LONDON, May 20 (Xinhua/GNA) — Knife-enabled robberies in seven high-volume areas in England and Wales, have fallen by 21 percent since June 2024, the…
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Austrian investigation under way over Sarajevo ‘human safari’ killings
Vienna, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Austrian prosecutors are investigating two suspects alleged tohave been involved in so-called “human safaris” during the 1992–1995 BosnianWar. The…
UK radio station apologizes after accidentally announcing king’s death
London,May 26, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A radio station in the United Kingdom has apologized for “any distress caused”, after accidentally announcing that King Charles had…
Austrian ex-intelligence official Ott convicted of spying for Russia
Vienna,May 20, (dpa/GNA) – A former Austrian intelligence official has been sentenced tofour years and one month in prison for spying for Russia. The…
Starmer sorry for ‘slip of tongue’ in announcing deal with North Korea
London,May 20, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has apologized to lawmakers after mistakenly suggesting the government, had struck a trade deal with…
European countries condemn Israeli treatment of Gaza flotilla activists
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Xinhua/GNA) — Many European countries on Wednesday, sharply criticized Israel’s treatment of activists detained from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, condemning…
Son of Mango founder arrested on suspicion of killing his father
Madrid, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – The son of the founder of the globally successful Spanish fashion group Mango, has been arrested as a suspect…
UK police probe child sexual abuse claims after Epstein files release
London, May 19, (PA Media/dpa/GNA)- UK police are investigating two separate allegations of historic child sexual abuse, following the release of the Epstein files.…
UK reality TV rape allegations lead police to make enquiries
London, May 19, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – London police have urged potential victims of sexual assault on reality TV show, Married At First Sight UK,…
U.S. Ebola patient to be treated in Germany
BERLIN, May 19 (Xinhua/GNA) — A U.S. citizen infected with the Ebola virus during a recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
G7 finance ministers demand opening of Strait of Hormuz
Paris, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – G7 finance ministers have called for the swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and want to protect countries…
Putin arrives in Beijing to deepen partnership with China
Moscow, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin began a two-day visit to China on Tuesday, where he will hold talks with Chinese…
Paediatrician accused of sexually abusing over 70 victims in Germany
Berlin, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – German prosecutors have said that a paediatrician charged with 130 counts of sex offences, is accused of harming more…
No plans to move dead whale off Denmark as people climb carcass
Berlin, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – A dead humpback whale known as Timmy, is expected to remain off the Danish island of Anholt, authorities said…
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a public health emergency
Geneva, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday, declared an international public health emergency due to an Ebola outbreak in…
German prosecutors open negligence probe after escaped tiger shot dead
Leipzig, Germany, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – German prosecutors on Monday, launched an investigation into suspected negligent bodily harm, after a tiger that escapednear Leipzig…
Italian police arrest man linked to deaths of two women near Naples
Rome,May 18, (dpa/GNA) – Italian police said on Monday that a man has been arrested, on suspicion of murdering two women on separate occasions…
Married At First Sight UK pulled off TV after ‘serious allegations’
London, May 18, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Channel 4 has removed all previous seasons of Married At First Sight UK (MAFS UK) from its…
Car ploughs into crowd in Italy’s Modena, injuring eight
Rome,May 18, (dpa/GNA) – A man drove a car into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people,…
Some 30,000 evacuated after WWII bomb found in Germany’s Pforzheim
Stuttgart,May 18, (dpa/GNA) – Some 30,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes, after an unexploded World War II bomb was found in…