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Culture news

Cardi B pleads guilty to New York strip club assault charges

Cardi B has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanour charges in New York court, avoiding jail time in a deal that closes a years-long case alleging her involvement in a strip club fight.

16/09/2022

Earth News

Carbon capture plant to catch 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030

If it operates to schedule, the ‘Project Bison’ carbon removal facility will be the largest in the world, sucking up 5 million metric tonnes of carbon per year.

15/09/2022

Earth News

Billionaire Patagonia boss gives company away to fight climate crisis

The outdoor fashion brand predicts it will give €100 million away a year to environmental causes under the new ownership structure.

15/09/2022

Culture news

R Kelly convicted of child pornography charges

More disgrace for the singer who was once top of the pop charts as a Chicago court finds him guilty of accusations stemming from a 2008 child pornography case.

15/09/2022

Mobility

'Ocean planet' discovered which could have temperatures right for life

The one-of-a-kind exoplanet, which could support life, orbits a star 100 lightyears from our own planet, Earth.

14/09/2022

Tech News

Twitter shareholders approve Elon Musk’s €44 billion takeover bid

Elon Musk is trying to backtrack on the deal.

14/09/2022

Culture news

Three arrested for PnB Rock's murder: is there a fourth suspect?

PnB Rock was shot dead in a Los Angeles restaurant not long after his location was revealed in a social media post. The latest killing in a growing trend of stars being targeted in the west coast city.

14/09/2022

Brazil

Euroviews. Europe should keep a watchful eye on Bolsonaro after election | View

"Bolsonaro has been saying that he reserves the right to only accept a defeat in the upcoming general election if he judges that they were fairly held," warns Rafael Loris, a professor of Latin American and Brazilian History and Politics at the University of Denver.

14/09/2022

Residences

Are Airbnbs more cost-effective than hotels?

Airbnb is rarely a money-savvy choice for short stays but remains the best option for big groups, study finds.

13/09/2022

Ecotech

Cheaper electric vehicles are coming despite high battery costs

The new Equinox EV is only slightly more expensive than regular compact SUVs.

13/09/2022

Mobility

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket explodes a minute after lift-off

The rocket's uncrewed capsule was safely ejected and parachuted back to land.

13/09/2022

Travel News

Prison sentence handed to American passenger for physical assault

Two women were indicted for disorderly conduct for verbally and physically assaulting other passengers and flight crew members.

13/09/2022

USA

Echoing JFK's moonshot, Biden vows to 'end cancer as we know it'

US President Joe Biden is pushing for the goal he set in February of cutting domestic cancer fatalities by 50% over the next 25 years.

12/09/2022

No Comment

Owners and dog run first canine marathon in Mexico City

Owners and their dogs run Mexico City's first 2.5-kilometre canine marathon.

12/09/2022

USA

'Never forget': US marks more than two decades since 9/11 attacks

Speaking at the Pentagon on Sunday, President Joe Biden called on Americans to stand up for democracy on days beyond the anniversary.

11/09/2022

Travel News

What are vacuum tube trains and are they the future of rail travel?

The new ‘FluxJet’ looks like something out of a science fiction novel. Could it actually work?

10/09/2022

Creators

Meet the indigenous artist turning urban junk into art

“We use art to make our demands. We use art to do our activism."

09/09/2022

Culture news

Justin Bieber cancels tour dates; what we can learn from his example

Cancelling tours, not promoting films and quitting social media; why we should all copy the examples of these celebrities

09/09/2022

Culture news

Who is Ruby Bridges and why does her anti-racism picture book matter?

A key moment in the US civil rights movement came when Ruby Bridges attended school with a police escort.

09/09/2022

No Comment

Thousands demand ouster of Haiti PM in new protest

Thousands of people in Haiti's capital and other major cities organized new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets.

08/09/2022

USA

Trump appoints special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

The Department of Justice will have to halt efforts to determine whether Trump illegally took classified documents from the White House

08/09/2022

Culture news

Why has Obama only received his White House portrait unveiling now?

Barack and Michelle Obama returned to the White House for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. But why have the portraits only just being unveiled now?

08/09/2022

Canada

Final suspect in Canada's knife rampage dies

The last suspect in a horrific stabbing spree that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead, after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway.

08/09/2022

Culture news

Argentina's Tango Festival returns for established and new dancers

“Each country has an identity, a colour, a sound, a flavour and Tango is what represents us."

08/09/2022

Tech News

Temperature rises may be fuelling online hate speech, study finds

The study looked at tweets in the US - and the results tell the same story to a similar study in Europe from a year earlier.

08/09/2022

Brazil

Brazil celebrates 200 years of independence from Portugal

Millions of Brazilians took to the streets to celebrate 200 years of independence from Portugal. And as the military tanks rolled onto the streets, President Jair Bolsonaro asked his followers to 'make a stand'.

07/09/2022