Month: April 2024

Electrical cable thieves paralysed the train service in parts of western Germany overnight around the city of Bochum, with some delays expected to last into Friday afternoon. Train traffic through Bochum and the surrounding Ruhr region was disrupted un…

UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA Ukraine’s highest anti-corruption court orders pre-trial detention of Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi on suspicion of misappropriation of state land worth millions. Moving ______ ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES A civ…

From the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and pro-Palestinian protests inside US universities to UK Prime Minister Richi Sunak’s visit to Germany and North Korea firing rockets near the Yellow Sea, dpa International presents its Pictures of the Week.

Around 40 years ago, Billy Idol released the album that shaped his career. Now the landmark 1980s record “Rebel Yell” is getting an an anniversary edition with tracks never been released before – in part because of Madonna. This week on dpa trends, we’…

A Turkish court on Friday handed down multiple life sentences to an imprisoned woman accused of being involved in a 2022 bomb attack that killed six people in central Istanbul, the state news agency Anadolu reported. The attacker, identified as a Syria…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said efforts to fight climate change should rely more heavily on private investment in addition to public funding during a speech to the Petersberg Climate Dialogue on Friday. “A discussion that only focuses on public fund…

Numerous women and girls have been detained in Iran for failing to heed head-covering regulations, and hundreds of businesses have been closed for failing to enforce them, UN rights officials reported in Geneva on Friday. The UN High Commissioner for H…

Kathmandu [Nepal], April 26 (ANI): First secretary at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, Avinash Kumar Singh and Mayor of Khairani Municipality in Nepal, Shashi Kumar Khaniya jointly inaugurated the Embankment and Launching Apron Dhungre Khola River Trai…

Ukhrul (Manipur) [India], April 26 (ANI): Senior citizens, including a 94-year-old woman, cast votes at a polling station in the Ukhrul district of Outer Manipur for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Volunteers were seen assisting …

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut many unregistered bakeries for operating without the agency’s approval in Plateau State. A statement by the Director North Central Zone, Mr Shaba Mohammed, on Friday also s…