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France

Brazil beat Italy to set up last-16 match against France or Germany

Brazil will face France or Germany after qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Women's World Cup with victory over Italy.

World News

Fertility rate drop will see EU population shrink 13% by year 2100

Europe's growth is predicted to peak as early as 2021 however. The increasing median age, coupled with lower fertility rates of EU citizens means that the the population is in fact set to decrease by 67.76 million before 2100.

World News

Campaigners collect a million signatures in bid to end battery farming

“This is a huge victory. It is the largest win for farm animal welfare, ever. Not only that, it is the largest coalition that has been brought about in the name of farm animal welfare. We are phenomenally proud of this collaborative effort."

Russia

Russian firm offers bonus to women if they wear skirts to work

"It's a great way to unite our team, which is 70% male," said a spokeswoman of the firm.

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World News

The price of tobacco is linked to proportion of smokers, finds study.

The report looked at the price of a 20 pack of Marlboro cigarettes in every European country and crossreferenced these figures with the percentage of people who smoke in that country.

United Kingdom

Evidence of prehistoric settlement discovered in North Sea

Archaeologists from Bradford University in the U.K. discovered traces of a lost settlement in the North Sea.

World News

'Dangerously high levels of antibiotics found in world's major rivers'

Overexposure to antibiotics through river pollution can lead to antibiotic resistance in humans - a potentially deadly outcome.

United Kingdom

Astronomers say they've found a new Neptune-like planet

"This planet is very, very close to its star. In fact, it orbits its star every 1.3 days. So, a year on this planet is only 1.3 days, " said Daniel Bayliss, from the University of Warwick, who worked on the study.

Serbia

Serb ultranationalists protest over Kosovo Albanian culture festival

It comes just a day after Serbia put its troops on high alert following the arrest of 19 people in an anti-crime operation in restive northern Kosovo, in an area primarily populated by ethnic Serbs.

World News

Free beer and eternal life? Comedy candidates in the European Election

With the political situation in Europe growing ever more serious, some parties have managed to inject some humour into the proceedings.

Malaysia

Malaysia to send European and US plastic waste back

Some 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste has been dumped in Malaysia under the pretext of recycling

France

Over 600 guests attend a costume party at the Palace of Versailles

The theme of the event was "Marie-Antoinette and fashion".

United Kingdom

UK PM candidate offers free passport to EU citizens in Brexit UK

UK PM candidate Michael Gove pledges to waive naturalisation fees for EU citizens in post-Brexit UK

United Kingdom

UK Housing Minister to run for Prime Minister reports the Sun

"I believe I’m the new face, with fresh new ideas, from a new and talented generation” he told the Sun

World News

Large power block in waiting but can the far-right unite?

With Eurosceptics holding 23% of the new assembly, talks of new groupings are underway.

United Kingdom

UKIP obliterated by Brexit Party in European Elections

The UKIP have lost all of their seats in the European Parliament, rendering the future of the party dubious.

World News

European Elections 2019: Winners, losers and the shrinking centre

With a voter turnout of a record high of nearly 51%, the European Elections have shown the divergence of political alliances in Europe.

Poland

'There shouldn't be any gays or deviations': Polish towns go LGBT free

The PiS party have also targeted WHO based sexual education guidelines.

Libya

Libya managing migrants is 'like a sick doctor treating patients'

Putting unstable Libya in charge of managing Europe-seeking migrants is like "a sick doctor being asked to treat patients".

Italy

Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen

The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port.

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