Over the weekend, Cuban authorities announced that 32 Cuban nationals had been killed in the US’s raid on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They were serving as bodyguards to President Nicolás Maduro in the military compound from which US special forces seized him. Besides Venezuela itself, Cuba has been hit harder than any other country by […]
Continue ReadingEurozone inflation eased in December, official data showed on Wednesday, thanks to a faster decline in energy costs. Consumer price increases fell to 2.0% last month – in line with the European Central Bank’s target – from 2.1% in November. The December reading was also in line with forecasts of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg and […]
Continue ReadingTrump wants to control income from oil sales himself.Image: Shutterstock Jan 7, 2026, 10:47 amJan 7, 2026, 10:47 am US President Donald Trump’s intervention in Venezuela’s oil industry is causing oil prices to fall further. Trump had announced on his Truth Social platform that the South American country would deliver between 30 and 50 million […]
Continue ReadingJan 7, 2026, 10:31 amJan 7, 2026, 10:31 am Snowfall has caused traffic chaos in Paris. Bus services throughout the city have been suspended. The RATP transport company said the first buses could only run again in the afternoon. Bus services were also stopped in Lille in northern France.Image: keystone There were also disruptions to […]
Continue ReadingJan 7, 2026, 10:24 amJan 7, 2026, 10:24 am A criminal trial has begun in the city of Siegen against a mother who is said to have hidden her daughter in a house in Germany for almost her entire life. The child was freed from the house by the police in 2022. (symbol image)Image: KEYSTONE […]
Continue ReadingJan 7, 2026, 9:41 a.mJan 7, 2026, 9:41 a.m The Icelandic singer Björk has called on the residents of Greenland to declare their independence. According to the New York news magazine Time, Björk was one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015.Image: www.imago-images.de “I wish all Greenlanders blessings in their fight […]
Continue ReadingAn employee at Japan’s nuclear safety agency lost his work phone containing sensitive information during a personal trip to China, Japanese media report. The phone contained confidential contact details of staff involved in nuclear security work at the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). The agency could not confirm if the data was leaked, reports say. The […]
Continue ReadingWatch: What Trump and Vance have said about Greenland US President Donald Trump has been discussing “a range of options” to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said. The White House told the BBC that acquiring Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark – was a “national security […]
Continue ReadingCommuters and travellers in France and across Europe faced further disruption on Wednesday amid a worsening cold snap that has caused flight and train cancellations in several countries and brought dangerous conditions for drivers. Airlines have been ordered to cancel at least 40% of flights at the main Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
Continue ReadingThe US President’s oil ambitions in Venezuela are great, but so are the risks. Your own interests may also come into play. Jan 7, 2026, 7:16 amJan 7, 2026, 7:16 am Niklaus Vontobel / ch media The USA kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from his own country. So far so spectacular. But what now? What […]
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