Peru’s president impeached four months into term
José Jerí is the third consecutive president to be ousted and the country’s seventh since 2016.
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Man runs towards Capitol with gun – police arrest him
Police have arrested a man who ran towards the US Parliament with a gun. 02/18/2026, 03:4902/18/2026, 03:49 The 18-year-old parked a car near Congress on Tuesday and then walked several hundred meters toward the building, said Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan. The US Capitol in Washington, DCImage: keystone Police officers then intervened and ordered the […]
Continue ReadingUS Vice President Vance: Europe is “sabotaging” itself
In the debate about estrangement between the United States and Europe, US Vice President JD Vance emphasized that, in his view, the states across the Atlantic were doing themselves a lot of harm. 02/18/2026, 03:4602/18/2026, 03:46 «It’s not that we don’t respect our allies. “It’s more that they often sabotage themselves,” he said in an […]
Continue ReadingJewel theft and fraud of millions by employees
The queue of visitors in front of the Louvre may have been so long because a fraud ring was systematically selling counterfeit tickets. An investigation is now underway.Image: keystone Police have arrested museum employees on suspicion of fraud. In addition, Mona Lisa only barely survived another water damage. What’s going on in Louvre? 02/18/2026, 03:3202/18/2026, […]
Continue ReadingRescuers search for 10 missing skiers after California avalanche
Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours.
Continue ReadingUnder pressure from Trump, Venezuela’s new president has aces up her sleeve
“Trump has implied that Venezuela is now a US protectorate, so she serves at the will of the US president,” says Christopher Sabatini, senior research fellow on Latin America at Chatham House think tank. “She has also been investigated by the DEA – there’s not a conviction, or bounty on her head, or indictment, but […]
Continue ReadingClimber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria’s highest mountain
Kerstin G’s boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit during a blizzard.
Continue ReadingGold fever hits South Africa after lucky find in cattle pen
“This is the only hustle we know,” miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.
Continue Reading‘He did it for us’: US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson’s efforts to free him and two other POWs
In 1999, Jesse Jackson flew to Yugoslavia to help free three US soldiers captured during the Kosovo War.
Continue ReadingI would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria’s Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape
The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.
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