Hundreds of people in south Lebanon gathered on Tuesday to mourn two Hezbollah members and their family, among them a three-month-old infant, killed by an Israeli strike a day prior. The two brothers’ coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group’s yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through […]
Read MoreRussian, Ukrainian and US negotiators could meet as early as this month for talks on finding an end to the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, hours after Moscow pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones. The overnight barrage killed three people, the capital’s mayor said, sending smoke billowing above the city as Moscow ended […]
Read MoreThe mountain section whose collapse triggered fatal floods in Nepal and China on August 26 had experienced unprecedented heat for the time of year, meteorological data analysed by a researcher shows. Average temperatures on the mountain glacier at an altitude of 5,200 metres (17,060 feet) were estimated at around five degrees Celsius between August 21 […]
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Saudi Arabia on Tuesday threatened to hit back after a wave of missiles from Yemen’s Houthis set oil facilities ablaze and wounded dozens, the Iran-backed rebels’ heaviest attack in years. The overnight attacks caused “temporary” shutdowns at oil sites and left 73 injured, Saudi authorities said, a reminder of the danger posed by the group […]
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In Brick Lane, the historic heart of London’s Bangladeshi community, residents oppose plans for a data centre in a disused brewery, citing the erosion of heritage and need for social housing. “This has really been the focal point of the British Bangladeshi community,” local councillor Faysal Ahmed told AFP, recalling a time when his parents ran […]
Read MoreThieves on Tuesday stole four Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars from a museum in southern France, but abandoned two as they fled, a mayor said. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies in France including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the […]
Read MoreThieves on Tuesday stole four Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars from a museum in southern France, but abandoned two as they fled, a mayor said. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies in France including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the […]
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Insgesamt 165 halbautomatische Schusswaffen haben Ermittler bei Durchsuchungen wegen illegalen Waffenhandels in Köln und Wuppertal beschlagnahmt. Wie das zuständige Zollfahndungsamt im hessischen Frankfurt am Main am Dienstag mitteilte, wurden am Freitag in den nordrhein-westfälischen Städten zudem sechs Tatverdächtige festgenommen. Bei dem Einsatz wurden demnach Waffen mit einem Kaliber von neun Millimetern gefunden, bei denen es […]
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Deutschlands Schülerinnen und Schüler rutschen im internationalen Vergleich immer weiter ab: Die Ergebnisse von 15-Jährigen in Mathematik, Lesekompetenz und Naturwissenschaften waren “die niedrigsten, die je gemessen wurden”, wie es in der am Dienstag von der OECD in Paris veröffentlichten Pisa-Studie heißt. Mit diesem Ergebnis rangiert Deutschland in allen drei Bereichen nahe am Durchschnitt aller rund […]
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