Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules
Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea – Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia.
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Hittler faces Zielinski as French town election contest goes viral
There are only a few of his tribe left in France, he says. His Hittler cousins in Alsace all had girls, so the name is disappearing there. One of his sons pronounces the name “Hit-lay”, in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers’ names.
Continue ReadingUS judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America
Just weeks after returning to office as president, Donald Trump issued an executive order to close the broadcaster which his officials accused of left-wing bias. Trump also ordered outlets such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia to be “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law”.
Continue ReadingIndia’s cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight
With India’s semaglutide patent expiring on 20 March, about 50 branded generics are expected to enter the market.
Continue ReadingTotal repression and air strikes bring unrelenting dread for Iranians
Tehran residents tell the BBC they’re caught between US-Israeli bombing and an Iranian regime trying to reassert its power.
Continue ReadingItaly warns Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz could explode in Mediterranean
In December, the Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service said it had crippled three vessels in two weeks in the Black Sea, including the Dashan which it said had suffered “critical damage”. Just over a week later, the Quendil oil tanker was hit in the Mediterranean.
Continue ReadingSpanish king reopens debate on conquest of Mexico by acknowledging ‘abuse’
King Felipe appears to have helped thaw frosty relations with Mexico while reviving a fierce debate over events 500 years ago.
Continue ReadingAir strike hit Kabul rehab centre as patients ate dinner, survivor tells BBC
The exact number killed in Monday night’s strike by Pakistan is still not known, but is feared to be in the hundreds.
Continue ReadingWater supply cut in Moldova after oil spill blamed on Russian strike in Ukraine
Moldova has a population of 2.4 million, but Russia still has a military base in the Russian-speaking, breakaway region of Transnistria, which lies along much of Moldova’s eastern border with Ukraine. Local TV reports say oil has been spotted in Transnistria although officials there do not expect to impose restrictions on drinking water.
Continue ReadingIsrael says it killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in air strike
The deaths of Larijani and the head of the paramilitary Basij force have not been confirmed by Iranian authorities.
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