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Robert Hackwill

Business Planet

Waste not, want not: boosting business with leftover food

Unleashing the power of the collaborative economy to fight food waste, while creating new business opportunities at the same time.

Culture news

Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows

The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as

Culture news

Walt Disney Family Museum showcases Pinocchio

Pinocchio is one of our best-loved fairy tales, and now Walt Disney is ensuring its incarnation of the wooden hero gets a never-before-seen

Musica

Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra triumphs on tour

With young Lionel Bringuier at the helm, and starring Lisa Batiashvili and Gautier Capuçon, the Zurich Tonhalle has been wowing the audience in Vienna

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Focus

The UN's Alliance of Civilisations calls for hate speech crackdown

Two thousand five hundred heads of state and government officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives from 120 countries have

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Improving our understanding of our seas

We understand some parts of our own oceans less than we know outer space, but as they are so critical to our survival we need to know more, fast.

Nigeria

Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of mass murder

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a report accusing the Nigerian army of the massacre of 350 people in the north of the

World News

ESA's satellite launch postponed

Europe is set to have a new eye in sky and it is all about making life safer for all of us, says the European Space Agency. The Sentinel 1-B is

Belgium

New support for Maelbeek victims as station readies to re-open

One month to the day after the Brussels attacks and members of parliament’s investigation commission paid a symbolic visit to the Maelbeek metro

United Kingdom

Obama's Brexit comments draw strong rebuttal from London Mayor Boris Johnson

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called comments by President Barack Obama on Britain's Brexit referendum "Incoherent, inconsistent and hypocritical".

USA

Music world in shock as Prince dies suddenly aged 57

The music world has been stunned by the shock news of Prince’s sudden death aged 57 at his home recording studio. His early work struggled to

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace talks in

United Kingdom

Prime ministerial trio praises Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen has gone through 12 prime ministers in all, Winston Churchill was her first, and has outlived all but four of them. Those that do are all

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 at Windsor

Britons, members of the Commonwealth, and well-wishers worldwide are celebrating the 90th birthday of her Majesty the Queen. The nation’s

USA

VW avoids Federal US trial by paying diesel customers 5000 dollars

Volkswagen has reached a deal with the US authorities just hours before the expiry of a deadline to settle in its case of cheating its diesel

Italy

More evidence points to 500 deaths off Libyan coast

More light has been thrown on a still-unconfirmed migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, but survivors picked up by a merchant ship just landed in

Republic of Ecuador

Second strong earthquake hits Ecuador halting rescue work

Ecuador's coast was hit by another strong earthquake on Wednesday. a 6.2 tremor near the epicentre of Saturday's 7.8 quake.

Hungary

Hungary's teachers strike and give Orban 'fail' grade

Hungary’s teachers are staging a one-day strike in process at the government’s centralising of the system. Many complain the centralising refoms have

USA

Broken vote accusations dog Clinton's New York victory

Hillary Clinton may have won big in New York, but there could be a negative fallout for the Democratic frontrunner if accusations of large-scale

Egypt

Egyptian police officer shoots man dead over a cup of tea

A police officer has been arrested in Egypt allegedly for shooting one man dead and injuring two others reportedly after an argument over a cup of

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