Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 were among those who died in the New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed 40 people in Switzerland, police said on Sunday, as the Pope offered his sympathies to the victims and their families. Police in Valais said they had identified 16 more of those who died in […]
Continue ReadingThe US is now deciding next steps for Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Saturday on Fox News, adding: “We’ll be involved in it very much.” “We can’t take a chance in letting somebody else run and just take over what he left, or left off,” Mr Trump said in the interview with Fox News […]
Continue ReadingVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces on Saturday, according to President Donald Trump. Trump, whose government has accused Maduro of running drug cartels and other crimes, had been pressuring the strongman to leave office for months. So, what do you need to know about Nicolas Maduro? Maduro was born into a working-class […]
Continue ReadingVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces on Saturday, according to President Donald Trump. Trump, whose government has accused Maduro of running drug cartels and other crimes, had been pressuring the strongman to leave office for months. So, what do you need to know about Nicolas Maduro? Maduro was born into a working-class […]
Continue ReadingViolence surrounding protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy killed two more people, authorities said on Saturday, raising the death toll in the demonstrations to at least 10 as they showed no signs of stopping. The new deaths follow US President Donald Trump warning to Iran on Friday that if Tehran “violently […]
Continue ReadingLidl has cheered a “record-breaking” Christmas as it revealed a 10 per cent surge in sales after nearly 51 million customers shopped with the discounter in the festive run-up. The German-owned group said its UK business made more than £1.1 billion (€1.26 billion) in turnover in the four weeks leading up to Christmas Eve. Shopper […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that he is taking a larger daily dose of aspirin than his doctors recommend. “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Mr Trump told the paper in an interview […]
Continue ReadingNigel Farage has signalled Reform UK will launch a £5 million (€5.7 million) spending blitz ahead of May’s UK local elections. He acknowledged questions will be asked about his position if the party’s poll lead is not transformed into results. The Reform leader said the allegations he has faced of racism during his schooldays at […]
Continue ReadingThe Pope has opened 2026 with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries “bloodied by conflict” and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St Peter’s Basilica and then delivered a special noon prayer from his studio overlooking the square, which was full of pilgrims and tourists on […]
Continue ReadingSwiss police have said “several tens of people” are presumed dead and about 100 are injured, most of them seriously, following a fire at a bar in an Alpine resort during a new year celebration. The incident occurred at around 1.30am local time on Thursday in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, 25 miles north of […]
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