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Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:28:10 +0100
Humanitarian aid workers who fathered children abroad tracked down using DNA
Foreign aid workers who fathered children abroad are being revealed by using publicly available DNA databases. Test cases in the Philippines found men from Australia, Canada, the US and Britain had fathered children in the country while doing foreign...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:04:58 +0100
Trump and Biden campaign in Georgia ahead of high stakes Senate elections
The US president and president-elect campaigned in Georgia before two Senate runoff elections that will determine what party leads the chamber.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:13:11 +0100
Tanya Roberts: Former Bond girl is still alive despite partner and agent saying otherwise
Tanya Roberts, a former Bond girl and Charlie's Angel, is currently in hospital after collapsing in her home on Christmas Eve.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 07:30:27 +0100
Coronavirus: What is viral load and does it affect how sick COVID-19 patients get?
Is it as cut and dry as the more viral particles a person is exposed to when they are infected with COVID-19, the worse they will feel? Euronews breaks it down.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 07:23:00 +0100
Donald Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency
Electoral voters won by President-elect Joe Biden are "not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally in Georgia.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 06:54:08 +0100
South Korean tanker was boarded by armed Iran Guard forces
The latest maritime seizure by Iran came ahead of negotiations over Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks and amid increased tensions with the West over its nuclear program.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:40:59 +0100
Donald Trump could face criminal investigation over demand for Georgia official to "find" votes
A leaked telephone conversation has led to allegations that the U.S. president violated electoral law.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:35:33 +0100
Saudi Arabia will open land, air borders with Qatar after three year blockade
It is the first step towards ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional allies since 2017.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:19:46 +0100
Pavel Sheremet: Ukrainian police find new evidence in 2016 murder of journalist
Pavel Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kyiv in July 2016. His murder has never been solved.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:12:57 +0100
What is Wikileaks? What did Julian Assange do? Why do the US want to extradite him?
A court in London has decided Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States after a long-running saga. Here's the back story.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:19:40 +0100
Heartwarming harmony as Balkan tensions set aside in Croatia’s hour of need after deadly earthquake
Tensions persist between Croatia and Serbia after the devastating wars in the 1990s. But they have been put aside as the region unifies to help Zagreb after Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:54:32 +0100
Anger after Swedish official breaks his own agency's COVID guidelines by flying to Canary Islands
Is Dan Eliasson Sweden's answer to Dominic Cummings?

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:38:36 +0100
Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown for England
All primary and secondary schools have been ordered to close and people told to stay at home.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:12:01 +0100
Is the blocking of Julian Assange's extradition to the US a victory for free speech?
Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the British newspaper, The Guardian, says the US case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange should be a concern to all journalists.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:34:51 +0100
French government heavily criticised over slow COVID-19 vaccination rollout
France has vaccinated just 516 people compared to thousands in other EU countries.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:27:39 +0100
2020 is over, thankfully. What does 2021 have in store?
Joe Biden is in, Angela Merkel is out, and the first lunar eclipse since 2019 will take place. What else is in the diary for 2021?

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:13:26 +0100
Scotland coronavirus lockdown: Nicola Sturgeon announces new nationwide confinement from midnight
The lockdown is the first of 2021 for Scotland as it and the wider UK struggles to control the new variant of COVID-19.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:51:33 +0100
Coronavirus: COVID-19 infections and deaths - latest data
The latest data on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:56:25 +0100
Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20% in biggest breach of nuclear pact yet
It comes amid escalating tensions with the US and marks the Middle Eastern country's largest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with several other countries.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:59:08 +0100
Julian Assange: Lawyers to ask judge for WikiLeaks founder's release from prison
A British judge ruled on Monday that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US due to concerns for his mental health - and now his lawyers are seeking for his release.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 08:35:11 +0100
Nora Anne Quoirin: Malaysia coroner rules French-Irish teen likely died from solo misadventure
The 15-year-old's parents insist their daughter could not have been alone because of her mental and physical disabilities. They maintain she was kidnapped from the cottage.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 08:07:15 +0100
Nancy Pelosi reelected Speaker of the House as Congress opens new session
The Democrats have a slim majority in the US Congress after a surprisingly strong Republican performance in the November election.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 07:02:23 +0100
At least 100 dead after extremist attacks on two villages in Niger
Islamic extremists staged attacks on two villages in Niger near its border with Mali, killing at least 100 people, Niger’s prime minister said.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:18:10 +0100
Brian Urquhart, early leader of United Nations, dies at 101
British diplomat Brian Urquhart, an early leader of the United Nations who played a central role in developing the UN practice of peacekeeping, has died.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 22:15:37 +0100
US election: Donald Trump recorded begging Georgia official to overturn Biden victory
The conversation caught on tape on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:20:15 +0100
Paris protest in support of family of Cédric Chouviat who died after police arrest
One year after the death of Frenchman Cédric Chouviat resulted from his arrest by police his family join a rally calling for justice.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:53:09 +0100
Tibetans in northern India go to the polls to elect government-in-exile
The election took place in India's northern city of Dharamsala, which is home to Tibet's government-in-exile.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:21:40 +0100
Two French soldiers killed in bomb attack in Mali
Their deaths on Saturday bring to five the number of French soldiers killed in operations in the West African country over the past week.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:19:33 +0100
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 expected to enter the red planet's orbit next month
China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 11:39:51 +0100
Coronavirus: Which European country is fastest at rolling out the vaccine?
Israel and the UK are the countries that have administered the most vaccine doses to date while France and the Netherlands are among the slowest countries.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 07:55:38 +0100
Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack in Niger
The attack in the border region of Tillabéri on Saturday left at least 50 dead.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 07:08:52 +0100
Soleimani anniversary: Tensions high a year after US killing of Iran military leader
There are fears of a renewed US-Iran clash a year after the US drone killing of the Revolutionary Guard chief, in the dying days of Donald Trump's presidency.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 23:04:15 +0100
US election: Pro-Trump Republican senators launch final bid to try to overturn Biden victory
The outgoing president's baseless fraud claims and refusal to accept his election defeat has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the party apart.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 21:43:22 +0100
Norway landslide: Seven bodies recovered as hunt for survivors is briefly paused
Three people are still missing after the December 28 disaster but hopes of finding them alive are now waning.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:14:25 +0100
Ukraine video game 'The Point of No Return' highlights soldiers' post-war trauma
A Ukrainian video game depicts the daily routine of a soldier in the country's separatist-controlled east, where Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces have been fighting for years.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:04:36 +0100
Coronavirus: Demands for school closures in England as UK cases hit new record
A leading teachers union is calling for all primary and secondary schools to remain closed in England for two weeks because of rising coronavirus cases.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 16:40:43 +0100
Plane crash fatalities rose in 2020 despite fewer flights tue to COVID-19 pandemic
Five fatal passenger plane accidents resulted in the deaths of 299 people in 2020. The year before, 257 people lost their lives in eight fatal crashes.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 08:30:24 +0100
US Congress hands Trump 'resounding rebuke' as it overrides his defense bill veto
It is the first time since Donald Trump became president that the Republican-controlled Senate dismissed his veto.

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 07:22:22 +0100
Iran tells UN inspectors it plans to enrich uranium to 20%
This would push the country's programme a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic deal.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:37:16 +0100
COVID vaccines: Hesitancy, conspiracy theories and misinformation
In this special edition of The Cube we dive into the difference between legitimate vaccine hesitancy and the anti-vaccine movement.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:21:52 +0100
Period poverty: UK becomes latest country to abolish taxes on women's sanitary products
The move comes after Scotland became the first country in the world to offer women free sanitary products. Other countries have followed suit and removed taxes.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:44:35 +0100
UK posts fourth successive day of COVID-19 cases above 50,000
The figures came as the UK changed its vaccinate rollout strategy to ensure more people receive a first dose earlier.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:25:39 +0100
'An act of cultural vandalism': Erasmus alumni weigh in on UK leaving education programme
The UK's Brexit transition period for leaving the EU has ended and with it the country's membership of the decades-old Erasmus programme. Here's what alumni of the scheme have to say about the UK leaving it.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:47:34 +0100
Portugal takes on EU's rotating presidency from Germany
Portugal has several thorny issues to contend with after Germany secured big wins at the end of its presidency.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:00:35 +0100
Bosnia migrants: EU leaders blast local response after army sets up tents at fire-hit camp
The Bosnian army was sent to erect tents as shelter for hundreds of migrants at the burnt-out Lipa camp after protests.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:28:15 +0100
Future of UK finance: City of London faces uncertainty under EU-UK trade deal
Future of UK finance: City of London faces uncertainty under EU-UK trade deal

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:49:51 +0100
Ireland to bypass post-Brexit Britain with more direct sea routes to Europe
More ships are to run directly to Cherbourg, in France, and the Spanish city of Bilbao in the early months of 2021

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:45:17 +0100
Trump's Blackwater pardons could fuel retaliation on anniversary of Soleimani's assassination ǀ View
As has been the case in the past, Donald Trump doesn’t see the links between his impulsive, corruption-driven decisions, like the Blackwater pardons, and threats to US national security.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:33:21 +0100
Romans jump into Tiber river in New Year's Day tradition
Divers jumped off the Cavour Bridge into Rome’s Tiber river on New Year’s Day, keeping up the annual tradition that has been going on for decades.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:11:37 +0100
English boy raises money for charity by camping out in his garden
Since March, an 11-year-old boy in England has been sleeping out in his garden for a charitable cause, raising over €100,000 for a local hospice.



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