2022-03-09

South Korea

Ex-prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte wins South Korea presidency

Yoon is to take office in May and serve a single five-year term as leader of the world’s 10th largest economy.

09/03/2022

Money

Biden has signed an executive order on crypto. Here's what it said

With this executive order, experts believe Biden is giving a pragmatic acknowledgement of the growing importance of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

09/03/2022

France

Four convicted in trial over Islamic State killing of French priest

The defendants were convicted of conspiring to kill 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel in his Normandy church in 2016.

09/03/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine: Three dead as Russian strike hits Mariupol maternity hospital

Police and soldiers rushed to the scene to evacuate victims, carrying out a heavily pregnant and bleeding woman on a stretcher.

09/03/2022

Money

CBDCs: These countries are using or launching digital currencies

A slew of countries have announced initiatives to create CBDCs. The US could be able to join their ranks with a "digital dollar".

09/03/2022

France

Mother of 2015 Bataclan attacker jailed for 'financing terrorism'

Fatima Hajji was found guilty of sending money to her son when he was planning to commit an attack.

09/03/2022

Tech News

Cyber spies and hack attacks playing a key role in the Ukraine war

"Likely they're using those resources for espionage purposes to try to understand the world's response to Russia invading Ukraine," one expert said.

09/03/2022

World News

Put nature centre of climate change policy, experts at CDP Awards

The world must be nature positive as soon as possible or risk a "loss of biodiversity reaching unprecedented rates".

09/03/2022

Qatar 365

Playing to win: meet Qatar's inspirational sportswomen

In partnership with Media City

Women in Qatar are proving to be inspirational sporting role models. Qatar 365 takes a look at what exactly it takes for them to get to the top of their game?

09/03/2022

Real Economy

Helping in a crisis: the EU's emergency loans to neighbour countries

In partnership with The European Commission

In this episode, Real Economy travels to North Macedonia to find out about the EU's macro-financial assistance.

09/03/2022

No Comment

Australia to declare floods a national emergency

Australia to declare floods a national emergency

09/03/2022

United Kingdom

UK delivers 'disgraceful' 760 visas to Ukrainian refugees

Opposition MPs and the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK have criticised "bureaucratic hassles" impending Ukrainians from travelling to Britain.

09/03/2022

My Europe Series

Why doesn't NATO impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

Despite repeated pleas from President Zelenskyy, the West remains firm in its refusal, fearing unpredictable consequences.

09/03/2022

Destinations

Saudi Arabia is open to tourists, here's why you should go

Saudi Arabia has very diverse landscapes, topography and culture with plenty to offer outside of the heat of the desert.

09/03/2022

Art

Kyiv City Ballet find safe haven in French capital

One of the dancers will be headed to the Ukrainian border in the coming days to pick up her young daughter who was accompanied out of the country.

09/03/2022

Europe News

MEPs will vote on banning 'golden passports' to hurt Putin allies

Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria, Portugal and Greece have all offered investment-for-citizenship schemes.

09/03/2022

Denmark

Danish PM apologises to six children over 1950s social experiment

22 Greenlandic children were brought to Denmark in 1951 for a "better life" but instead suffered away from their families.

09/03/2022

Tech News

Russians are turning to VPNs to bypass censorship over Ukraine war

VPNs or virtual private networks are helping Russians keep channels to information from outside the country open almost two weeks into the war in Ukraine.

09/03/2022

Health news

World's first pig heart transplant patient dies after 2 months

The groundbreaking procedure was a last-ditch attempt to save the life of David Bennett, who died two months after the transplant was carried out.

09/03/2022

Norway

Norway appeals court increases sentence of ‘ambulance hijacker’

Two young children were injured when a man deliberately drove the vehicle into pedestrians in Oslo in 2019.

09/03/2022

Earth News

Chernobyl could leak radiation if power isn't restored, Ukraine warns

The IAEA says that the loss of power at the plant will not have a critical impact on safety.

09/03/2022

Germany

Germany moves to abolish Nazi-era abortion law

German doctors are currently banned from providing information on abortions and face fines or prison sentences.

09/03/2022

No Comment

Italian right wing party leader confronted at Polish border

The mayor of a Polish town bordering Ukraine publicly called out the leader of Italy's right-wing League party for his pro-Kremlin views on Tuesday, derisively calling Matteo Salvini a "friend" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

09/03/2022

Health news

Cannabis 'stock exchange' launches in Europe as CBD market booms

An online trading platform for cannabis products is hoping to disrupt Europe’s booming CBD market and bring more transparency to consumers.

09/03/2022

Culture news

Original NASA shots of moon landing go up for auction in Denmark

The 74 photos are from several Apollo missions carried out by NASA

09/03/2022

No Comment

Kyiv Classic Orchestra perform a concert on Maidan square

Kyiv Classic Orchestra perform a concert on Maidan square

09/03/2022

World News

Euroviews. UN Security Council must meet in Kyiv to help end Putin's war | View

This is the worst crisis Europe has faced since 1945. It is also the most dangerous.

09/03/2022

Hungary

Police pick up a penguin on the waddle in central Budapest

Officers say they have put their investigation on ice!

09/03/2022

Travel News

Irish polar explorer Shackleton’s ship discovered in Antarctica

107 years after its sinking, Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ has been discovered deep beneath the Antarctic Ocean.

09/03/2022

Hungary

Annamaria one of a million children to have fled Ukraine, says UN

Annamaria, 10, fled after bombs started falling in her hometown Kharkiv.

09/03/2022