Daniel Bellamy

Sport

Former Brazilian gymnastics coach accused of sexual abuse by gymnasts

Brazil's Globo TV spoke to 40 gymnasts and former gymnasts who said Fernando de Carvalho Lopes had abused them while they were minors.

01/05/2018

Belgium

Thousands of ethnic Uighurs rally outside European Commission against China

Uighurs accuse Beijing of oppressing them, in part by forcibly detaining many of their community in re-education camps where they're subjected to Chinese state propaganda.

27/04/2018

Greece

Turkey dismisses call for Greek soldiers to be released from detention

Two Greek soldiers entered Turkish territory in March and Turkey's judiciary says it's still trying to establish whether they did so inadvertently or deliberately.

27/04/2018

USA

Eleven injured in oil refinery fire in Wisconsin town of Superior

The mayor of the town said most of the population had to be evacuated as thick, black and noxious smoke billowed out of the refinery.

27/04/2018

USA

Madame Tussauds in New York unveils new Melania Trump waxwork

A team of 20 artists took months to capture the features of the First Lady.

26/04/2018

Venezuela

Malaria finds sanctuary in crisis-hit Venezuela

World Health Organisation reports massive rise in mosquito borne disease as Venezuela's anti-malaria campaigns fail.

25/04/2018

World News

Man convicted of Iceland's biggest heist escapes prison, lands in Sweden

Sindri Thor Steffanson managed to escape to Sweden on an Icelandair flight also carrying the prime minister

19/04/2018

Syria

Kurdish official says French president Emmanuel Macron has committed to sending more troops to Syria

Macron has offered to mediate between Turkey and the Kurdish YPG fighting in northern Syria.

30/03/2018

Italy

Italian police arrest five Tunisians in "vast anti-terror operation"

Security services also concerned about foreign fighters from Syria after so-called Islamic State all but defeated there.

29/03/2018

Russia

Funerals held for victims of Russia's shopping mall fire

Some relatives don't believe the official death toll of 64 and have produced a list of 85 people missing.

28/03/2018

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Kosovo police fire tear gas to scatter hundreds of nationalist Serbs

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27/03/2018

Russia

Vladimir Putin visits scene of Siberian shopping mall fire

Russian president declares March 28th will be a day of national mourning.

27/03/2018

Economy

China calls on WTO members to oppose the United States' tariffs

Beijing urges them to oppose U.S. tariffs targeting China’s alleged theft of intellectual property.

26/03/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's defence shield shoots down seven missiles

One Egyptian resident killed and two others injured as debris falls into street and onto an apartment.

26/03/2018

Greece

Saharan dust covers much of Greece and travels further into Europe

Parts of Greece resemble Mars more than the Mediterranean.

23/03/2018

Germany

Facebook users day they're disappointed but unsurprised about data mi

There were over two billion users before Cambridge Analytica's harvesting of data came to light.

22/03/2018

Ukraine

Opposition Ukrainian MP detained on coup plot charges

Nadiya Savchenko doesn't deny charges, saying she played along with coup plotters to unmask them.

22/03/2018

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Spring equinox celebrated at ancient sun-worshipping site in Mexico

Visitors embrace the light at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan.

22/03/2018

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Head of Vatican's communications office resigns

Monsignor Dario Vigano blurred a photo of a letter by former Pope Benedict.

21/03/2018

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Brazilians mourn the killing of a human rights activist

Marielle Franco was an outspoken critic of police killings of poor residents.

21/03/2018