On 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 Former Spain defender Joan Capdevila has asked U.S. President Donald Trump for help getting into the United States to watch Spain face Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final, after […]
Continue ReadingThree men have been reported in Venice. The tourists are said to have daubed the historic Rialto Bridge with green and pink spray paint. July 18, 2026, 3:32 p.mJuly 18, 2026, 3:32 p.m According to the city, the three Pakistani nationals, aged 20, 21 and 22, live in Milan and had traveled to Venice with […]
Continue ReadingA US Air Force Boeing KC-135 at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, February 25, 2026: Additional tanker aircraft are to be accommodated by the Israeli Air Force in the future.Image: keystone The additional US tanker aircraft will now not be stationed at Ben Gurion International Airport, but at Israeli Air Force bases. July 18, 2026, […]
Continue ReadingJens Spahn, the head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has announced his resignation, as pressure built over his decision to have a child through a surrogate mother in the United States. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a letter to members of the Union group, he said that he had already informed German Chancellor 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 largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history has destroyed more than 100 homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, authorities said Saturday. The fire in southern Norway […]
Continue ReadingCows are looking for shelter from the heat in Ruswil, Lucerne, and the grass is very dry.Image: keystone analysis Switzerland and Europe are experiencing an extraordinarily hot and dry summer. This could give solar power and electric cars a new boost. Or not. July 18, 2026, 3:14 p.mJuly 18, 2026, 3:14 p.m follow me Summer […]
Continue Reading“The gap between my private decision to have a child through surrogacy and the understandable expectations placed on me as chair of our parliamentary group has become greater than I anticipated,” he added. Although surrogacy itself is illegal in Germany, there is no penalty for bringing up a child born through a surrogate mother abroad. […]
Continue ReadingSerhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC that Wildberries was a “vital component” of Russian logistics, and that its website had been used by Russian volunteers to purchase military equipment including walkie-talkies, body armour and drone components. “The primary rationale for striking Wildberries’ warehouses is to disrupt Russian logistics […]
Continue ReadingAn elderly driver injured seven people in an accident in Carinthia, Austria, on Saturday.Image: keystone Police report July 18, 2026, 3:00 p.mJuly 18, 2026, 3:00 p.m An elderly driver accidentally drove her car into a busy garden restaurant near the casino in the center of the Wörthersee town in Velden in Carinthia, Austria, on Saturday […]
Continue ReadingThe roofs of Istanbul.Image: AP July 18, 2026, 2:59 p.mJuly 18, 2026, 3:01 p.m Turkish police have arrested 119 people suspected of having links to the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS). The operation was carried out nationwide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “As part of an operation carried out by our gendarmerie in […]
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