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Jacques Delors leaving Hotel Matignon, Paris on July 19, 1984
EU leaders salute father of European integration Jacques Delors
PARIS — The former President of the European Commission and prominent figure of the French left passed away on Wednesday aged 98.Leaders of the European Union have paid tribute to the late Jacques Delors.He was "a visionary who made our Europe stronger" and whose "work... shaped entire generations of Europeans", wrote EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on X.“His life's work is a united, dynamic and prosperous European Union... Let us honor his legacy by constantly renewing our Europe,” she added.Delors, himself an ex-Commission President between 1985 and 1995, passed away on Wednesday at his home in Paris, according to his daughter.From Brussels, he shaped the contours of contemporary Europe: Setting up the single market, signing the Schengen...
December 28, 2023

EU leaders salute father of European integration Jacques Delors

Ethel Beach, South Australia
Teenage boy killed in Australia shark attack
SYDNEY — A teenage boy has been killed in a shark attack at a popular holiday and surfing spot in South Australia, police have said.The body was recovered from the water after the attack, near Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula, officers said.A local resident told ABC News Thursday's attack was the first fatal one at the resort that he was aware of.The attack is the latest of several in South Australian waters recently.In a statement, South Australia Police said its officers were first alerted about the attack on Thursday at 13:30 local time (02:30 GMT)."Sadly the body of a teenage boy was recovered from the water," police said in a statement.The force, which did not give the age of the teenager, said officers were preparing a report for the...
December 28, 2023

Teenage boy killed in Australia shark attack

The passenger plane landed safely on the river despite the pilot's error
Russian passenger plane lands on frozen river by mistake
MOSCOW — A passenger plane with 34 people on board has landed on a frozen river in Russia's Far East, apparently because of a mistake by the pilot.No one was hurt when the Polar Airlines Soviet-era Antonov An-24 plane came to a halt on Thursday morning not far from land, on the frozen River Kolyma.The plane landed off the runway of Zyryanka airport.Initial inquiries said pilot error was to blame, prosecutors said. Thirty passengers and four crew were on board.Flight PI217 left Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic in Russia's Far East, early on Thursday.It was bound for Zyryanka, 1,100km (685 miles) to the north-east, and was due to fly on to another small town in Srednekolymsk before returning to Yakutsk.Video from one of the passengers showed the plane almost in the centre...
December 28, 2023

Russian passenger plane lands on frozen river by mistake

A Ukrainian soldier near the front line in Donetsk this week
US releases last military aid for Kyiv for now
WASHINGTON — The White House has approved another tranche of US military aid to Ukraine worth some $250m (£195m).The latest package includes air defense, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons, US officials say.But it marks the last funding available without fresh approval from Congress, where talks have stalled.Ukraine has warned that the war effort and its public finances are at risk if further Western aid is not forthcoming.Amid a stalled counter-offensive in the east of the country and a little-changed line of control, Ukrainian officials are facing the prospect of a slowdown in aid from allies in Washington and Europe.Although the Ukraine war effort has broad support in the US Congress, an agreement on further arms has been stopped by Republicans who insist that...
December 28, 2023

US releases last military aid for Kyiv for now

Russia President Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny located in remote prison in the Arctic Circle
Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny ‘relieved’ after ‘exhausting’ 20-day prison transfer
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has spoken out for the first time since his sudden disappearance several weeks ago, after his team said they eventually located him at a penal colony in Siberia Monday.Navalny, a staunch Kremlin critic, shared a message via his aides on social media on Tuesday, expressing “relief” after surviving what he said was a 20-day prison transfer that covered thousands of miles.“They brought me here on Saturday night. And I was transported with such precaution and on such a strange route (Vladimir — Moscow — Chelyabinsk — Ekaterinburg — Kirov — Vorkuta — Kharp) that I didn’t expect anyone to find me here before mid-January,” Navalny wrote on X, formerly Twitter.“The 20 days of my transportation were pretty exhausting, but...
December 27, 2023

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny ‘relieved’ after ‘exhausting’ 20-day prison transfer

Wolfgang Schäuble was finance minister under Angela Merkel for eight years. — courtesy Reuters
Schäuble: Merkel's no-nonsense finance minister dies aged 81
BERLIN — German ex-finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who helped steer the eurozone through the debt crisis, has died at the age of 81.An MP for 51 years in Germany's Bundestag, he played a key role in negotiating German reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.He then survived an attempt on his life by a mentally unstable gunman.And although never chancellor, Schäuble was widely viewed as one of Germany's most influential post-war politicians.Current Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he had shaped his country for more than half a century and Germany had lost "a sharp thinker, a passionate politician and a pugnacious Democrat".Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Former UK Chancellor George Osborne praised Schäuble as "a great man, who had unified his...
December 27, 2023

Schäuble: Merkel's no-nonsense finance minister dies aged 81

Sightseeing visits were barred at Germany's landmark cathedral in Cologne
Countries across Europe heighten security levels amid terror warnings
BRUSSELS — Security has been stepped up around Christmas celebrations in the Vatican, Germany and Austria over attack concerns, the Associated Press reported.Sightseeing visits were barred at Germany's landmark cathedral in Cologne and Christmas Eve worshippers faced security checks to get into midnight Mass on Sunday.The moves came amid intelligence warnings indicating a potential attack.However, a top security official urged people not to shy away from holiday celebrations out of fear.Churchgoers attended multiple services at the cathedral in Cologne despite the ban on sightseeing visits, a day after police descended on the cathedral and searched it with sniffer dogs.With several dozen officers on duty outside, Auxiliary Bishop Rolf Steinhaeuser greeted those attending what he said...
December 27, 2023

Countries across Europe heighten security levels amid terror warnings

The dream vacation on P&O Cruises' ship Arvia (file photo) turned into a nightmare on the flight home
‘Freak’ turbulence lands 11 airplane passengers in hospital as they returned from a Christmas cruise
LONDON — It sounded like the perfect festive break: a cruise around the sunny Caribbean, before flying back to the cold and wet UK just in time for Christmas.But the idyllic vacation turned into something of a nightmare for the 225 British passengers on P&O Cruises’ Caribbean Fly-Cruise, after their chartered return flight hit “freak” turbulence, landing some passengers in hospital and delaying everyone’s return home until after Christmas.The passengers had booked one or two-week cruises on the luxurious Arvia ship. With no fewer than four pools and 30 bars and restaurants onboard, it was set to be a dreamy trip around top Caribbean destinations, including Antigua, St. Lucia and the Dominican Republic.As it happened, the cruise went to plan. But getting home in time for Christmas...
December 27, 2023

‘Freak’ turbulence lands 11 airplane passengers in hospital as they returned from a Christmas cruise

A child fetches clean water at a camp for displaced people in Dar Saad in Yemen. (file). — courtesy UNOCHA/Mahmoud Fadel-YPN
UN envoy welcomes ‘significant step’ towards ceasefire in Yemen
GENEVA — The UN Special Envoy for Yemen has welcomed steps towards a ceasefire in the war-torn country, where government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels have been fighting for more than eight years.The development follows a series of meetings with the sides held in Riyadh and Muscat, his office said in a statement on Saturday.Special Envoy Hans Grundberg welcomed their commitment to a set of measures to implement a nation-wide ceasefire, improve living conditions, and engage in preparations for the resumption of an inclusive political process under UN auspices."Thirty million Yemenis are watching and waiting for this new opportunity to provide for tangible results and progress towards lasting peace," he said.“The parties have taken a significant...
December 26, 2023

UN envoy welcomes ‘significant step’ towards ceasefire in Yemen

Unverified images of the attack on the port of Feodosiya were posted by the head of the Ukrainian air force
Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian tank landing ship in Black Sea
KYIV — Ukraine claimed on Tuesday to have carried out an airstrike in Crimea that destroyed a Russian Navy tank landing ship in what would be, if confirmed, the third instance of major losses of Russian military hardware in less than a week.In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk thanked personnel involved in “the destruction of the Novocherkassk large landing ship” while it was in the port of Feodosia in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.CNN cannot independently verify the claim, but videos posted on social media showed large explosions in the Feodosia port.Russia has confirmed one of its warships has been "damaged" in a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port.The airstrike took place at Feodosiya in...
December 26, 2023

Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian tank landing ship in Black Sea

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