Businesses must prepare for single-use plastics ban, UK councils warn

London, Sept. 29, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Businesses and individuals in England must prepare for the upcoming ban on some single-use plastic items, councils have…

Sweden prepares to call in army to fight gangs

Copenhagen, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – The military in Sweden could soon be called in to help reduce escalating gang violence, according to plans announced…

Helicopter goes down over storm-hit Greek island

Athens, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – A helicopter overflying the Greek island of Evia in heavy weather has gone down in the sea and sunk,…

Croydon stabbing: Our hearts are broken, Elianne Andam’s family says

London, Sept. 28, (BBC/GNA) – A vigil has been held for 15-year-old Elianne Andam, who was fatally stabbed on her way to her south…

Bulgaria: Record-High Number of Vultures Registered in Sakar Protected Area in September

Sept 28 (BTA/GNA) – More than 20 griffon and cinereous (black) vultures were registered in the Sakar Protected Area in mid-September, which is a…

Suicide bomb kills 31 at Mohammed’s birthday procession in Pakistan

Islamabad, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least 31 people were killed in south-western Pakistan on Friday when a suicide bomber targeted a procession to…

Injuries and environmental incidents at Tesla factory near Berlin

Berlin, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – There have been numerous workplace injuries as well as environmental accidents at US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla’s so-called gigafactory…

Rescuers of migrants in the Med among ‘Alternative Nobel’ winners

Stockholm, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – The Right Livelihood Awards, commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prizes,” have been awarded this year to the European…

France records lowest number of births since WWII

Paris, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Fewer children were born in France last year than in any other year since World War II, the INSEE…

Teachers and pupils injured in Spanish school knife attack

Madrid, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – At least three teachers and two pupils were injured in a knife attack in a secondary school in the…

Suspected gas explosion in Turkey kills one, injures four

Istanbul, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – One person died and four others were injured on Thursday after a suspected gas explosion in an Istanbul residential…

Kosovo urges West to punish Serbia for weekend attack

Pristina, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Thursday urged Western countries to impose sanctions on Serbia in response to an…

Stoltenberg, in Kiev, sees progress in Ukrainian counteroffensive

Kiev, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Thursday during his second visit to Ukraine…

Swiss court frees Guatemalan ex-police boss jailed over prison deaths

Geneva, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – A Swiss court on Thursday ruled that a former Guatemalan police boss jailed for 15 years over his role…

Greek port city of Volos under water for second time this month

Athens, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Much of the Greek port city of Volos was under water on Thursday for the second time this month…

Macron proposes greater autonomy while on a visit to Corsica

Paris, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of greater autonomy for Corsica during an address to the island’s parliament…

Blast in Uzbekistan claims one life, injures more than 150

Moscow, Sept. 28, (dpa/GNA) – An explosion in a warehouse in Tashkent has injured 163 people, with 24 of the injured taken to hospital,…

Approval for UK’s first facility for supervised illegal drug use

London, Sept 27, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – The UK’s first drug consumption room for users to take illegal drugs under medical supervision has been approved.…

42,500 people flee Nagorno-Karabakch after Azerbaijan takeover

Moscow, Sept 27, (dpaGNA) – More than 42,000 people have fled the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, according to official figures,…

Moscow accuses London and Washington of involvement in Crimea attack

Moscow,Sept 27, (dpa/GNA) – Moscow has accused Britain and the United States of involvement in the Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Russian…