2022-12-01

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Pandora talks about lab-grown diamonds, recycled gold and making customers happy

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How does a company become resilient, digital-first and sustainable?

01/12/2022

Earth News

Ditch forever chemicals, investors worth €8 trillion tell companies

As the threat of litigation increases, investors worth trillions of euros have urged chemical companies to phase out ‘forever chemicals.’

01/12/2022

United Kingdom

'No place for racism,' says Prince William, amid royal racism row

The heir to the throne is visiting Boston as his godmother resigned from her royal role over racist comments made to a guest at a Buckingham Palace event

01/12/2022

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How working from home can help neurodiverse employees thrive

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15 per cent of the population is believed to be neurodiverse and the current workplace conditions are not fitted to them. Can remote working help?

01/12/2022

Health news

Musk says Neuralink brain chips could be tested in humans in 6 months

Neuralink is developing brain chip implants it says could restore movement in patients with paralysis - and even vision in blind people.

01/12/2022

Travel News

Train travel converts share how they take amazing trips without flying

Going flight-free will be the best new year’s resolution you ever make, according to these train travel converts.

01/12/2022

Travel News

Visitors flock to watch lava ooze from Hawaii volcano. But is it safe?

Thousands of cars jammed a nearby highway which could be submerged in lava within days.

01/12/2022

Tech News

EU warns Musk: Twitter could face ban over content moderation

Twitter could face huge fines unless it complies with new EU rules requiring tech companies to better tackle disinformation.

01/12/2022

Ukraine

Zelenskyy tells Elon Musk to 'come to Ukraine' after peace deal furore

The Twitter CEO sparked controversy in October with a proposed peace plan between Kyiv and Moscow.

01/12/2022

Culture news

Film of the Week: 'What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?'

Aleksandre Koberidze’s Georgian-German co-production is a stunning modern fairytale that explores the magic of chance encounters, the celebration of the extraordinary that we so often dismiss as the humdrum of day-to-day life… and the (non-Qatari) World Cup.

01/12/2022

Culture news

First all-female referee team to take charge at men's World Cup game

French referee Stephanie Frappart, along with Neuza Back and Karen Diaz Medina, will make World Cup history when they step onto the pitch ahead of the crucial Group E game between Germany and Costa Rica

01/12/2022

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | December 1st – Midday

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

01/12/2022

Germany

Germany's parliament recognises Ukraine's 1930s famine as 'genocide'

“With our proposal, we are confronting the brutal truth of Stalinist violence", said the Chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Group.

01/12/2022

Kosovo

EU-Kosovo visa proposal is 'a political one', say experts

Under draft laws, Kosovar citizens could soon travel to the EU without a visa for a period of stay of 90 days over a six-month period

01/12/2022

Europe News

'We will fight. We are unbreakable': Mariupol survivor tells her story

Kateryna Polishchuk was holed up in the Azovstal steel plant during the last weeks of the Mariupol siege.

01/12/2022

World News

UN appeals for a record level of humanitarian funding

At the launch of its annual Global Humanitarian Overview in Geneva, the UN said providing aid to those in need next year would cost almost 50 billion euros.

01/12/2022

Europe News

China's Xi and EU's Michel call for Ukraine de-escalation at meeting

The meeting between the two men in Beijing lasted more than three hours and also touched upon human rights, Taiwan, trade relations and climate change.

01/12/2022

Denmark

Danish election: A month on, why has a new government not been formed?

It seemed forming a new government would be straightforward, but that's not proven to be the case. Here's why.

01/12/2022

USA

Bleak picture of world as UN asks for more aid money than ever

The United Nations has asked for a record amount of money to cope with looming climate-change-induced famines in Africa and the devastating Ukraine war.

01/12/2022

USA

Macron to confront Biden over ‘super aggressive’ US subsidies

Macron says he'll confront Biden, over the subsidies contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. At the French Embassy in Washington, Macron said the subsidies paid to US companies under a vast green energy plan could 'split the west'.

01/12/2022

Culture news

Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie dies aged 79

Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie dies aged 79. The British-born vocalist helped define one of the best-selling albums of all time.

01/12/2022

Vatican

Vatican hit by suspected cyber attack

The alleged cyber attack comes days Pope Francis criticised Russia's invasion of Ukraine, provoking Moscow's ire.

01/12/2022

Germany

Germany and Norway announce plan to protect maritime infrastructure

The initiative follows suspicious drone sightings around Norway's offshore oil rigs and suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

01/12/2022

Moments

Travel is set to get more personalised in 2023. Here’s how

Hyper-personalised travel is on the rise as holidaymakers reject cookie-cutter itineraries.

01/12/2022

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | December 1st – Morning

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

01/12/2022

Culture news

CULTURE RE-VIEW: A look back at this day in history

CULTURE RE-VIEW: 1 December 1976 - The Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy

01/12/2022

Culture news

BEST OF CULTURE 2022: Day 1 - Music

Welcome to the first day of our Cultural advent calendar, in which we’ll be counting down our highlights of 2022 day-by-day. First seven days: our musical favourites of the year.

01/12/2022

Lifestyle

Fancy a night in DJ Khaled's shoe closet?

Save your sole: DJ Khaled rents out his shoe closet on Airbnb

01/12/2022

Sport

World Cup catch-up: Germany and Belgium eliminated, Japan stun Spain

Here's our at-a-glance look at Thursday's matches as teams battled for a place in the last 16 in Qatar.

01/12/2022

Italy

Intensive concrete construction to blame for Ischia landslide says WWF

A World Wildlife Fund researcher has blamed intensive concrete construction in high-risk areas for the Ischia landslide tragedy on Saturday that killed eight people and left four more missing.

01/12/2022