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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 The French Navy has intercepted a boat that was carrying about 678kg of cocaine, France‘s Armed Forces Minister said on Thursday. Catherine Vautrin wrote on X that the cargo […]

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 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has formally requested France’s assistance in resolving an enduring border dispute with Thailand, a conflict that twice escalated into armed clashes last year. Mr […]

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 Authorities in Cyprus have confirmed that a body discovered last month on a beach along the island’s southern coastline is that of Vladislav Baumgertner, the former chief executive of […]

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 A Russian stand-up comedian has been jailed for nearly six years over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, which triggered outrage among nationalists and military bloggers. […]

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 The Angel Meloni is no more. A painting of a cherub with a face bearing a remarkable resemblance to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni attracted large crowds to the Basilica […]

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 At least 14 people have died following a collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late […]

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 A teacher is in a critical condition after she was stabbed several times by a 14-year-old pupil during class in a school in southern France, police have said. Prosecutors […]

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 Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms […]

A restored painting of an angel in a church in Rome that appears to resemble Italian leader Giorgia Meloni has left some giggling and others up in arms. The row began when an Italian newspaper pointed out that a reconstructed artwork on the wall of the San Lorenzo Lucina chapel looked like the prime minister. […]

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 Paris prosecutors have raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X in a cyber-crime investigation, it said on Tuesday. The tech billionaire has also been summoned by […]