2022-12-08

Climate

Revealed: Oil and gas companies plan to take us beyond 2.5C

New oil and gas fields will push global warming beyond climate targets, yet Shell, TotalEnergies and Chevron are still investing.

08/12/2022

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | December 8th – Morning

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

08/12/2022

Ukraine

Kremlin: Up to Zelenskyy to end Ukraine war and other key developments

Here is our summary of the latest news on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

08/12/2022

Culture news

Horrors of Ukraine war recorded by Museum of Civilian Voices

Serhiy Perebyinis learned about the death of his wife, 9-year-old daughter, and 18-year-old son on social media. His story is just one of 43,800 collected by Ukraine's Museum of Civilian Voices.

08/12/2022

Culture news

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

CULTURE RE-VIEW: John Lennon fatally shot outside his residence in New York City

08/12/2022

Germany

Former executives on trial in Germany's biggest post-war fraud scandal

The financial scandal cost German banks an estimated €3.1 billion in loans and writedowns.

08/12/2022

Culture news

BEST OF CULTURE 2022: Day 8 - TV & Streaming

Our Cultural Advent Calendar leaves behind our music faves and starts listing our top picks of this year's TV & streaming... Today: 'House of the Dragon'

08/12/2022

Europe News

'Culture of impunity' across EU over violence against migrants: NGO

'Culture of impunity' across EU over violence towards migrants, NGO warns

08/12/2022

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Ukraine assembles 'graveyard' of Russian shells in Kharkiv

Ukraine's services have assembled two "graveyards" of Russian shells in Kharkiv, with the missile and shell fragments "removed for further investigation".

08/12/2022

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COP15 biodiversity summit opens in Montreal

Amid warnings that biodiversity is in freefall, environmental leaders have gathered in Montreal to hammer out measures aimed at shoring up the world's land and marine ecosystems and coming up with tens of billions of dollars to fund these conservation efforts.

08/12/2022

Sport

FIFA fines Croatia and Serbia for interethnic incidents at World Cup

The Serbian FA was penalised over a banner depicting its former province Kosovo as part of Serbia. Croatia was fined after its fans abused Canadian ethnic Serb goalkeeper Milan Borjan during the group match between the two.

08/12/2022

Belgium

EU targets 200 Russian individuals in prosposed sanctions package

The European Commission proposes a new round of sanctions on Russia in a bid to cripple Russian President Vladimir Putin's war chest.

08/12/2022

Earth News

'Without nature we have nothing' UN Chief said at COP15

Scientists, rights advocates, and delegates from nearly 200 countries gather in Canada for the COP15 Biodiversity summit as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "humanity's war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves".

08/12/2022