During our holiday in New York last year, we visited the popular outdoor food market Smorgasburg Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Despite it being late October, we could sit in the shade at nearly 30 degrees Celsius, enjoying a view over the East River toward…
65-year-old man decapitated in Italy after argument with brother
An argument between two brothers escalated near the southern Italian city of Naples on Wednesday, resulting in a 65-year-old man being decapitated. The man’s 59-year-old brother was detained at the scene after calling police, authorities in the small v…
Hezbollah fires 200 rockets into Israel after killing of commander
The pro-Iranian Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah has fired some 200 missiles and drones into areas in northern Israel, it said on Thursday, to avenge the previous day’s killing of one of their commanders. “As part of the response to the attack and as…
Latvia records increase in border crossing attempts from Belarus
Latvia has recorded a significant increase in illegal border crossings from Belarus this week, authorities in the Baltic state said on Thursday. Guntis Pujāts, head of the Latvian Border Guard, said on television that 160 attempts to enter the country …
Steinmeier ‘determined’ to protect Jewish life in Germany
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for people to fight against growing anti-Semitism in Germany, during the opening of a new synagogue in Potsdam, just outside Berlin. “I am … determined not to rest, so that we in our country do everything we c…
Erdogan plans to travel to Berlin for Turkey’s Euro quarter-final
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears set to attend the national team’s Euro 2024 quarter-final match against the Netherlands in Berlin on Saturday amid a goal celebration controversy involving Turkey player Merih Demiral. Presidential sources…
Champions Leverkusen open Bundesliga season at Mönchengladbach
Champions Bayer Leverkusen open the 62nd Bundesliga season at regional rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach on August 23, and also face runners-up VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich early on. Stuttgart open with a regional derby at Freiburg on one of the follo…
Over 50 dead as Pakistan’s Karachi bettered by prolonged heatwave
A sever heatwave continued to batter Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi for a third week, filling hospitals with patients and morgues with boides, officials and rescuers said on Thursday. More than 50 people have died so far due to heatstroke since the…
All Germany players fit for Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain
Defender Jonathan Tah is back from suspension and everyone is healthy which gives Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann a full squad to chose from for the Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain on Friday. All 26 players took part in the final training session…
Steinmeier ‘determined’ to protect Jewish life in Germany
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for people to fight against growing anti-Semitism in Germany, during the opening of a new synagogue in Potsdam, just outside Berlin. “I am … determined not to rest, so that we in our country do everything we c…