2023-06-14

Tech News

Emmanuel Macron to unveil ambitious plan to boost French tech and AI

French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil a new plan to support the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and tech start-ups in France.

14/06/2023

Nature

Scientists want to sterilise insects to protect our food crops

Fruit flies destroyed ‘more than half the berries’ on this farm but scientists may have found a way to stop them.

14/06/2023

Travel News

Heathrow security staff call off 31 days of strikes this summer

More than 2,000 security workers at Europe's busiest airport were due to take part in the walkouts.

14/06/2023

Europe News

MEPs endorse blanket ban on live facial recognition in public spaces

Members of the European Parliament endorsed on Wednesday a blanket ban on AI-powered facial recognition in public spaces.

14/06/2023

Romania

Romanian authorities ramp up charges against Andrew Tate

Authorities in Romanian have ramped up the charges against social media influencer, Andrew Tate, and his brother Tristan to the more serious offence of human trafficking in continued form.

14/06/2023

World News

Energy security tops agenda at Kazakhstan's Astana International Forum

The question of energy security was actively discussed at the Astana International Forum. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s most important oil producers, is aiming to increase its supply to and influence over the energy market.

14/06/2023

Culture news

'Dances With Wolves' actor faces additional charges in Canada

The actor, 46, has been accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states in the US. He now faces additional charges in Canada.

14/06/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | June 14th – Midday

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

14/06/2023

Poland

EU blocks Ukraine grain imports to five countries including Poland

The European Union has blocked grain imports to Poland and four other countries following concerns low-cost products will damage farmers' businesses

14/06/2023

United Kingdom

Brexit 'made UK vulnerable to COVID', inquiry told

Brexit is partly to be blamed for UK's feeble pandemic preparation, the COVID inquiry was told on its opening day.

14/06/2023

Euronews Tech Talks

Generative AI: Are we facing a nuclear winter or a robotic paradise?

The risk of apocalyptic scenarios and human extinction has been an unavoidable part of the conversation around AI programmes like ChatGPT since its release. But are these concerns being blown out of proportion?

14/06/2023

Culture news

Alec Baldwin case: Weapons expert accused of being "hungover" on set

They levelled the accusations on Friday in response to a motion filed last month by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys that seeks to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge.

14/06/2023

Germany

Should Germany ban AfD? What impact could this have?

Protests against the far-right party swept through Germany over the weekend. But should the AfD be banned?

14/06/2023

Greece

Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck

Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.

14/06/2023

World News

UNHCR says number of forcibly displaced people reaches record high

In its Global Trends in Forced Displacement report, the UN refugee agency says about 19 million people were forced to flee in 2022, an increase of 21 per cent.

14/06/2023

Tech News

Amazon Web Services 'fully recovered' after large outage

News organisations and government agencies were among those impacted by the outage.

14/06/2023

Ukraine

Putin claims Western tanks 'burning well' in Ukraine and other news

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

14/06/2023

Japan

Japanese army trainee kills fellow soldiers at military firing range

An army trainee in Japan has opened fire on his fellow soldiers at firing range, killing two of them

14/06/2023

Culture news

Cormac McCarthy, prize winning author of 'The Road' dies at 89

The celebrated American author Cormac McCarthy has died at his home in New Mexico. He was best known for the Pulitzer Prize winning post-apocalyptic novel, 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men'.

14/06/2023

Italy

Berlusconi’s death: How will Italy’s real-life Succession play out?

Berlusconi had two kids from his first wife, and three from his second. They will all inherit the empire the media tycoon built from scratch.

14/06/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | June 14th – Morning

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

14/06/2023

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland schools criticised for teaching anti-LGBTQ lessons

One third of schools said they would present heterosexual relationships as the 'main' or 'ideal' context for intimacy, and some went further.

14/06/2023

Design

Paris has re-banned tall buildings - but what's behind it?

The French capital has put in place the ‘Plan Local d’Urbanisme’, which limits the height of new buildings to 12 storeys - or 37 metres.

14/06/2023

Culture news

Artificial intelligence helped create the "last Beatles record"

Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence helped create the “last Beatles record”, calling the new technology “scary” but also “exciting”.

14/06/2023

Tech News

Could AI lead us to extinction? This activist group believes so

It's the most recent in a series of alarms raised by experts in the artificial intelligence field.

14/06/2023