The owner of a Grade II listed house says he is shell shocked after a fire wrecked his home of 37 years. Fifty firefighters in 16 engines from across Kent were called to the three-storey property off West Street, Hunton, near Maidstone, just after 9pm …
US man gets life for brutal attack on two tourists near German castle
A 31-year-old US citizen has received a lifelong prison sentence for murder, attempted murder and rape after attacking two women near southern Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein Castle last year, the court announced on Monday. The presiding judge of the co…
US man gets life for brutal attack on two tourists near German castle
A 31-year-old US citizen has received a lifelong prison sentence for murder, attempted murder and rape after attacking two women near southern Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein Castle last year, the court announced on Monday. The presiding judge of the co…
Repeated train strikes hurt economy, German chemical industry says
Germany’s chemical industry is warning of the economic consequences of the repeated strikes by the train drivers’ union GDL in an ongoing dispute with state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn. “Such actions will put a further heavy burden on Germany’…
Elon Musk’s electric car production site stuck without power as ‘eco-terrorists’ vow: ‘No Tesla will be safe’
Electric vehicle manufacturing giant Tesla is still dealing with production chaos following an attack last week which has left the Berlin production base without power for six days. The Gruenheide Gigafactory near Berlin was the target of a suspected a…
PODCAST: Outta Pocket with Michael Davis – LIVE Monday March 11th 2024
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FDI flow from China to Eurasia is ebbing
Chinese total investment in formerly Soviet states from 2016 through the first half of 2023 approached $80 billion, according to data published by the Eurasian Development Bank. But Beijing’s zest for foreign investment seems to be waning. Kazakhstan c…
Uzbekistan: Kitschy Bukhara development proceeds amid growing objections
On the afternoon of February 26, demolition crews began work on dismantling a 23,000-seater soccer stadium near the historic heart of Bukhara. The razing of this building is only the start. Under a contentious project devised by the government of Uzbek…
Police launch appeal to find three men after Sudbury assault outside the White Horse in North Street
The police are trying to track down three men in relation to a serious assault outside a pub which left the victim hospitalised with a broken nose. The assault happened on Saturday, February 3 between 10.10pm and 10.20pm outside the White Horse pub in …
Two years on, can we truly afford to forget Ukraine?
Two years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. It anticipated rapidly overthrowing the Ukrainian government, but the brave Ukrainians had other ideas. Russia subsequently decided that it would rather destroy the country than allow it to exist independently. Si…