Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday authorized presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to resume visiting his father Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, as long as he does not involve him in campaigning. Flavio Bolsonaro is the favorite to win the presidential runoff against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on October 25. The right-wing senator was barred […]
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain’s current relationship with the European Union was “not good enough”, as officials confirmed a UK-EU summit will take place on November 20. In a speech to MPs in parliament, Burnham said next month’s long-awaited meeting would be an opportunity to start “serious dialogue” about “long term” relations […]
Read MoreMajor French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising concerns about food security. Top retailers E. Leclerc, Intermarche and Cooperative U confirmed to AFP they suffered a cyberattack that […]
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Student protests gripping France for three weeks rumbled on Monday, though authorities hoped they were starting to ease ahead of half-term holidays — even as the country braced for fresh nationwide demonstrations. In an incident seemingly unrelated to the protests, police arrested a 14-year-old on Monday near Marseille after a middle school headmaster and a […]
Read MoreTwo paintings by impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stolen from a museum in southern France and later discovered hidden behind a wall, have sustained slight damage, prosecutors said on Monday. Thieves last month broke into the museum in the southern town of Cagnes-sur-Mer and escaped with two works by Renoir, abandoning two others as they fled. Suspects […]
Read MoreFrench film star Vincent Cassel dubs Napoleon Bonaparte’s voice into English for a new video game released on Tuesday that sets the French emperor on a violent quest to take over Eastern Europe.”Valor Mortis” by the Polish studio One More Level shows Napoleon’s 19th century army fuelled by a mysterious substance that makes them stronger […]
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Russia does not want to accept an “energy ceasefire” in Ukraine announced by Donald Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, accusing Moscow of attacking six sites Monday. Zelensky earlier promised to respond if Russia refused to agree to the truce, as Moscow indicated it would not adhere to the US president’s calls for a pause in attacks […]
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Auf der Bremse ist eine Schildkröte abgebildet, auf dem Gaspedal ein Hase: Die neue E-Ente, eine elektrische Neuauflage des erfolgreichen 2CV-Modells von Citroën, ist voll von solchen Details. Ein knallroter Prototyp mit gelbkarierten Sitzen wurde am Montag bei der Pariser Automesse in Anwesenheit des Schauspielers Omar Sy vorgestellt. Das Modell 2CV Concept soll 2028 auf den […]
Read MorePakistani authorities have detained hundreds of members of Imran Khan’s party, police officials told AFP on Monday, as a protest movement in support of the jailed former prime minister appeared to falter. The detentions followed the central government’s imposition of emergency rule on Sunday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial stronghold of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
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