2023-03-06

Climate

Oil-splashed artwork and climate strikes: Germany's weekend protests

Friday’s Global Climate Strike saw activists gather across Europe to demand an end to fossil fuel financing.

06/03/2023

Europe News

EU watchdog to review Commission foreign trips funded by others

The European Ombudsman has requested the Commission provide a list of all business trips partly funded by third parties made since 2021.

06/03/2023

Venezuela

Thousands commemorate Hugo Chávez on anniversary of death

Thousands gather to remember Venezuelan leftist revolutionary Hugo Chávez, including current and former Latin American presidents.

06/03/2023

Sport

Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells and Miami amid US visa row

Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells and Miami amid US visa row

06/03/2023

USA

Biden commemorates Bloody Sunday in Selma

During his speech, the president addressed current voting issues and stricter gun control.

06/03/2023

World News

New EU driving tests: Which countries have the most road deaths?

The EU is firming up plans to overhaul driving tests to try and reduce road traffic deaths, but which countries have the highest and lowest number of fatalities?

06/03/2023

Ukraine

Battle for eastern Donbas 'painful and difficult`' says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces as fighting intensifies in and around the eastern city.

06/03/2023

China

China to hike military spending

China to raise military spending by 7.2%, making it the second largest investor in the world, only behind the United States.

06/03/2023

Sport

Max Verstappen cruises to victory in season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula One: Max Verstappen cruises to victory in season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

06/03/2023

Culture news

Meet the timepiece shaking and polarising the watch industry

H. Moser & Cie, which has been producing luxury watches for almost 200 years, has shaken up the rather conservative Swiss watch market by introducing a new physical timepiece that offers access to a digital world of NFTs, blockchain and metaverse. We met its CEO at its Schaffhausen factory.

06/03/2023

Food and Drink

Asparagus! Why it's Germany's favourite vegetable and how to cook it

From its qualities as an aphrodisiac to oral sex refusals - asparagus season is about to take all of Europe by storm.

06/03/2023

Culture news

Brazilian favela 'shack' wins house-of-year award

"The design of the house represents a constructive model that uses common materials in the slums, with an adequate implementation and attention to lighting and ventilation, resulting in a space with great environmental quality," according to the ArchDaily prize selecting panel.

06/03/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

On this day, the boxer Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali. Why Ali changed his name is part of a long tradition of African Americans refusing the labels of slavery.

06/03/2023

Estonia

Estonia's centre-right Reform Party comes first in general election

Kallas saw off a challenge from the far-right populist EKRE party, which wants to limit the Baltic nation's exposure to the Ukraine crisis and blames the current government for Estonia's high inflation rate.

06/03/2023

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Latest news bulletin | March 6th – Morning

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

06/03/2023

Art

'Graces' under fire - Dancer Silvia Gribaudi explores self-acceptance

Italian dancer and choreographer, Silvia Gribaudi, latest production, “Graces” is a reflection on the body and a hymn to self-acceptance.

06/03/2023

Work

Which countries in Europe have the highest and lowest childcare costs?

In the UK families could spend a whopping 75% of their monthly income on childcare, which discourages women from going back to work.

06/03/2023