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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 Over 60 South African nationals, including nine children, have been deported from Ireland following an operation by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. The deportations, which took place on Saturday, […]

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 tram has derailed in central Milan, slamming into a building and leaving two people dead and more than 40 injured. The incident occurred on the central Vittorio Veneto […]

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 Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with promoting drug use after admitting to having taken ecstasy nearly four decades ago, his party said. The outspoken economics […]

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 One person has died and at least 20 others were injured after a tram derailed in central Milan on Friday afternoon. The incident saw the tram come off its […]

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 has alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to a suspected human-to-human transmission of the A(H1N1)v swine flu variant in Catalonia, regional health authorities confirmed Friday. The infected person, […]

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 Barcelona resident, Irene Veglison, 67, has rediscovered her love for dance after a 1.35-metre-tall robot moved into her home three months ago. Ms Veglison received the device in […]

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 police have investigated a woman found with a suitcase filled with 15 pangolin carcasses flying into Madrid last week. Civil Guard officers made the shocking discovery during customs […]

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 Vatican has unveiled a new postage stamp honouring Ukraine’s Catholics, featuring a striking image of Kyiv’s Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ during a blackout. This design marks […]

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 Russia has issued a stark warning that any deployment of British troops in Ukraine would prolong the conflict, rather than bring it to an end. The statement from Moscow […]

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 head of the World Economic Forum has stepped down following an investigation into his ties to the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Borge Brende, the president and CEO […]