His car had become stranded attempting to cross a low bridge in the flooded river last week. By the time the police got to the scene, it was empty, leading them to suspect he had been swept away by the water, Mpumalanga provincial police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo told the national broadcaster, SABC.
Continue ReadingFrance’s Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, traveled near to his hometown this Sunday where a huge free party has been taking place since Friday on a French army firing range, so far without any major incident. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING On site, the minister flew over the area, which has brought together between 17,000 and 40,000 people from […]
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 Five children were injured in northern Austria on Saturday evening after a “war relic” exploded beneath their campfire, police confirmed on Sunday. The youngsters, aged between 10 and 14, […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian drones struck Russia’s Primorsk port and a number of vessels in the Baltic Sea on Sunday as part of a wave of attacks targeting Russian energy infrastructure. While Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes limit “Russia’s war potential”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that global oil prices may rise further if Ukraine continues to […]
Continue ReadingPoland’s nationalist President Karol Nawrocki on Sunday appointed a council to rewrite the country’s constitution. The members announced for the council include several figures associated with the Law and Justice (PiS) party. While all parliamentary groups are invited to take part, it is unclear if they will do so. Nawrocki announced his plans to review […]
Continue ReadingSenior NATO officials were not warned about US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany within the next 6-12 months prior to the Pentagon’s announcement on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Questions about logistics such as from where and how the troops will be withdrawn hav risen. It’s also unclear how the decision will […]
Continue ReadingDer amerikanische Zerstörer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. feuert einen Tomahawk-Marschflugkörper ab. Am 28. Februar griffen die USA und Israel den Iran an. Bild: Keystone Analyse Im Irankrieg hat sich seit dem Beginn der Waffenruhe eine Pattsituation ergeben, in der sowohl die USA als auch der Iran Seeblockaden als wirtschaftliches Druckmittel einsetzen – mit Auswirkungen […]
Continue ReadingThe Fessenheim nuclear power plant near the Swiss border is the oldest nuclear power plant in France.Image: EPA May 3, 2026, 3:22 p.mMay 3, 2026, 3:22 p.m The French government has approved the dismantling of the decommissioned Fessenheim nuclear power plant near the Swiss border. The decree allowing the electricity company EDF to dismantle the […]
Continue ReadingA search and rescue operation is underway for the service members, the US African Command said.
Continue ReadingThe aim is to build four to five mega facilities, each powered by 100,000 graphics processing units (GPUs), a type of chip used to train AI models. They would be four times the size of the AI Factories and rival some of the world’s leading projects, such as OpenAI’s Stargate data center in Norway. The projects […]
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