Lauren Chadwick

Greece

Earthquake hits near the Greek capital, Athens

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit in a suburb 23 kilometres northwest of Athens on Friday, the non-profit European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

19/07/2019

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Why has WHO declared Ebola emergency a year after outbreak started?

The World Health Organisation declared Ebola a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday.

19/07/2019

World News

Ryanair plans short term cuts after 737 Max grounding

Ryanair will review underperforming routes with airports to plan cuts for underperforming routes after the 737 MAX remains grounded.

16/07/2019

USA

Watch: Apollo 11 astronaut speaks on 50th anniversary of launch

Astronaut Michael Collins returned to the Apollo 11 launch pad on the 50th anniversary of the mission to land on the moon.

16/07/2019

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion stages 5-day climate protest in 5 British cities

An environmental group brought boats to disrupt traffic in five British cities.

15/07/2019

World News

Syphilis cases soaring in UK and Europe, newly-published data shows

A report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showed that syphilis rates were up 70% since 2010.

12/07/2019

Netherlands

Getting from A to bee: Utrecht installs green bus stops

The municipality of Utrecht installed 316 green-friendly bus stops complete with a green roof, bamboo seat, and LED lighting.

12/07/2019

Spain

FC Barcelona sign French star Antoine Griezmann for €120 million

Spanish giants FC Barcelona say they have paid €120 million to secure the signing of French striker Antoine Griezmann.

12/07/2019

France

Arrests as Algeria football fans toast team's Africa Cup progress

Arrests marred celebrations in Paris after Algeria's footballers defeated the Ivory Coast on penalties to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

12/07/2019

World News

Could London be as hot as Barcelona by 2050?

Scientists have analysed pairs of 520 major cities around the world and tested to see what their climate in 2050 would look like.

11/07/2019

Greece

Partial skull found in Greece is Europe’s oldest human fossil

Researchers have dated a skull found in the 1970s to be the oldest modern human outside of Africa.

11/07/2019

France

Quadriplegic Frenchman Vincent Lambert has died

Vincent Lambert, a quadriplegic Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years, has died.

11/07/2019

World News

EU population increases despite more deaths being recorded than births

The EU population increased by 1.1 million between January 2018 and January 2019.

11/07/2019

Australia

Drug-resistant superbugs found in Australian seagulls — study

One-fifth of the seagulls analysed in the study carried drug-resistant bacteria.

10/07/2019

USA

Sunlight-fuelled spacecraft 'Lightsail 2' delays sail deployment

The crowd-funded spacecraft could deploy its sail as early as July 21 after delaying it to check a system that helps the spacecraft orient itself.

09/07/2019

Romania

Romania has made 'very little progress' to prevent corruption - report

Romania has made little progress to prevent corruption in its government, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body said in two critical reports released on Tuesday.

09/07/2019

United Kingdom

British Airways faces fine of more than €200 million over data breach

After roughly 500,000 users' data was compromised in 2018, British Airways faces a fine of £183.39 million (€204.6) by the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

08/07/2019

Ukraine

New structure built to contain famous Chernobyl reactor almost ready

After Reactor No 4 exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, the surrounding area became extremely contaminated. It has taken nine years to complete a structure to contain the radioactive material.

04/07/2019

World News

Who is the new European Parliament president David-Maria Sassoli?

Italian socialist David-Maria Sassoli was elected president of the European Parliament on Wednesday by 345 votes.

03/07/2019

USA

Sanctions will 'bring Iran to the table': US national security adviser

The US national security adviser John Bolton spoke in Jerusalem about new sanctions against Iran and other Middle East political issues.

25/06/2019