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USA

Backlash and disinformation: Bud Light's collab with trans actress

Bud Lights' collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has spurred false claims on social media.

25/04/2023

Green News

Fossil Fuel giants take legal hit after US Supreme court decision

Fossil fuel giants have taken a massive legal hit after the US Supreme Court refused to hear their appeals against climate cases.

25/04/2023

Culture news

U2 announce immersive 'Sphere' experience for Las Vegas residency

The 'U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere' shows will start on 29 September 2023 in the world’s most technologically advanced venue: The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas.

25/04/2023

Culture news

US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96

Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a major force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 96.

25/04/2023

USA

Biden formally launches 2024 reelection bid with video announcement

Biden’s reelection bid comes as the nation weathers uncertain economic crosscurrents. Inflation is ticking down after hitting the highest rate in a generation.

25/04/2023

Health news

Biologists in Argentina are battling dengue with atomic energy

Researchers at the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) are employing atomic energy to sterilise male mosquitoes which will then be released into the wild.

25/04/2023

Travel News

Cruise ship kept dead body in drinks cooler for 6 days, lawsuit claims

55-year-old Robert Jones died of a heart attack last August and his family is suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling his body.

25/04/2023

USA

Jury selection set to start in rape lawsuit against Trump

The trial comes a month after former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in an unrelated criminal case surrounding payments made to bury accounts of alleged extramarital sex.

25/04/2023

Work

Study shows this job is safe from artificial intelligence - for now

Human students were able to outperform ChatGPT in most of the exam questions in this particular field.

24/04/2023

Culture news

Halyna Hutchins' family still suing Alec Baldwin over her on-set death

Halyna Hutchins' family in Ukraine still plans to sue the Hollywood actor despite criminal charges being dropped over the cinematographer's death.

24/04/2023

Tech News

Twitter claims dead celebrities have paid for Twitter Blue

Elon Musk has been trying to drum up interest in the paid Twitter Blue subscription model amid financial difficulties at the social media giant.

24/04/2023

Peru

Peruvian ex-president Toledo in jail after extradition from US

Alejandro Toledo is one of four ex-presidents linked to the Odebrecht corruption scandal that has shaken Peru’s politics, with nearly every living former president now on trial or under investigation.

24/04/2023

No Comment

Climate activists march in Montreal on Earth Day

As the world marked the 52nd edition of Earth Day, thousands took to the streets in Montreal to tell the Canadian government to do more concerning climate change.

23/04/2023

Tech News

Watch this humanoid robot get ready to ‘kick some balls’

The developers say humanoid robots should be able to play football if we hope they can be useful to us for more important things.

22/04/2023

No Comment

Peruvian shamans perform rituals on Earth Day

Peruvian shamans perform rituals on Earth Day

22/04/2023

Culture news

Art and Resistance: Making murals to protest against Iran's crackdown

As the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran continues amid the fierce backlash from the government, Euronews Culture spoke to Ghazaleh Rastgar, a Persian multidisciplinary artist who's spreading her message around the globe painting murals in support of the revolution.

22/04/2023

Nature

How to build a bee hotel - and other ways to get kids gardening

An ecologist on a mission to create a ‘Homegrown National Park’ in the US has written a new book to get children inspired.

22/04/2023

Brazil

Could the West fall out of love with Lula?

Is the West falling out of love with Brazil’s Lula after his controversial comments on the war in Ukraine? Euronews asked the experts to find out.

21/04/2023

Culture news

Manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin dropped

Prosecutors alluded to new revelations in the investigation and cautioned that Baldwin has not been absolved.

21/04/2023

Tech News

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don't pay

The world's biggest news organisations and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg all lost their Twitter check marks under Elon Musk's new verification policy.

21/04/2023

No Comment

WATCH: Mexicans hold earthquake drills amid fears it could become 'reality'

In Mexico, most earthquakes originate in the Pacific Ocean and as the sound of an alarm can travel faster than a seismic wave, it has given way to the development of an alert system in the centre of the country.

20/04/2023

Mobility

Elon Musk's giant SpaceX rocket explodes after launch from Texas

The company said that today's launch would help them improve Starship’s reliability as they seek "to make life multi-planetary."

20/04/2023

Culture news

18 months after fatal shooting, Alec Baldwin to resume filming 'Rust'

Baldwin will continue his involvement as an actor and co-producer, with director Joel Souza also returning to the production.

20/04/2023

Rethink

Rethinking the vagina: Has science stopped ignoring female bodies?

Is science finally giving female sexual and reproductive organs the attention they deserve? Author Rachel E Gross set out to narrow the knowledge gap.

20/04/2023

Health news

What is the Powassan virus and why are new cases on the rise?

Dubbed “Lyme disease’s deadly cousin,” the Powassan virus has been the subject of a recent study by Yale School of Public Health - and cases are increasing.

19/04/2023

Culture news

What has the Fox-Dominion $800m settlement actually told us?

Fox has half-heartedly acknowledged the court’s rulings that certain claims about Dominion were false but offered no apology.

19/04/2023