ROME, Aug. 29 (Xinhua/GNA) – A severe storm accompanied by hail and strong winds, hit Cremona in northern Italy on Friday, causing extensive damage…
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Hackers demand 30 bitcoin from Berlin as sensitive data breach widens
Berlin, Aug 29. (dpa/GNA) – The Berlin state government, has declined to comment on demands made by hackers, who targeted the city’s administrative data…
Naples, 75-year-old woman found carbonized at home: daughter arrested
Gragnano, Aug 29. (Redazione/Adnkronos/GNA) – The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata, has arrested the daughter of the 75-year-old woman, found lifeless and carbonized…
Norway’s King Harald dies at age 89, son Haakon is new monarch
Copenhagen, Aug 29. (dpa/GNA) – Norwegian King Harald V, has died at the age of 89, the royal house announced on Friday, making his…
Queen Sonja alone on wedding anniversary as Norway mourns King Harald
Copenhagen, Aug 29. (dpa/GNA) – Norway’s Queen Sonja, was marking her 58th wedding anniversary alone on Saturday, a day after the death of her…
Taliban sends team to Germany to assist Afghan deportations
Berlin, Aug 29. (dpa/GNA) – Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have temporarily sent more personnel to Germany, under an agreement with the government in Berlin, aimed…
Two die of malaria at Frankfurt Airport as mosquitoes arrive on planes
Frankfurt, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – Two workers at Frankfurt Airport have died from malaria, after being infected by mosquitoes believed to have arrived in…
Greece reports 232 West Nile cases since start of year, 19 deaths
Athens, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – West Nile virus infections in Greece continue to rise, with 232 cases recorded nationwide since the start of the…
Final Dolly song locked in box to be released before 100th birthday
London, (PA Media/dpa) – Dolly Parton’s final song which is currently locked inside a box at Dollywood, will be released just before her 100th…
Paris police find 58 migrants locked in driverless lorry overnight
Paris, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – Emergency services in Paris have discovered 58 migrants in a parked lorry, that was found overnight without a driver…
Thousands return home after WWII bomb defused in Berlin
Berlin, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – A 100-kilogram World War II bomb, found in Berlin, was defused late on Wednesday, allowing thousands of residents to…
Russia issues arrest warrant for German broadsheet journalist
Moscow, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for a journalist from the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Russian…
Harry’s home: Prince and Meghan return to UK with Archie and Lilibet
London, Aug 27. (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex, have returned to the UK…
Norwegian King Harald’s condition ‘very serious,’ palace says
Stockholm, Aug 27. (dpa/GNA) – The health of Norwegian King Harald V, has deteriorated again, the royal court said on Thursday, describing his condition…
Heat kills 15,800 in Germany in 2026, beating decade-old record
Berlin, Aug 26. (dpa/GNA) – Some 15,800 people have died from heat in Germany up to mid-August this year, according to estimates released by…
EU Commission aims to expand herring fishing ban in western Baltic Sea
Brussels, Aug 24. (dpa/GNA) – The European Commission, on Monday proposed sharply restricting fishing in the western Baltic Sea, to protect herring stocks that…
German priest resigns after 37 years to marry his ‘great love’
Wiesbaden, Germany, Aug 24. (dpa/GNA) – A German priest has announced his resignation from his parish, after 37 years of service, after revealing a…
Riot breaks out at Sintiki migrant camp in Greece
Athens, Aug 24.(dpa/GNA) – Violent clashes between police and migrants at a closed migrant detention centre in northern Greece, ended with five people injured…
Zelensky marks Ukrainian independence with call to make Russia ‘howl’
Kiev, Aug 24. (dpa/GNA) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, used his address to the nation on the 35th anniversary of the country’s independence to…
Zelensky marks Ukrainian independence with call to make Russia ‘howl’
Kiev, Aug 24. (dpa/GNA) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, used his address to the nation on the 35th anniversary of the country’s independence to…