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 Italy’s financial police said on Friday they had busted a sophisticated streaming piracy network that caused roughly €300 million ($348 million) in damages to rights holders such as Sky, […]
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 Rescue teams in eastern Germany are searching for three people who went missing after a building collapsed in east Germany following a suspected gas explosion. Police said a gas […]
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 Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned Thursday, after the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner, pulled support from the government and left her without a majority. Her resignation […]
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 An 800-year-old skull, believed to belong to Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, has been stolen from a church in the northern Czech Republic, police confirmed on Wednesday. The relic was […]
Continue ReadingEmmanuel Macron joined legendary Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge for a morning jog on a visit to Nairobi on Monday (11 May). The French President and the two-time Olympic champion, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners in history, maintained a light tempo over almost eight kilometers (five miles) as Mr […]
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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 Multiple people have been taken hostage inside a bank in the western German town of Sinzig, police have said on Friday. Cordons have been set up with authorities saying […]
Continue ReadingBriefing: What we know on the 1,534th day of Ukraine war With hours to go for Russian president Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russian officials say more than 50 drones headed for the capital have been destroyed and nearly 100 drones attacked Russia till midnight Ukraine’s Zelensky calls out “strange and inappropriate” logic […]
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 Donald Trump warned the European Union has until 4 July to fulfil its side of last year’s trade deal or its goods will face higher tariffs. The EU and […]
Continue ReadingVideo shared on social media showed the captain of the MV Hondius cruise ship, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, informing passengers on April 12 that a person had died on board. Captain Jan Dobrogowski told those on board it was his “sad duty” to announce the death, adding that doctors believed it was due to […]
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