A large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast has shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place. No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles east of Houston, Mayor Charlotte Moses said. She urged residents in […]
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 Rescue teams in northern Germany are in a desperate race against time to save a humpback whale stranded in shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. Experts convened on Timmendorfer […]
Continue Reading“There is a flexibility we have to get back, accept not 100 percent solutions but allowing different solutions and technologies and accept that there might be a gap of maybe a 5 or 10 percent by 2050,” she added. “If you have strict and rigid goals, you bind yourself, it ends up that you lose […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union and Australia struck a long-awaited free-trade deal on March 24, while also agreeing to boost defence cooperation and access to crucial rare-earth minerals in the face of global uncertainty over trade. It’s the latest Brussels has agreed to, to diversify trade. But the deal was slammed by EU farmers, who have called […]
Continue ReadingAn electric Renault 5 is charging in a supermarket parking lot.Image: Watson Electric vehicles will continue to become more popular in the EU at the beginning of 2026. In Switzerland, however, sales have been stagnating for four years. March 24, 2026, 08:57March 24, 2026, 08:57 Electromobility is increasing on the European car market. The share […]
Continue ReadingAfter a high-profile murder in Marseille, presumably on behalf of drug lords, investigators have arrested ten suspects in southern France. March 24, 2026, 05:43March 24, 2026, 05:43 They are said to have supported the command that shot the brother of a well-known critic of drug crime in Marseille four months ago, the newspaper “Le Parisien” […]
Continue ReadingA group of Russians and Angolans are going on trial in Angola after being accused of fomenting protests, which they deny.
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 Brussels’ largest railway hub, Midi station, was evacuated on Monday afternoon after police discovered suspicious bags, causing widespread disruption to all train traffic. The incident occurred just one day […]
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 suspected drone has crashed into an ice-covered lake in Lithuania, approximately 20 km (12 miles) from the Belarusian border, the country’s army confirmed on Monday. Local media say […]
Continue ReadingUntil further notice, motorists in Slovenia will be restricted to a maximum purchase of 50 litres of fuel per day.
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