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Nation observes minute’s silence to mark Prague University mass shooting
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic observed a minute’s silence at midday (11:00 GMT) to commemorate those killed in Thursday’s mass shooting at a Prague university.Flags on official buildings were flown at half-mast to mark a day of national mourning.Fourteen people were shot dead at the Faculty of Arts building of Charles University in the capital by a student who then killed himself.Police are working to uncover the motive behind the attack.It is one of the deadliest assaults by a lone gunman in Europe this century.Those killed in Thursday’s attack included Lenka Hlavkova, head of the Institute of Musicology at the university.Other victims were named as translator and Finnish literature expert Jan Dlask and student Lucie Spindlerova.The shooting began at around 15:00 local time (14:00...
December 23, 2023

Nation observes minute’s silence to mark Prague University mass shooting

Mourners lay candle lights outside the headquarters of Charles University for victims of mass shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023
Prague gunman shot himself on rooftop, say police
PRAGUE — A mass shooting in downtown Prague has left 13 people dead - including the gunman - and at least 25 injured.The individual responsible for the shooting is dead, according to Czech police.He was a 24-year-old student in the faculty of arts at Charles University, where the killing spree took place, they said.Authorities have not named or provided specific details about the victims but said that three of those injured were foreign nationals - two from Saudi Arabia and one from the Netherlands.Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said on the radio on Friday that police have identified 13 victims.All the victims were killed inside the university and some were classmates of the gunman.The shooter, partially identified as David K, died by suicide after the shooting, said the police on...
December 22, 2023

Prague gunman shot himself on rooftop, say police

An image of a younger Alex Batty, before he disappeared
British teen Alex Batty says he lied about escape to protect mum
LONDON — British teenager Alex Batty has revealed he lied about the details of his escape to protect his mother and grandfather from police.In an interview with The Sun, he said he fabricated a story about a four-day journey, hoping it would stop officers from tracking them down.The teenager was found walking in France six years after going missing.He said doubts about his mother and grandfather's nomadic lifestyle began when he was "14 or 15 years old".Future ambitions to study at college spurred on his decision to abandon their way of life in the French Pyrenees, he explained.Back in the care of his grandmother in Oldham, Alex has spoken extensively about his escape and what drove him to leave."I've been lying to try and protect my mum and grandad but I realize...
December 22, 2023

British teen Alex Batty says he lied about escape to protect mum

The lava field produced by the recent volcanic activity can be seen in the top background above Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023
Iceland village residents begin returning after volcano eruption
REYKJAVIK — The people of Grindavik were evacuated on 11 November after a series of earthquakes, considered a possible precursor to an eruption.Evacuated residents of the town of Grindavik in Iceland began returning on Thursday.Only daytime visits were permitted as the volcano decreased in intensity, dashing their hopes of spending Christmas at home.The eruption, which began on Monday evening, opened a fissure in the ground about four kilometres long. Glowing fountains of orange lava were spewed into the sky only three kilometres from Grindavik.By Thursday, the eruption had declined in intensity and lava flows could no longer be seen on live video feed."The likelihood of a new eruption forming without warning near Grindavik has decreased," the Icelandic Meteorological Office...
December 22, 2023

Iceland village residents begin returning after volcano eruption

After ten days, the demonstration of Hungarian hauliers at the Ukrainian border has ended.
Hungarian truckers end unsuccessful protest at Ukrainian border
BUDAPEST — Drivers angry at Ukrainian hauliers' entry into EU market say both their government and their union have left them behind.After ten days, the demonstration of Hungarian hauliers at the Ukrainian border has ended.The organisers say they are suspending their protest for the time being not just because they failed to achieve their aims, but also because they received no support from either their union or the government."We have heard the slogan from our government leaders that they 'will leave no one on the side of the road'," said protester Károly Szamosfalvi. "Now that seems to be proving to be untrue."The demonstrators believe that their coworkers refused to join them because they haven't yet realised that their jobs are endangered by the...
December 22, 2023

Hungarian truckers end unsuccessful protest at Ukrainian border

Hundreds of people camped out in northern France are still desperate to make the journey to the UK
Tide turns for Channel smugglers but the migrant crossings go on
CALAIS — Border officials in the UK and France have welcomed a "really significant" drop in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel this year in small boats.Official figures are down by over a third compared with 2022.The UK has helped to fund a doubling of French police patrolling the border along with other measures like drones.But tens of thousands of migrants remain ready to attempt the dangerous journey.On a cold, moonless night in December, a 17-year-old Iraqi girl named Faisa lay hidden in the sand dunes outside the port of Boulogne, clutching her 10-year-old sister's hand, listening to the steady roar of the sea, and waiting for the order to run."I was not scared because everything for us is a risk," she explained later.It was a little after...
December 21, 2023

Tide turns for Channel smugglers but the migrant crossings go on

The new Polish coalition government has sacked the governing bodies of the public media
New Polish coalition government sacks state TV, radio and news bosses
WARSAW — Poland's new Cabinet moves to free state media from previous government's political control, according to AFP news agency.The Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said Wednesday it had fired the directors of the state television and radio outlets and the government-run news agency. It seeks to reestablish independent media in Poland in a legally binding and lasting way.Tusk's government has made it a priority to restore objectivity and free expression in state media, which the previous government, under the Law and Justice party, used as aggressive propaganda tools, attacking Tusk and the opposition and spreading its eurosceptic views. During its rule, Law and Justice cut corners and ignored some procedures to gain control of the media...
December 21, 2023

New Polish coalition government sacks state TV, radio and news bosses

Yekaterina Duntsova
Pro-peace candidate applies to run against Putin in election
MOSCOW — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine presented documents to register as a candidate for the Russian 2024 presidential election on Wednesday, according to the French news agency AFP.A pro-peace candidate has applied to run in next year's election against Russian President Vladimir Putin.Yekaterina Duntsova, who calls for peace in Ukraine, presented documents on Wednesday to Russia’s Central Election Commission to register as a candidate for the country’s 2024 presidential election.The regional legislator hopes to challenge Putin, promoting her vision of a "humane "Russia" that’s peaceful, friendly and ready to cooperate with everyone on the principle of respect.”Speaking to journalists in Moscow on Wednesday, Duntsova said she hoped the...
December 21, 2023

Pro-peace candidate applies to run against Putin in election

Woman outdoors blowing her nose. — courtesy Getty Images
JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread
GENEVA — A sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization, because of "its rapidly increasing spread".JN.1 has been found in many countries around the world, including India, China, UK and the United States.The risk to the public is currently low and current vaccines continue to offer protection, the WHO says. But it warns COVID and other infections could rise this winter.Respiratory viruses such as flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and childhood pneumonia are also on the rise in the northern hemisphere.The virus which causes COVID is constantly changing over time and sometimes this leads to new variants developing.Omicron has been the globally dominant variant for some time.The...
December 20, 2023

JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread

Polish news anchor pulled off air as Tusk reforms take effect
Polish state TVP Info channel off air as Tusk reforms kick in
WARSAW — Polish state TV channel TVP Info has been taken off air after Prime Minister Donald Tusk's new government moved to depoliticize public media.Parliament in Warsaw backed a resolution on Tuesday night calling for independence, objectivity and pluralism in public TV and radio.The new culture minister has dismissed the heads of TVP and Polish Radio.MPs from the Law and Justice (PiS) party who lost power in October reacted by staging a sit-in at state TV HQ.The ex-PiS prime minister condemned the Tusk government's "illegal actions", and political ally President Andrzej Duda accused it of "violating constitutional principles and the law".State media is an important tool in Poland. About a third of people rely solely on it for their news, having no access to...
December 20, 2023

Polish state TVP Info channel off air as Tusk reforms kick in

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