Mar 24, 2026, 2:23 p.mMar 24, 2026, 2:23 p.m Authorities have urged residents not to leave their homes after a massive explosion at an oil refinery on the Texas coast. Windows and doors should also remain closed. Smoke rises from the Valero refinery in Port Arthur.Image: keystone The explosion occurred Monday evening at the Valero […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Emanuella Kälin Mar 24, 2026, 2:22 p.mMarch 24, 2026, 2:25 p.m Concerns about a whale stranded on the German Baltic Sea coast continue. In the morning the animal continued to lie in the shallow water in front of the town of Timmendorfer Strand. The whale is doing unchanged, said Carsten Mannheimer from the marine […]
Continue ReadingVisitors from across Greece but increasingly from across Europe as well are flocking to see the blossoming peach trees in the Veria region, located roughly 72km west of the country’s second city Thessaloniki. The growing popularity of the annual spring celebrations organised around the blooms is proving to be a boon for local farmers and […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The decision by Slovakia‘s government this month to approve a resolution allowing service stations to limit diesel sales, and also set higher prices for cars with foreign plates, go […]
Continue ReadingThey added that cooperation between like-minded partners would include a security conference on the topic, which could be hosted in London or Portsmouth, the home of the Royal Navy on the south coast of England. NATO chief Mark Rutte and British PM Keir Starmer now appear to be leading the push to restart traffic through […]
Continue ReadingSteinmeier, speaking in front of an audience of German diplomats in Berlin, criticized Trump for withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran during his first term in office. The president, who served as Germany’s foreign minister from 2013 to 2017, had helped negotiate that deal. “This war is also — and please bear with me […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Vatican has announced that Catholics are permitted to receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as advancements in procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Poland scrambled jets on Tuesday after Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight. The Nato country’s Armed Forces’ Operational Command said that a pair of […]
Continue ReadingThat must follow a serious effort by the EU to tackle illegal and harmful content on social media, he said, which hasn’t happened yet. “We haven’t remotely tried hard enough yet to ensure effective oversight of the platforms.” The human rights chief praised the EU’s digital laws as world-leading, including the Digital Services Act, which […]
Continue ReadingThe Iran war is a “disastrous mistake” that breaches international law, Germany’s president said on Tuesday in an unusually blunt rebuke of US president Donald Trump‘s foreign policy, which he said marked a rupture for German ties with its biggest post-war ally. In a scathing verbal attack, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose largely ceremonial role allows him […]
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