Americas

USA

Former US Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole dies aged 98

Dole had disclosed in February that he was being treated for stage-four lung cancer.

06/12/2021

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All aboard the 'Samba Train' for the first time since COVID

Samba groups performed on a train filled with passengers Saturday as doubts are raised about the return of Rio De Janeiro's famous carnival due to the emergence of the omicron variant.

05/12/2021

Panama

Panama seizes record €9 million of drug money

Authorities in Panama found 10 million dollars of illegal drug money hidden in a residential house in Nueva Providencia.

04/12/2021

World

Antony Blinken: “What's most important for Russia to understand is that actions have consequences"

In this Global Conversation, Euronews speaks to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the escalating tensions with Moscow's over its military build-up on the border with Ukraine.

03/12/2021

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Harry Potter castle lights up in Hollywood for Christmas on 20th film anniversary

"I'm going to start watching all the episodes that I missed... you feel like you're in the film", says a Universal Studios Hollywood visitor as Hogwarts castle is lit up for Christmas at the California theme park on the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film.

03/12/2021

Culture news

Netflix's 'Prayer for the Stolen': Childhood cartel tale set for Mexic

In her feature debut, documentary filmmaker Tatiana Huezo offers a harrowing tale of three girls growing up in a place terrorised by a Mexican drug gangs.

03/12/2021

USA

Former Epstein staffer says teen accusers visited mansion

Two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion, a former staffer said at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.

03/12/2021

Colombia

Colombia seizes over 300 arachnids being smuggled to Europe

Two German citizens were allegedly found smuggling the arachnids in over 200 plastic containers.

02/12/2021

Tech News

Scientists who created 'living robots' say they can now reproduce

Last year, researchers made "living robots" by incubating stem cells from frog embryos. Now they’ve discovered that they're able to self-replicate.

02/12/2021

Mexico

Dramatic breakout as gang rams vehicles into prison in Mexico

The incident is one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years.

02/12/2021

USA

US Supreme Court judges lean towards abortion limits

It's one of the most pivotal abortion cases to reach the US Supreme Court in 50 years.

02/12/2021

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Activists gather outside US Supreme Court ahead of major abortion case

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights.

01/12/2021

Culture news

Families of Astroworld victims reject Travis Scott's funeral offer

A growing number of representatives for the 10 victims of last month's Astroworld disaster are declining Scott's offer to pay for funerals and other medical costs.

01/12/2021

Tech News

Twitter bans posting pictures and videos of private individuals

In an update to the platform’s privacy policy, it's now prohibited to post private photos and videos of individuals outside of the public eye.

01/12/2021

Honduras

Xiomara Castro wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes

Honduras' ruling party conceded defeat on Tuesday in presidential elections held two days earlier, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro.

01/12/2021

USA

Ghislaine Maxwell: 1st accuser testifies at British socialite's trial

A woman testified that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was often in the room when the witness, then just 14, had sexual interactions with the financier Jeffrey Epstein.

01/12/2021

USA

Three students killed in shooting at US school

The suspect wasn't hurt when he was taken into custody and he refused to say how he got the gun into the school, authorities said.

30/11/2021

Culture news

Terrified looking ancient mummy discovered by archeologists in Peru

Archaeologists have found a bizarre looking mummy and a host of other treasures in a tomb seven floors underground. They believe it could date back to pre-Inca times 800 years ago.

30/11/2021

Health news

COVID vaccines less effective on Omicron, warns Moderna boss

The vaccine maker said the large number of mutations in the newly-identified Omicron variant could make it more resistant to current COVID vaccines.

30/11/2021

USA

New COVID-19 variant cause for concern, not panic, Biden tells US

US President Joe Biden called the new coronavirus variant omicron a cause for concern but “not a cause for panic". He said he was not considering any widespread lockdown.

30/11/2021

USA

Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were “partners in crime” in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said on Monday, while Maxwell’s lawyers said she was being made a scapegoat for a man’s bad behaviour.

30/11/2021

Barbados

Bye bye, Queen Liz: Barbados replaces British monarch as head of state

The Caribbean island wants to finally sever the link with its colonial past.

29/11/2021

USA

Jeffrey Epstein: Trial of former lover Ghislaine Maxwell begins

The trial, taking place in the Thurgood Marshall US courthouse in lower Manhattan, is expected to continue into mid-January.

29/11/2021

Sport

Turkish NBA player adds Freedom to his name to toast US citizenship

Kanter had his Turkish passport revoked by Ankara in 2017. The 29-year-old is an outspoken critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish government.

29/11/2021

Barbados

Barbados drops Queen Elizabeth II and becomes world's newest republic

Barbados became independent in 1966 but retained Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign.

29/11/2021

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Mexico's iconic Los Angeles dance hall reopens

Mexico City's iconic Los Angeles dance hall reopens after the easing of Covid-19 related restrictions. Revellers return to the dancefloor to the sound of mambo.

28/11/2021