International

Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:44 UTC
MSC Opera crashes into a wharf in Venice; heated row over the lagoon city and its fragile ecosystem

A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice on Sunday crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure. Tourists on the harbor could be seen running away as the 13-deck MSC Opera scraped along the dockside, its engine blaring, before knocking into a tourist boat, amateur video footage posted on Twitter showed.
Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:33 UTC
German coalition continues, despite electoral results, says Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her coalition government will continue despite the surprise resignation of the leader of its junior partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Beijing justifies Tiananmen square repression 30 years ago as the “correct” policy

China on Sunday defended its policy during the Tiananmen protests in a rare public acknowledgement of the event, days before its 30th anniversary, saying it was the “correct” policy.
Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 04:03 UTC
Thousands line up streets of Liverpool to celebrate the “Six Red”

Liverpool's celebrations shifted to their home city on Sunday as tens of thousands of fans greeted the team who beat Tottenham to win the Champions League final in Madrid the night before.
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 22:25 UTC
Gibraltar celebrates 50 years of the 1969 Constitution

Today marks 50 years from the day Gibraltar’s 1969 Constitution was commenced on 30 May 1969. The Constitution had come about following a Constitutional Conference in 1968 between the United Kingdom Government, Gibraltar’s Elected Members and the Integration with Britain Party.
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Trumpism did not sweep across Europe as it did in the US

 The best way to describe what just happened in the European Union elections is to say that the choices are getting clearer ― and a lot of people are realizing which side they are on. The elections to the EU Parliament held last week in 28 European countries ― including the United Kingdom, since three years after the Brexit referendum, it still hasn't managed to leave ― was the second-biggest democratic exercise in the world.
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:52 UTC
The centennial anniversary of the Sobral Eclipse, a feat of Brazilian and British astronomers

May 29th marked the one hundred year anniversary of the Sobral Eclipse. Six minutes of darkness a century ago put Brazil and the UK at the heart of what was possibly one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century.
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:39 UTC
World No Tobacco Day: the damage tobacco causes to lung health

On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization is highlighting the damage tobacco causes to lung health: over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are from lung diseases like cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. WHO is calling on countries and partners to increase action to protect people from exposure to tobacco.
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Merkel at Harvard deplores attacks on climate change, free trade, condemns walls and lies

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged the world to do “everything humanly possible” to combat climate change and pledged to do her part. “Climate change poses a threat to our planet's natural resources,” Merkel said in her commencement address delivered at Harvard University in the United States. “It and the resulting crises are caused by humans.”
Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Tories and Labour face Brexit debacle: Libs and Farage, become the leading parties shows YouGov poll

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party is facing its worst ever general election result if a vote were held now, according to a new opinion poll, as voters frustrated with the deadlock over Brexit will punish the main political parties.