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 Germany is poised to inject an additional €10 billion (£8.5 billion) into its civil defence capabilities, a move designed to bolster domestic preparedness against emergencies and potential attacks. This […]
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 Norway has arrested a Chinese citizen on suspicion of attempted espionage, in the second such case this month. The man was suspected of “attempted illegal intelligence activities in Nordland”, […]
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 Like many Ukrainians, Maryna Homeniuk fled her homeland after Russia‘s full-scale invasion four years ago. She managed to complete her degree in the Czech Republic, adding Vietnamese to her […]
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 Eight people were reported to be injured on Saturday when a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the Italian city of Modena, police and the city’s mayor […]
Continue ReadingA hooded thief stole an 800-year-old skull of a saint from a church in the Czech Republic, security footage released on Tuesday (12 May) shows. Video published by Policie České shows a figure dressed in all black running through the pews to grab the skull, believed to be of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk. “Its historic […]
Continue ReadingPutin ‘betting on escalation, not negotiations’, German chancellor Merz says after deadly assault German chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned Russia’s aerial bombardment of Ukraine, saying it contradicts Vladimir Putin’s claims to want an end to the war. “The largest Russian attacks on Ukraine in recent times show that Moscow is betting on escalation of the […]
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 Latvia’s centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina said she would resign on Thursday, triggering the collapse of her coalition government just months before an election is due in October. “I […]
Continue ReadingRussia will deploy new Sarmat nuclear missile this year, says Putin 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 US president Donald Trump has echoed the Kremlin and said the war in Ukraine could end soon but […]
Continue ReadingThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The deadly outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship may have been caused by a Dutch couple contracting the […]
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 A French professor is being investigated after he allegedly invented a Nobel Prize-like body to grant himself a prestigious award and advance his career. Florent Montaclair is accused of […]
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