Person fined for using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear
A person has been fined for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a local official said. The incident happened earlier this month after someone sounded the alarm from onboard a vessel, which was sailing in…
Russian strike on Ukraine passenger train kills 2
A Russian drone attack on a train carrying hundreds of passengers in southern Ukraine killed two people on Thursday. Our correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze tells us more. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
Zambians voting as president bids for second term
Civil society monitors have reported mostly orderly voting alongside some incidents of delays and procedural issues. International observers are present. Mwiche Nalupumbwe, 26, was among hundreds who braved the morning chill to queue at polling stations…
Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands
🇷🇺 🇯🇵 Russian President Putin has made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, travelling to Iturup, one of four islands claimed by both Russia and Japan. Tokyo strongly protested the visit, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.” Fuente: Leer la…
Tennessee town loyal to Trump but divided over Iran
Kingsport, Tennessee, is a manufacturing town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Home to generations of industrial workers, it is home to an ammunitions plant that manufactures explosives that the US military relies on. It has long been a…
PSG down Aston Villa to retain UEFA Super Cup
Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain rubber-stamped their status as Europe’s top team as they beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
Three men will be executed the same day as US sees steep rise in death penalty
Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, who has maintained his innocence for four years and is bedridden, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday under the same protocol that failed twelve weeks ago with Carruthers. In Alabama, Jeremy Williams, convicted…
Eclipse: Europe falls into darkness as millions watch
Millions across Europe looked to the skies on Wednesday as the Moon passed in front of the Sun in a rare solar eclipse. The eclipse was total in parts of Iceland and northern Spain, while much of Europe, including France and the UK, saw a spectacular…
Eurovision Song Contest 2027 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria
Earlier this week, organisers of the song contest updated their rules to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year. The amendment was approved by the contest’s…
Solar eclipse 2026: One in eight people worldwide see partial eclipse
The first total solar eclipse visible in Europe in almost 30 years swept across the continent on Wednesday evening.Millions of tourists flocked to Spain, where the eclipse’s «path of totality» meant the Moon completely blocked out the Sun.But around one…