Corporate Dispatch End of Day News Roundup

 

 

 

 

General election in Denmark

Denmark’s nationalists had their worst drubbing in Wednesday’s election, leading to a new political landscape with a left-leaning government led by the country’s youngest prime minister. Read More Here


 

Damage in the Netherlands after storm

The Netherlands suffered a second night of severe storms that brought down trees and disrupted traffic as strong winds and heavy rain battered most of the country. Read More Here


 

Smartphone Apps

Facebook users in Europe are reporting problems with Facebook including difficulty accessing the page and finding it impossible to update their status. Read More Here


 

Russian President Vladimir Putin received by Pope Francis

Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin in an audience in the Vatican on July 4. Read More Here


 

Portugal vs Switzerland

Rafael Buschmann, a journalist for Der Spiegel, says the state case against Christiano Ronaldo has only been dropped so it can be refiled in federal court. Read More Here


 

Former male nurse Hoegel trial ends in Oldenburg

Niels Högel, a former nurse, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 85 more people while on duty in German hospitals. READ MORE HERE


 

AstraZeneca announces further job cuts amid falling profits

AstraZeneca Plc announced its blood cancer drug met the primary endpoint of a final stage trial, the second success for the treatment in a month. READ MORE HERE


 

75th anniversary of the Allied landings on D-Day

British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron have joined D-Day veterans in northern France for a second day of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. READ MORE HERE


 

The #KuToo movement seeks to raise awareness of discomfort associated with socially accepted women's business footwear

Japan’s health minister, Takumi Nemoto, claimed that workplaces that require women to wear high heel shoes are “necessary and appropriate”. READ MORE HERE


 

Fighting in Tripoli, Lebanon

An annual report by Freedom House said press freedom saw notable declines in Europe. READ MORE HERE


 

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Journalism is not about positive, upbeat news. It is not about seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses. Rather, it’s about reporting solutions to start a debate on what can be done said U.N. Under Secretary-General and Director General of the UN Office at Geneva Michael Møller  in the inaugural speech of the 68th World Congress of the International Press Institute (IPI). READ MORE HERE


 

Cardinal George Pell arrives at the Supreme Court of Victoria for appeal

George Pell was handed down a six-year prison sentence for allegedly abusing two altar boys in the sacristy of Melbourne Cathedral in 1996. READ MORE HERE


 

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Cristiano Ronaldo sensational hat-trick took hosts Portugal through to Sunday’s UEFA Nations League final. READ MORE HERE


 

US restricts cultural visits, private boat trips to Cuba

President Donald Trump’s administration is restricting travel to Cuba, the US State Department said. READ MORE HERE


 

Maria Zakharova

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that the Normandy landings on D-Day in 1944 did not play a decisive role in ending World War Two and that the Allied war effort should not be exaggerated. READ MORE HERE


 

EPP Group meeting - Election of the Group Vice-Chairs

German MEP Manfred Weber has been reelected as leader of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) bloc in the European Parliament.READ MORE HERE


 

Smartphone Apps

YouTube announced that it will begin banning videos promoting Nazi ideology, as well as denying “well-documented violent events” such as the Holocaust. READ MORE HERE


 

Pope Francis' general audience  in St. Peter's Square

Pope Francis officially approved a big changes to the most famous prayer in Christianity and the ‘Gloria’. READ MORE HERE


 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Frankfurt

Fiat Chrysler has withdrawn its merger proposal for French carmaker Renault, the Italian-American firm has said in a statement. READ MORE HERE

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