World News

Euroviews. Bill Murray: The Parkland kids remind me of those who protested Vietnam

Their most powerful asset in their fight to bring change is their idealism

22 March 2018

USA

Video shows moments before Uber self-driving car hits pedestrian

Footage of the fatal crash in Arizona shows how the Uber vehicle failed to slow down as a 49-year-old woman walked her bike across the street.

22 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. Opioid crisis: Trump's plan to execute dealers is a distraction | View

There is no evidence that expanding the application of the death penalty will prevent a single opioid-related death, says an American surgeon.

20 March 2018

World News

Did Cambridge Analytica help elect Donald Trump?

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie speaks to NBC and journalist Carole Cadwalladr to MSNBC over revelations data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly harvested tens of millions of Facebook users’ personal information without their permission.

19 March 2018

World News

National Geographic acknowledges past racism

A specialist review of National Geographic's old issues determined that the magazine presented racist and stereotypical content to the world.

18 March 2018

USA

USA: Game over for Toys 'R' Us

The demise of the iconic store leaves tens of thousands of US staff facing unemployment

15 March 2018

World News

Another Trump lawyer signed Stormy Daniels gag order documents

Jill Martin, assistant general counsel for the Trump Organization, signed documents aimed at keeping Stormy Daniels quiet.

15 March 2018

World News

Flight attendant didn't realize dog was in overhead bin, United says

A flight attendant who fatally placed a dog in an overhead luggage bin did not hear a passenger's warning that there was an animal in the container, United Airlines said on Wednesday in a second round of apologizing for the incident.

15 March 2018

World News

Navy fighter with crew of two crashes near Key West, Florida

There was no immediate word on the two-person crew aboard the F/A-18F, which was attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.

14 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. Gina Haspel's complicity in torture makes her unfit to lead CIA |View

Trump's appointment of the CIA veteran suggests America has learned nothing from a torture program that was morally and professionally indefensible, writes Karen J. Greenberg.

14 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. Trump's 'blame Russia last' attitude damages America and her allies

From hacking the DNC to chemical attacks in the U.K., the president always seems unsure of what Russia is truly capable

14 March 2018

No Comment

US students launch walkout against gun violence

"Prayers don't fix bullet holes," read one protester's sign.

14 March 2018

No Comment

Fluttering butterflies take over San Diego Zoo

Thousands of butterflies floated and fluttered around an aviary at the San Diego Zoo on Friday March 9th For the opening of the zoo's annual butterfly jungle.

11 March 2018

World News

Euroviews. Populism in the West is thriving. Get ready for a new normal | View

The speed and the disruption of globalization has resulted in a new post-Cold War political context.

11 March 2018

USA

Video: nightclub slammed after horse taken onto dancefloor

Officials say the incident at a Florida nightclub was an “abhorrent and vile act of animal cruelty”.

10 March 2018

USA

Three women killed after siege at US home for war veterans

The gunman, who was said to have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was also found dead, as well as his three female victims.

10 March 2018

USA

USA-North Korea relationship: 'It's complicated'

Perplexed by Trump's plan to visit Kim Jong Un, the man he threatened – just months ago – of "fire and fury like the world has never seen"? Here's some useful historical context.

9 March 2018

World News

International condemnation over Trump trade tariffs

President Trump’s trade tariffs provoke condemnation for some of the US’s main international trading partners.

9 March 2018

South Korea

News of Trump-Kim meeting greeted with hope and caution

"I don't know what's in Trump's head, and I have doubts as to whether he's serious," says one Tokyo resident.

9 March 2018

Chile

Asia-Pacific trade agreement signed

Japan, Canada and nine other countries sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States.

9 March 2018