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 six people have been killed and five injured after a bus erupted in a massive blaze in Switzerland, according to Swiss media. The bus was “completely engulfed […]
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 Italy‘s Culture Ministry has announced a landmark acquisition, purchasing a rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million (£25.9 million). This represents one of the state’s most significant investments in a […]
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 Vladimir Putin was caught having a coughing fit in a now-deleted video from the Kremlin. In an outtake from a recorded address for International Women’s Day, the Russian president […]
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 Belgium’s interior minister has labelled an explosion near a synagogue a “despicable antisemitic act”. Federal prosecutors are investigating following the blast overnight in the city of Liege, in 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 Belarusian journalist Pavel Dabravolski was convicted Monday of treason and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison, activists said, the fifth media worker to be jailed in two […]
Continue ReadingSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A “loud” explosion hit the US embassy in Oslo, Norway, early Sunday local time, according to police. “A loud bang/explosion was reported at the scene,” […]
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 Iceland’s government wants to hold a referendum in August on whether to restart membership talks with the European Union, more than a decade after getting cold feet about joining […]
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 Kosovo‘s President Vjosa Osmani has dissolved parliament and called for snap elections, following politicians’ failure to elect a new head of state within the constitutional deadline. The move plunges […]
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 Syrian refugee who stabbed a tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of attempted murder, among others, said […]
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 Russian-flagged liquefied natural gas tanker exploded, caught fire, and subsequently sank in the Mediterranean Sea, authorities in Libya confirmed on Wednesday, as Moscow swiftly attributed the incident to […]
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