Mark Zuckerberg buys a 19th-century Gothic-style castle in Ireland

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 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has purchased a 19th-century Gothic-style castle in southeast Ireland. Strancally Castle, which was built about 1830 on land overlooking the River Blackwater, underwent extensive renovation […]

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Swiss Alps: Decades-old mystery solved as bodies of missing climbers discovered in melting glacier

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 bodies of two Belgian climbers who vanished in the Swiss Alps over three decades ago have been recovered, authorities have confirmed. Police in the southwestern Valais region, which […]

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Sicily museum heist: Four Renaissance artworks stolen in Messina on Italian holiday

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 Four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a museum in Messina, Sicily, during the Italian Ferragosto holiday, news agency LaPresse reported Sunday. […]

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Spanish police take down speedboat gang trafficking thousands of migrants into Ibiza

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 Spanish authorities have announced the dismantling of a major people-smuggling operation, believed to have trafficked more than 2,000 migrants into the country and generated profits of €24 million (£20.5 […]

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