2023-09-06

Travel News

Storm Daniel: Is it safe to travel to Greece right now?

Fierce storms unleashed life-threatening floods in Greece leading to travel disruption across the region earlier this week.

06/09/2023

Business

Saudi Telecom Company becomes Spanish Telefónica's top shareholder

Saudi Arabia's STC Group has amassed a 9.9% stake worth €2.1 billion in the Spanish multinational telecommunications company

06/09/2023

Climate

This summer was officially the hottest on record

‘Climate breakdown has begun’, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

06/09/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | September 6th – Midday

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

06/09/2023

Europe News

Amazon, Google, Facebook: the EU names the digital gatekeepers

The European Commission has named six Big Tech companies as gatekeepers of the digital economy, making them subject to stricter rules.

06/09/2023

Business

Did Elon Musk loan money from SpaceX to pay for Twitter?

The businessman withdrew a loan of $1 billion from SpaceX around the same time he was acquiring Twitter.

06/09/2023

Economy

Scholz calls for broad pact to slash bureaucracy and modernise Germany

The pact would include doing more to streamline notoriously lengthy planning processes, move forward the country's famously slow digitisation and speed up the building of new homes.

06/09/2023

Tech News

TikTok opens Irish data centre in effort to ease privacy fears

TikTok said operations are underway at the first of its three European data centers, part of the Chinese owned app's effort to ease Western fears about privacy risks.

06/09/2023

Euronews Tech Talks

The Lunar Gateway and hibernation: What's next in space exploration?

While in conversation with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Lead for Life Sciences, Angelique Van Ombergen, India made history by becoming the first country to land near the lunar south pole, where scientists have a hunch there's a large supply of water ice.

06/09/2023

Travel News

This airline sold tickets for €1 - but it wasn’t a Black Friday deal

This cheap flight hack secured happy customers tickets at rock bottom prices - but it can be risky.

06/09/2023

World News

At least 7 people dead as floods ravage Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

Torrential rain has caused unprecedented flooding in southeast Europe and widespread destruction prompting evacuations in both residential and tourism areas

06/09/2023

USA

Former Proud Boys leader gets 22 years for 6 January Capitol riots

Tarrio, who led the neofacist Proud Boys group as it became a force in mainstream Republican circles, had pleaded with the judge for leniency.

06/09/2023

United Kingdom

Britain to add Russia's Wagner mercenary group to terror list

The measure will be presented to Parliament on Wednesday, and would make it a criminal offence to support the organisation.

06/09/2023

Culture news

Rare portraits of ill-fated Arctic expedition crew up for auction

A haunting set of portraits being sold at Sotheby's offer a fascinating glimpse into a tragic chapter of Arctic exploration history.

06/09/2023

Culture news

This highly-anticipated video game lets you explore over 1000 planets

Space enthusiasts and gamers are eagerly anticipating to blast off into a new open-world video game adventure that's been years in the making.

06/09/2023

Climate

How are heat records verified? We asked a meteorologist

We spoke to Weather & Radar meteorologist Tamsin Green about how we record record-breaking weather.

06/09/2023

Belgium

Why it's often men who make the migration journey to Europe

As Belgium says it will no longer provide shelter for single men seeking asylum, an expert explains the background to many journeys.

06/09/2023

Art

Culture Re-View: How the supermarket defined 20th century culture

6 September 1916: The birth of the supermarket

06/09/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | September 6th – Morning

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

06/09/2023

Poland

Poland said its army will soon be the strongest in Europe. Can it?

Through a series of major arms deals, Poland is set to establish military supremacy in continental Europe - though the high cost of this expansion is a source of concern for some experts.

06/09/2023

Japan

Are dead fish washing up in Japan after Fukushima wastewater release?

That’s what one video shared in Chinese and Korean claims. However, it's an old video filmed more than six months before Japan even started releasing the discharge into the Pacific Ocean.

06/09/2023