Saariselka, Finland – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday that Russia poses a bigger than defense threat to the EU’s security because Moscow could use illegal immigration and other issues to weaken the bloc. Finland hosted the leaders of Italy, Sweden and Greece, as well as the EU’s foreign affairs chief, in its … Read more
Magdeburg, Germany – More details emerged on Sunday about people killed when a man drove a car at high speed through a Christmas market in Germany, as mourners laid flowers and other tributes at the site of the attack. Police in the central city of Magdeburg, where the attack occurred on Friday evening, said the … Read more
Magdeburg, Germany – Germans mourned a violent attack and loss of security on Saturday after a Saudi doctor deliberately drove a black BMW into a Christmas market packed with holiday shoppers, killing at least one child, including a small child. At least two people died and at least 60 others were injured. Authorities arrested a … Read more
Ukraine attacked a town in Russia’s Kursk region on Friday, killing six people, including a child, a senior local official said. Kursk’s acting governor Alexander Khinshtein said ten other people were hospitalized in the city of Rylsk after being hit by US-supplied HIMARS rockets. Ukrainian officials said the attack followed an earlier Russian missile attack … Read more
Taipei, Taiwan – Lithuania’s new government is facing challenges before it even begins, pledging to reset diplomatic ties with China after Beijing downgraded bilateral ties with the country in 2021. Analysts say Lithuania’s recent decision to expel three Chinese diplomats and the damage caused to two data cables in the Baltic Sea — as well … Read more
London – It’s a photo that caused a stir in British politics: Elon Musk poses with British politician Nigel Farage and a wealthy supporter in front of a gilt-framed painting of a young Donald Trump. The image, taken at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida this week, suggests Musk, a key player in the incoming US … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine – At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in a Russian ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kiev early Friday, officials said. Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian attack on Russian soil using American-made weapons. At least three loud explosions were heard in Kiev shortly … Read more
Mamoudzou, Mayotte – French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte on Thursday to survey the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido and immediately got a first-hand account of the devastation wreaked on the French territory. “Mayotte has been demolished,” Assane Haloi, a security agent, said after Macron disembarked from the plane. … Read more
Copenhagen, Denmark – Denmark has allowed representatives of Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to board a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable violations, Denmark’s foreign minister said on Thursday. yi peng 3 The ship is wanted in Sweden for questioning over the severing of two undersea fiber-optic cables … Read more
Avignon, France – A French court on Thursday found all 51 defendants guilty in the drug and rape case that horrified the world and turned victim Gisele Pellicot into an inspiring symbol of courage and resilience. Pellicott’s 50-year-old ex-husband, Dominic Pellicott, pleaded guilty to repeatedly drugging and raping her over nearly a decade and then … Read more