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An organization called Take Back Power, which describes itself as a civil resistance group, posted footage of the incident on social media and said two of its members had smothered the display case with apple crumble and custard. Read more
“These radar illuminations went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of aircraft,” Shinjiro Koizumi posted on X, adding that Japan had lodged a protest with China over Saturday’s “regrettable” incident. Read more
Cyclone-induced floods and landslides last week devastated three provinces on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, including Aceh, killing at least 940 people, with an additional 276 people listed as missing, government data showed on Sunday. Read more
Specialist website La Tribune de l’Art reported that around 400 rare books were affected, blaming poor pipe conditions. It said the department had long sought funds to protect the collection from such risks without success. Read more
The Olympic flame started its journey through Italy from Rome on Saturday, launching a two-month relay designed to stir excitement across the country ahead of the 2026 Winter Games. Read more
Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs as winter deepens and the war approaches its fourth anniversary. Read more
The new National Security Strategy denounced the European Union as anti-democratic, and said the goal of the U.S. should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory.” Read more
Skripal was found along with his daughter Yulia slumped unconscious on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury in March 2018 after Novichok was applied to the front door handle of his nearby home. Read more
Beijing and Moscow must “continue to coordinate and cooperate, to resolutely subdue Japanese far-right forces’ provocative actions to undermine regional peace and stability and attempts at remilitarising,” Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Read more
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Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counter-proposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Read more
Operatives are using drones, infrared technology and sniffer dogs to find any boar carcasses for testing, as well as sealing off the areas around animal tracks under highways and pipework to prevent live animals moving into other areas of the countryside. Read more
The American expansion comes at a challenging moment for China’s food and beverage industry. Read more
Leo, the first U.S. pope, arrived in Beirut from a four-day visit to Turkey where he warned that humanity’s future was at risk because of the world’s unusual number of bloody conflicts and condemned violence in the name of religion. Read more
Rescue and relief officials in the Southeast Asian countries were still trying to get access to many flood-hit areas on Sunday even as flood waters receded and tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the three countries. Read more
The cause of the blaze at a high-rise apartment complex, remains under investigation, amid public anger over missed fire risk warnings and evidence of unsafe construction practices. Read more
The pardon came as a shock not only to Hondurans but also to U.S. authorities who had built a major case and won the conviction Read more
U.S. officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump’s announcement and unaware of any ongoing U.S. military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace. Read more
The fire that started Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court, a housing complex with about 2,000 apartments, killed at least 128 people by today’s tally and injured 78 others. Read more
The departure of Andriy Yermak put in doubt the future of the latest round of diplomatic efforts by the United States, Ukraine and European nations to end the war. Read more
The fire in the Wang Fuk Court development started on Wednesday afternoon and rapidly engulfed seven of the eight 32-story blocks in the complex. Read more
Leo, the first U.S. pope, said “ambitions and choices that trample on justice and peace” were destabilizing the world. Read more
