A new memorial opened on Tuesday in the on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Roma, after the Czech government agreed to remove a pig farm established during the communist era. “It’s very positive news for me that the whole project was completed,” said Jana Horvathova, the director of the Museum of […]
A man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country’s most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years.The court did not identify the man in his 20s.According to a court verdict seen by The Associated Press, the man went on a cat-killing spree between December […]
Swedish customs made one of the country’s biggest-ever cocaine seizures after confiscating around 1.4 tons of the drug last week in a port near Stockholm, an official told Swedish television on Tuesday. “If it is as big as we think, it is one of the biggest seizures ever made,” Stefan Granath of Swedish customs told […]
Two Malaysian helicopters collided in midair and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board and injuring a swimmer in a pool, authorities said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration when the accident occurred, the navy said in […]
There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. That and the , its wingspan similar to that of an eagle, chuffing high above as it rains organic fertilizer onto […]
On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a […]
North Korea launched suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, according to South Korean officials. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons were launched near Pyongyang and flew approximately 185 miles before falling in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The launches came amid speculation that North Korea could […]
Law enforcement officers in Bosnia arrested 23 people suspected of belonging to a “global drug kingpin’s inner circle,” including police and security officials, in a clampdown on criminal networks controlling much of the cocaine trade, authorities said Tuesday. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, and Bosnian officials said the suspects were detained Monday as […]
North Korea conducted simulated nuclear counterstrikes against unspecified foreign enemies on Monday, according to state media. The rocket launches were supervised by supreme leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location within the small region surrounding the capital city of Pyongyang. Missiles fired Monday traveled over 300 kilometers and successfully struck a targeted island in […]
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic end up in the oceans, rivers and lakes, according to […]
A man who works for a German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying, authorities said Tuesday. The detention came less than 24 hours after three people were arrested for spying for China in a separate German case. The suspect was arrested Monday in the city of Dresden, federal […]
U.S. and South Korean officials will meet this week for talks on sharing the cost of keeping American troops in South Korea, seeking “a fair and equitable outcome” that will strengthen the alliance, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. The two sides named envoys last month to launch early talks for a new deal […]
A Peruvian psychologist who suffered from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles and confined her to her bed for several years, her lawyer said Monday, becoming the first person in the country to obtain the right to die with medical assistance. Ana Estrada fought for years in Peruvian courts for the right to die […]
Six Georgian opposition parties appealed on Thursday for mass protests against a government bill on “foreign agents” which they say aims to block the South Caucasus country’s path towards the European Union. The bill, which critics compare to legislation that Russia has used extensively to crack down on dissent, has already prompted three straight nights […]
Thousands of Indigenous people began gathering in Brazil’s capital on Monday for what was expected to become a protest against unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories. Holding Lula’s government to account appeared to be the focus of this year’s 20th Free Land Camp, an annual weeklong encampment […]
, who served in the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and then continued in the position after the military ousted her to seize power in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media said Monday. State television MRTV announced on Monday night that 65-year-old Van Thio had been allowed to retire […]
A climate activist who could have faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants cannot be charged with contempt of court, a London judge ruled Monday. Trudi Warner had been arrested last March and accused of “deliberately targeting” jurors before a […]
Greek police have raided multiple homes in Athens and detained dozens of suspects in a crackdown on soccer violence that led to the death of a police officer in December. Police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis, 31, died on Dec. 27 after being hit by a flare during violence between rival fans at a volleyball game in […]
One of China’s top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in Qingdao on Monday that the country would strike back with force if its interests came under threat. The 19th biennial meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium opened in Qingdao, where China’s northern naval force […]
Water levels in some overflowing rivers were starting to drop on Monday, but flooding remains widespread, according to reports from Russian state TV. More than 5,000 properties in Russia’s Kurgan region, about 1,000 miles east of Moscow along the border, are flooded, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, and 15,000 people have been evacuated. In […]