex abuse in Portuguese Catholic Church

An independent committee was set up in January to examine historical sex abuse.

10/02/2022

Eco-Innovation

Wooden batteries are hitting the market

The future of the world’s batteries could be hiding among our trees.

10/02/2022

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Denmark: Exhibit explores 150 years of female art history

The new exhibition at the ARKEN Museum of Modern Art on the outskirts of Copenhagen features almost 120 works by Danish and international artists.

10/02/2022

Culture news

Indonesian war of independence explored in new Amsterdam exhibition

The exhibit is jointly curated by Dutch and Indonesian curators but has already courted controversy over some language used.

10/02/2022

Art

Russian painting worth €1 million vandalised by 'bored' security guard

Anna Leporskaya's 1930s painting 'Three Figures' is being restored in Moscow after a security guard drew two sets of eyes on the faceless forms.

10/02/2022

Europe News

Inflation in eurozone forecast to hit 4.8% amid soaring energy prices

Energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks, the Omicron variant and geopolitical tensions are all fuelling inflationary pressures.

10/02/2022

United Kingdom

'Brazen excuses': UK PM Boris Johnson accused of creating mistrust

Making a speech in London, former UK PM Sir John Major spoke critically of Boris Johnson and his government.

10/02/2022

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Clashes and arrests as New Zealand police clear Covid protest.

Police and anti-vaccine protesters clashed on Thursday inside New Zealand's parliament. Dozens of people were arrested.

10/02/2022

Travel News

Cecil Hotel: Real life horror hotel to reopen, but not to guests

Would you live in the most haunted hotel in the world? The infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is trying to rebrand itself as affordable housing.

10/02/2022

Culture news

Greek statue loaned to Italy in goodwill gesture

The Greek government hopes that the return of a foot from the marble tableaux which adorned the Parthenon will prompt similar actions by the British.

10/02/2022