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Brazil

How much does it cost to host an Olympic Games?

Brazil has not had the easiest of run-in as the opening ceremony approaches for the XXXI Olympiad.

Indonesia

State executions: a fate worse than death

Brazil

Six of the best Olympic moments

Euronews goes back in time to look at some of the greatest sporting moments in the history of the Olympic Games.

World News

Turkey keeps up pressure of those it says were behind coup attempt

One week after Turkey’s brief but abortive coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made a visit to the HQ of the police special forces, in Ankara.

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Malaysia

Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to be suspended

After searching for more than two years the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is likely to be suspended if the plane is not found in the current search area, say the transport ministers of Malay

USA

Delegates enthused by Donald Trump's speech but not everyone is happy

It was party time at the Republican National Convention.

Cinema

Spielberg takes us on a magical mystery tour with The BFG

The BFG – based on the 1982 book of the same name by Roald Dahl, – about a young orphan (Ruby Barnhill) taken away by a friendly, big-eared giant (Mark Rylance), marks a return for Steven Spielberg to

France

Family of four seriously injured in French Alps knife attack

A man has stabbed and wounded a woman and her three daughters in the French Alps for being scantily dressed, according to local media reports.

Sport

Tour de France: Mark Cavendish closes in on Eddy Merckx's record

Mark Cavendish collected his fourth stage win at the 2016 Tour of France.

France

Nice attack: what we know about the man behind the lorry massacre

Attacker was 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel from Tunisia described as good-looking but a distressed and unstable man who was, at times, aggressive.

France

Snapshot emerges of the Nice truck attack victims

A picture of some of those who fell during the Nice attacks on Bastille Day is beginning to emerge.

Cult

Blink-182's homage to California rocks to the top of the charts

American pop punk-trio Blink-182 stormed to the No1 spot in the UK and US album charts with their comeback album California.

France

Garbiñe Muguruza beats Serena Williams to win the French Open

Garbiñe Muguruza claimed her first grand slam title with a convincing win over Serena Williams at the French Open in Paris.

Culture news

Sydney Opera House a cascade of colour for VIVID Light Festival

A light show on the sails of the Sydney Opera House opened the VIVID Festival, a festival which celebrated light, music and new ideas.

Sci-Tech

George brothers say portable wind turbine can be a game changer

Brothers Arun and Anoop George from Kerala, south west India, are hoping to revolutionise the renewable energy market with a small wind turbine that costs around $750 USD (670…

Cinema

Warcraft's world of knights and orcs leaps to the silver screen

The “Warcraft” video game series comes to life on the silver screen, complete with its knights and orcs.

Culture news

Couture in Orbit: from spacewalk to catwalk

Fashion inspired by space was the subject of an event to mark the European Space Agency’s five missions to the International Space Station over the past five…

Brazil

Video - Brazil’s uncontacted Kawahiva tribe on the edge of extinction

Despite winning a campaign to get Brazil to declare a protected area for the Kawahiva tribe – one of the last uncontacted indigenous peoples in the Amazon Forest – campaigners say there is no time to

World News

Greece begins evacuation of Idomeni refugee camp

Greek authorities on Tuesday began a dawn operation to gradually evacuate the country’s largest informal refugee camp at Idomeni on the Macedonian…

United Kingdom

Superbugs could kill ‘10 million people a year by 2050’

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