JD Vance casts doubt on firing squad execution and says he won’t watch it
US Vice President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon’s plans to livestream a firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: «I don’t know that…
FlyDubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport, inspired by 9/11, prosecutor says
An Omani FlyDubai co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general said on…
US unveils sanctions on ICC in move court condems as ‘assault on rule of law’
The US has already sanctioned 17 of the ICC’s judges and officials, but this move sanctions the court itself as an institution, and is intended to collapse its ability to operate financially. The US has though provided a six month grace period…
EU’s Covid recovery fund was ‘absolutely a success’: European Court of Auditors’ Pierre Moscovici – Talking Europe
2020 was an annus horribilis. Covid stalked the land. Lockdowns, curfews and social distancing were the order of the day. But there was a silver lining: European countries showed themselves to be capable of great solidarity, jointly procuring vaccines…
Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru’s local elections, exit polls show. The candidate for the centre-left Ahora Nación party was elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in the Peruvian Andes. Some…
Le Pen’s top ally Bardella faces fresh claims he sought to cover up past anti-Semitic comments
National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella deleted data from a former activist Facebook account as soon as allegations that he made anti-Semitic writings in his youth – which he denies – came to light, according to Le Canard enchaîné, a satirical and…
Ethiopia warns Eritrea it will defend itself after troops enter Tigray
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of an «all-out invasion» of its northern Tigray region and warned it will defend itself, days after residents told the BBC Eritrean troops had crossed into the country. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ethiopia’s…
Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California. During the mission, Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside…
Saudi Arabia says three nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport.
Three Saudi Arabian nationals have been killed in two attacks on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, the country’s civil aviation authority has said, after Yemen’s Houthis said they had targeted the facility. The attacks also…
France’s seafood problem starts elsewhere
On March 6, 2024, Pascal Goumain, the president of Saumon de France, was presenting his company’s salmon pens in Cherbourg as part of France’s food future. In an interview, Goumain described plans to adapt the farm to climate change and pointed to…