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Sun, 30 May 2021 07:57:20 +0200
Brazil: Tens of thousands protest Bolsonaro's response to COVID-19
Protesters are calling for the president to be impeached. Brazil has the world's second-highest death toll with more than 461,000 lives lost since the beginning of the pandemic.

Sat, 29 May 2021 23:11:17 +0200
Chelsea beats Manchester City 1-0, winning the Champions League for the second time
A first-half goal by Kai Havertz secured a win for Chelsea at the Dragao Stadium in Portugal on Saturday.

Sat, 29 May 2021 22:35:28 +0200
Hundreds attend funeral of ballerina and cultural icon Carla Fracci
The funeral of Italian ballerina and cultural icon Carla Fracci has taken place with hundreds applauding the hearse as it arrived.

Sat, 29 May 2021 22:28:25 +0200
In pictures: Thousands protest in Brussels against COVID restrictions
Thousands descended on a park in the Belgian capital for a 'party' designed to flout COVID-19 rules, later marching on the European Union headquarters.

Sat, 29 May 2021 21:40:37 +0200
Demonstrations held against Belarusian President Lukashenko amid outrage over plane diversion
Demonstrations have been held in several European cities against the government in Belarus after a plane carrying a dissident journalist was grounded in the country last weekend.

Sat, 29 May 2021 20:10:23 +0200
Thousands of concertgoes attend Paris arena to test COVID-19 transmission
Thousands descended on AccorHotels Arena in eastern Paris on Saturday to see 1980s French rock band Indochine and DJ Etienne de Crecy in a public health experiment by the city's hospital authority.

Sat, 29 May 2021 19:47:24 +0200
Antoni Gaudi's iconic church in Barcelona reopens to the public
The Sagrada Familia Basilica is the most visited building in Spain, and the second most visited church in Europe.

Sat, 29 May 2021 18:00:47 +0200
Vietnamese Health Ministry announces discovery of a new hybrid UK-India coronavirus variant
The variant is thought to be behind a recent surge in recorded COVID-19 cases in Vietnam's industrial zones.

Sat, 29 May 2021 17:20:48 +0200
Expelled Russian diplomats leave Czech Republic amid depot blast row
A total of 63 more embassy staff are due to depart from the Czech Republic by Monday after the Czech Republic accused Russia of involvement in an explosion at a munitions depot in 2014.

Sat, 29 May 2021 15:38:05 +0200
U.S. government and aid agencies targeted by cyberattack attributed to Russia by Microsoft
Thousands of addresses were targeted by emails containing malware from a compromised marketing account belonging to the the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Sat, 29 May 2021 14:09:49 +0200
First European female astronaut to command International Space Station
Samantha Cristoforetti was the first Italian woman in space and only the third woman in the world to have spent time on the station.

Sat, 29 May 2021 10:53:52 +0200
Remains of 215 children found at Canadian Indigenous school
The school was one of 139 such institutions set up in the country in the late 19th century in which First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forcibly conscripted.

Sat, 29 May 2021 08:40:37 +0200
Fragile peace holds in Gaza but tensions with Israel remain
On Friday protesters hurled stones at Israeli security forces amid clashes in the village of Baita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry claimed a 26-year-old man was killed and two more injured by live fire.

Sat, 29 May 2021 07:23:55 +0200
Mali coup leader becomes transitional President
President N'Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned on Wednesday after they were released from detention.

Sat, 29 May 2021 07:11:51 +0200
Cable car tragedy in Italy, Belarus activist arrest, this year’s biggest supermoon| In pictures
The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

Fri, 28 May 2021 22:59:35 +0200
Joe Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business
US President Joe Biden unveiled a $6 trillion budget for next year with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class. It would use tax hikes on businesses and high-earning people to power huge new social programs.

Fri, 28 May 2021 22:06:48 +0200
US Senate Republicans block probe of January 6 Capitol riot
Senate Republicans blocked the a bill that would create an independent panel to study the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Fri, 28 May 2021 21:05:09 +0200
Philharmonic fitness: new workout videos feature Stockholm orchestra
If you’re starting to get weary of the electronic dance beat in your fitness centre - a Swedish sports club may just have come up with the perfect solution: working out to classical music.

Fri, 28 May 2021 18:31:27 +0200
Why so little progress on Bosnia's bid to join the European Union?
Bosnia's foreign affairs minister Bisera Turković on why the country is moving so slowly towards EU membership.

Fri, 28 May 2021 17:23:12 +0200
Romania ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's plane sold for 120,000 euros
With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday.

Fri, 28 May 2021 13:46:10 +0200
Man shot dead after policewoman injured in Nantes knife attack
Police have shot dead a man after he stabbed a police officer in Nantes seriously injuring her

Fri, 28 May 2021 13:33:34 +0200
Thousands of EU citizens refused UK entry in three months since Brexit took effect
As many as 3,294 EU citizens were blocked from entering the UK in the first quarter of 2021, according to new data published by the British government.

Fri, 28 May 2021 13:24:52 +0200
COVID vaccine: Who in Europe is leading the race to herd immunity?
The countries ahead on vaccinations, relatively speaking, are those outside the EU, like Serbia and the UK. Hungary is the exception, but Budapest has bought doses from Russia and China to boost its stocks.

Fri, 28 May 2021 11:22:04 +0200
PM Johnson challenges Orban's 'divisive and wrong' views on Muslims in London talks
Orban spoke of “Muslim invaders” and of migrants being “a poison”. Critics point out that Boris Johnson is no stranger to making disparaging comments about Muslims.

Fri, 28 May 2021 10:18:18 +0200
Belarus: Alexander Lukashenko meets Vladimir Putin amid EU showdown
Belarus's authoritarian leader will travel to Sochi to meet the Russian president.

Fri, 28 May 2021 07:24:34 +0200
Syria: Bashar Assad re-elected for fourth term as president following a predictable landslide
Syrian officials say Assad won 95.1% of the votes with turnout at 78.6%; however, there were no independent monitors and the West has already described the election as a sham.

Thu, 27 May 2021 22:26:45 +0200
UN rights chief says Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes
The top UN human rights body on Thursday passed a resolution to intensify scrutiny of Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:59:00 +0200
Dante’s Divine Comedy to be released into space for 700th anniversary
As Italy marks 700 years since the poet's death, his masterpiece will face the final frontier.

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:21:33 +0200
UK health minister on the defensive after Cummings' attack
UK health minister Matt Hancock has been defending himself after a blistering attack from the prime minister's former chief aide Dominic Cummings.

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:05:40 +0200
Proposal to decriminalise abortion in Malta sparks debate
A proposal to decriminalise abortion in Malta has stirred up a debate in the country with the EU's strictest abortion laws.

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:38:28 +0200
Moscow forces cancellation of flights over refusal to avoid Belarus airspace
Air France and Austrian Airlines have both cancelled flights as Moscow digs in its heels to protect its ally in Minsk.

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:32:36 +0200
COVID-19: Indian variant cases double in UK to nearly 7,000 in just a week
The number of cases of the Indian variant in UK rose to 6,959 since last week.

Thu, 27 May 2021 18:49:20 +0200
EU must go further to punish Lukashenko’s brazen act of piracy | View
"If the European Union does not react strongly to such abuses of international law, more incursions and violations of its sovereignty are to be expected."

Thu, 27 May 2021 18:00:36 +0200
Podcast | The hurdles facing migrants who make it to Europe and for those who fail
In some African families, the pressure to be successful is so high that when men choose to return home instead of continuing a life-threatening migration route, they are seen as failures. Khopotso Bodibe continues his conversation with South African ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 17:48:20 +0200
Hundreds of asylum seekers in UK told they could be removed to European countries
New statistics from the UK's Home Office show that more than 1,500 people seeking asylum in the UK have been warned they could be removed to "safe third countries".

Thu, 27 May 2021 15:00:56 +0200
Belarus: Roman Protasevich's parents plea for help to save son and stop Lukashenko's 'evil'
Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was detained after the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to Minsk on Sunday.

Thu, 27 May 2021 12:44:38 +0200
France 'inflicted suffering on Rwanda' with silence over genocide, admits Macron
Macron acknowledged France had been at fault but stopped short of an apology.

Thu, 27 May 2021 09:34:55 +0200
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', which introduces colours and animals to young readers, came out in 1967 and became a perennial bestseller.

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:31:53 +0200
Europa League: Villarreal beats Man United on penalties to claim title
For Villarreal — a team from a city of about 50,000 people — it's the first major trophy in the 98-year history of the club.

Thu, 27 May 2021 06:58:32 +0200
More than 100 missing, feared dead after Nigeria boat sinks
More than 165 passengers were on the boat. Twenty-two have so far been rescued and five bodies recovered, including a baby less than a year old.

Wed, 26 May 2021 22:48:44 +0200
Lukashenko invites Biden and Putin to Belarus to discuss 'problems'
Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has remained defiant amid international outcry over the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight and subsequent detention of journalist Roman Protasevich.

Wed, 26 May 2021 22:08:48 +0200
Biden calls for deeper probe into COVID-19 origins
President Joe Biden has asked US intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to determine the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wed, 26 May 2021 20:32:59 +0200
Dominic Cummings is not the world's most credible witness, says expert
An expert has questioned Dominic Cummings' reliability as a witness after his blistering attack on the UK government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wed, 26 May 2021 20:13:09 +0200
Airbnb listing suspended over spreading vaccine misinformation
The hosts were spreading common anti-vaccination narratives, claiming falsely that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines shed from person to person.

Wed, 26 May 2021 18:59:06 +0200
Manchester United to face Villarreal in Europa League Final
It is expected that Manchester United captain Harry Maguire will have to miss the game.

Wed, 26 May 2021 18:45:38 +0200
"Europe's response should be to talk to Africans" – Felix Tshisekedi
Days after the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, gives Euronews his insight into the continent's finances, the migrant situation, terrorist threats and good gov...

Wed, 26 May 2021 18:27:46 +0200
Eight people killed in a railyard shooting in San Jose, California, say police
San Jose's mayor has confirmed the alleged shooter in the incident has died.

Wed, 26 May 2021 17:15:00 +0200
Amazon is buying MGM, the studio behind James Bond, for €6.9 billion
The move is set to shore up Amazon's streaming services, giving the company access to more than 4,000 films.

Wed, 26 May 2021 16:43:12 +0200
What is a púca? And why has it caused an ideological war in rural Ireland?
A controversial sculpture has divided opinion in Ireland, pitting rural traditionalists against the country's urban liberals.

Wed, 26 May 2021 16:01:19 +0200
Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says downfall felt like being 'hit by a bus'
The former Nissan boss is facing fresh questioning by French magistrates after fleeing to Lebanon after his arrest.



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