Unreported Europe The Netherlands must reduce carbon emissions by the end of the year, but can this be done?
France EU court confirms validity of French housing law in Airbnb owners case The EU Court of Justice ruled against two Airbnb owners who were fined after repeatedly and without authorisation rent for short periods to a transient clientele. 22/09/2020
Good Morning Europe 'Bring eggs and tomatoes' say Bulgaria anti-government demo organisers Bulgarian anti-government protesters, who started a movement against Prime Minister Boyko Borissov back in July, are still calling for the entire government to resign. 22/09/2020
Poland The Polish Museum recreating historic beauty rituals This museum in Poland has found a novel way to educate its audience: through make-up tutorial vlogs based on the beauty routines of 17th-century monarchs. 22/09/2020
Iraq Forty years after the war, how are Iranian and Iraqi relations? Tehran now wields considerable political and economic influence in neighbouring Iraq with some Iraqis deploring that their country was "handed over to Iran". 22/09/2020
World COVID-19 vaccines: US, China and Russia absent from WHO's COVAX scheme COVAX aims to make 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine available by the end of next year, although rich countries are said to have reserved more than half of the world’s global capacity. 22/09/2020
USA US Supreme Court: Barrett favourite as Trump moves to fill RBG post The US President says he expects to decide by the weekend on a Supreme Court replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ignoring Democratic objections. 22/09/2020
Australia Rescue operation underway as 270 whales stranded on Australian coast A pod of pilot whales stranded on sandbars off Australia's southern island of Tasmania state. 22/09/2020
Nepal Ang Rita, first person to climb Everest 10 times, dies aged 72 The Nepalese Sherpa guide received international fame after climbing Mount Everest for the tenth time 1996. 22/09/2020
United Kingdom UK: New COVID-19 restrictions announced as cases hit four-month high The prime minister has announced tighter restrictions and tougher fines, as the government tries to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. 22/09/2020
World Actor who played villain in James Bond film Moonraker dies aged 89 Lonsdale acted under Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Francois Truffaut and Louis Malle. 21/09/2020
Serbia Serbia’s Muslim enclave fears new ethnic violence Residents of Muslim-majority Sandzak say that Belgrade has never recognised its responsibility for the violence of the 1990s. 21/09/2020
World World's richest 1% produced 'double the CO2 of the poorest half' Oxfam International and the Stockholm Environment Institute made the claim in a new report published on Monday (September 21). 21/09/2020
View David Miliband: It’s time the EU restarts and scales up refugee resettlement after COVID-19 ǀ View Resettlement programmes were put on pause by coronavirus pandemic, leaving refugees heading to EU countries to start a new life in limbo. The EU's new Migration Pact needs to be more ambitious in what it can do for those needed sanctuary. 21/09/2020
USA Biden urges Senators to follow their conscience on US Supreme Court Justice The ideological balance of the nine-member court is crucial to its rulings on the most important issues in US law.. 21/09/2020
USA Banks failing to stop money laundering on vast scale, says report Massive sums of allegedly dirty money have flowed for years through some of the world's largest banking institutions, an international journalism investigation says. 21/09/2020
World Belarus: Tsikhanouskaya tells EU to be 'brave' over sanctions The opposition leader has called for a bolder response from the EU over Alexander Lukashenko's refusal to relax his grip on power. 21/09/2020
USA Schitt’s Creek, Succession and Watchmen steal show at the ‘Pandemmys' The TV shows Schitt’s Creek, Succession and Watchmen were the big winners at the Emmy Awards on Sunday - this year dubbed ‘The Pandemmys’ due to the ceremony being held virtually amid the coronavirus outbreak. 21/09/2020
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