2022-06-16

Culture news

Beyoncé announces new album after social media blackout

This will be the singer's seventh album, coming six years after the incredible 'Lemonade'.

16/06/2022

Travel News

Ryanair drops ‘inappropriate’ test for South African travellers

A language test that sparked outrage earlier this month has been dropped by the airline which now says it was not appropriate and doesn't make sense.

16/06/2022

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Latest news bulletin | June 16th – Midday

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16/06/2022

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Saudi embassy street named after slain reporter

One month ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journalist in 2018.

16/06/2022

Travel News

Who owns this tiny, uninhabited island and what’s all the fuss about?

Several bottles of spirits have been buried on a barren rock in the Arctic. Here’s why.

16/06/2022

Slovenia

Slovenia will take down its migrant border fence with Croatia

It was put up in 2015 during the migrant crisis. But Slovenia's new prime minister says it's not working.

16/06/2022

Europe News

Macron, Scholz and Draghi back EU candidate status for Ukraine

The move is "a strong, quick, expected gesture of hope and clarity that we want to send to Ukraine and its people," the French president said as the three leaders visited Kyiv.

16/06/2022

Ecotech

More people cycle than drive in this 'forward-thinking' European city

Belgium’s greenest city is pedalling into the future with policies to tackle the climate crisis.

16/06/2022

Brazil

Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing Amazon pair

British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian expert Bruno Pereira were last seen 5 June.

16/06/2022

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Latest news bulletin | June 16th – Morning

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16/06/2022

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson suffers blow as second ethics adviser resigns

Christopher Geidt did not give a reason for his resignation but had previously called on the prime minister to explain his conduct in the "partygate" affair.

16/06/2022

United Kingdom

Yorkshire Cricket Club charged by ECB after probe into racism claims

Azeem Rafiq, a former England under-19 captain of Pakistani descent, last year alleged that he had been a victim of institutional racism.

16/06/2022

France

ECHR fines Russia for branding human rights groups as 'foreign agents'

The court in Strasbourg has ruled that Moscow breached the European Convention of Human Rights for designating NGOs and media outlets as foreign agents.

16/06/2022