Stories for 2019

Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:58 UTC
China preparing for a huge muscle showing naval parade: 13 countries are joining

Warships from India, Australia and several other nations arrived in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao on Sunday to attend a naval parade, part of a goodwill visit as China extends the hand of friendship despite regional tensions and suspicions.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC
UN message on International Mother Earth Day

Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:38 UTC
Millionaire comedian elected president in Ukraine, defeats establishment candidate

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected president of Ukraine twice - first as a character in the popular TV show “Servant of the People”, now for real. The 41-year-old performer's bid started out as a long shot but, on the back of popular discontent with the political class, he sent establishment candidates tumbling.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Record violence and killings in Mexico in the first quarter: 8.943 murders

Violence in Mexico hit new heights in the first quarter of 2019, with 8,493 murders recorded from January to March, according to official figures. According to the Executive Secretariat of the Public Security National System, that number represents a 9.6% rise on the same period in 2018.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:31 UTC
Thomas Cook selling its travel business: Chinese investment fund interested

Travel company Thomas Cook has received approaches for parts of its business and the company as a whole, according to reports. The business put its airline up for sale in February and it said last month it would close 21 stores across the country and cut more than 300 jobs.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:25 UTC
Easter Sunday with record temperature in the UK

Three of the UK's nations have recorded their highest ever Easter Sunday temperatures, the Met Office has said. Scotland's peak was 23.4C (74F), in Edinburgh, while that same temperature was also the high point in Wales - coming in Cardiff. Northern Ireland beat a 95-year-old record when the mercury hit 21C at Helen's Bay near Bangor.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:24 UTC
Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 93rd birthday on Easter Sunday

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest and longest reigning living monarch, celebrated her 93rd birthday on Sunday, Apr 21, by attending the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:06 UTC
UK pub numbers dropped from 54.000 to 43.000 in seven years

Nearly 1,000 UK pubs shut last year, although the rate of closures is slowing, new research claims. About 76 pubs a month “vanished” from the communities they served in 2018, as people spent less on going out and pubs faced cost pressures, said property firm Altus Group.
Sunday, April 21st 2019 - 11:45 UTC
A Tiananmen Square publicity video triggers the fury of the Beijing government

Germany's Leica Camera AG drew criticism on Chinese social media over a video depicting a news photographer covering the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square three decades ago. The five-minute dramatization, released this week, touches on a highly sensitive topic in China.
Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 11:40 UTC
Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in central London

Film star Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in a central London shopping district on Friday to read poetry praising Earth's bounties, part of five days of protests which clogged the British capital with transport snarl-ups.