Drone strikes cut power to more than 200,000 homes in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Hundreds of thousands of people in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine were left without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there. Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people, according to Ukrainian officials. More than 200,000 households in the Russian-held part of […]

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Eight skiers killed in avalanches in Austria

Eight skiers have been killed in three avalanches across Austria, authorities said. A female skier was buried by an avalanche in the Bad Hofgastein area in western Austria, at an altitude of about 7,200 feet, at about 12.30pm on  Saturday, according to the Pongau mountain rescue service. About 90 minutes later, an avalanche in nearby […]

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Macron to urge EU to use trade ‘bazooka’ in response to Trump’s tariffs – POLITICO

On Saturday, Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European countries that oppose his plans to take control of Greenland. EU ambassadors are convening an emergency meeting later Sunday to respond to the tariff threat. Macron responded later Saturday by saying: “Tariff threats are unacceptable.” “No intimidation or threat will influence us,” Macron said in a […]

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