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Israel

Rubbish idea: the new material that could make landfills obsolete

Meet the firm hoping to make landfills a thing of the past by creating furniture and household items from rubbish.

World News

Workers in nine European countries ‘earned less in 2017 than 2010’

A study assessing wage growth among European workers from 2010 to 2017 has found that salaries in some countries have tumbled by as much as 20 per cent.

United Kingdom

Beast of the East 2.0 to continue after weekend

The mini cold snap has blanketed swathes of the UK and northern France under snow for a second day, as more snowfall is expected until late on Monday.

Russia

Russian Ambassador: ‘Nerve agent came from UK lab’

Russia’s EU ambassador made the claim Sunday during an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

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World News

‘Beast from the East 2.0’ hits northern and eastern Europe

A cold weather blast from Scandinavia has struck Poland and the UK, while more snow is predicted to sweep Europe this weekend.

United Kingdom

Listen: Former DJ releases album to help drive people to sleep

The 19-track music collection has a total run time of over five hours for the more stubborn sleepers.

World News

Russian FM: Moscow will expand US 'black list' in response to sanction

Russia's foreign ministry says Moscow will respond to new US sanctions by expanding its 'black list' of Americans, its state news agency reported Thursday.

United Kingdom

London mayor shares racist hate mail in viral video

Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan reads out expletive-laden hate speech in the video, which Has so far attracted 170,000 views on Facebook.

United Kingdom

Russia faces Tuesday deadline to explain poisoning of former spy

The UK says it is encouraged by the level of international solidarity after Theresa May asserted it was "highly likely" that Russia was behind the attempted murder of the former spy and his daughter. Russia's foreign minister says the claim is "nonsense".

Belgium

Women in Politics: How does Europe measure up?

Statisticians have tallied the number women working in parliaments around the world and ranked countries from highest to lowest. So how did Europe do?

Austria

Facebook 'bans' video of politician saying migrants make Vienna filthy

A senior politician in Hungary has hit out at Facebook after his video criticising immigrants in Vienna was 'banned' on the social network.

United Kingdom

Thousands in Britain left without water after pipes burst in big freez

Around 12,000 homes have been left with no running water after the weekend’s sudden freeze and thaw caused pipes to burst, a major water company has said.

Belgium

Young Europeans to get free Interrail pass this summer

Brussels has agreed to set aside €12 million for the scheme, which will be trialled this summer.

Switzerland

Flying car to feature at Swiss motor show

A three-wheeled, two-seat sports car-cum-flying machine will make its world debut for the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday (March 6).

World News

Geneva Airport resumes partial operations after snow forced closure

Switzerland's Geneva Airport asked passengers not to turn up "until further notice" on Thursday morning amid severe weather in the region, but have since allowed departure flights to continue.

Norway

Norway to ban semi-automatic weapons from 2021

Once implemented, the ban would mark 10 years since Norwegian national Anders Breivik shot and killed over 60 people, mostly teenagers, with semi-automatic firearms.

World News

Which European country offers the best work-life balance?

Where are you more likely to work 50-hour weeks, and in which countries will you have more time to relax and have fun? New rankings reveal which European countries are best — and worst — for work and play.

Turkey

Turkish president slammed for 'martyrdom' comment to girl, 6

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was comforting a crying child at a political rally when he made the bizarre comments in front of television cameras.

South Korea

South Korea prosecutors demand 30 years in jail for ex president

Former president Park Geun-hye, who governed South Korea from 2013 until last year, faces charges of bribery and abuse of power.

Spain

The new Samsung Galaxy S9: a round-up of the reviews

Experts say the latest addition to Samsung’s flagship smartphone is strikingly-similar to the S8, but it does offer some design improvements and new features to rival Apple’s iPhone X.

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