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Spain’s former King Juan Carlos seen in this file photo.
Spain’s Carlos makes ‘unwanted’ visit home from exile
MADRID —Spain’s aging king-in-exile dined with friends at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs this week, and watched Real Madrid beat Chelsea 2-0.There was, however, no lunch with King Charles III during a whirlwind visit to the British capital for Juan Carlos -- although it was rumored the distant cousins might meet, since the former Spanish monarch won’t be attending Charles and Camilla’s coronation in May.Now, a less-than-warm welcome awaits Juan Carlos in his homeland, where he arrived Wednesday for only his second visit, after three years of self-imposed exile in the Middle East.His family — King Felipe and Queen Letizia — have made it clear they’re not amused with the trip, and there’s no meeting scheduled between father and son in the diary at the Zarzuela...
April 20, 2023

Spain’s Carlos makes ‘unwanted’ visit home from exile

The NATO chief speaking in Brussels.
NATO chief visits war-torn Kyiv for first time since invasion
KYIV — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Thursday for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion more than a year ago, an official from the Western military alliance said.NATO confirmed earlier reports of a surprise visit by a local media outlet that published photos of Stoltenberg in the center of the Ukrainian capital.The Kyiv Independent noted the NATO chief was seen in Kyiv’s St Michael’s Square, in front of a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian servicemen killed since Russian tanks rolled across the border last year.Several high-profile officials have visited Kyiv to iterate their support for Ukraine, despite the fighting, including then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a staunch ally.UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a trip to the...
April 20, 2023

NATO chief visits war-torn Kyiv for first time since invasion

File photo of a suspected Russian ‘ghost ship’.
Putin’s ghost ships spying on critical infrastructure ‘in case of war’
COPENHAGEN — Russia is running a fleet of ‘ghost ships’ in the Baltic Sea with their transmitters turned off — as they map offshore wind farms, gas pipelines, power, and Internet cables in the waters around the Nordic nations for possible sabotage attacks.Those are just some of the explosive claims made in a new documentary series called “The Shadow War,” produced by public broadcasters from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, which looks at Russia’s intelligence operations across the region.“In the event of a conflict with the West, they are ready and know where to intervene if they want to paralyze Danish society,” Anders Henriksen from the Danish Police Intelligence Service (PET) was quoted as saying.In one instance, the documentary-makers tracked a Russian research...
April 20, 2023

Putin’s ghost ships spying on critical infrastructure ‘in case of war’

File photo shows a cluster of knives. Stabbing is a big problem in Britain.
Why are so many British kids stabbing each other?
LONDON — With children as young as 12 getting stabbed in brutal knife attacks, campaigners and local authorities have installed “bleed control kits” up and down the country.Placed outside conflict hotspots, such as supermarkets and fast food outlets, the small red cabinets contain publically accessible medical equipment, which can stem the bleeding from catastrophic wounds until an ambulance arrives.They are a grim indictment of an issue blighting the lives of more and more young people each year.Knife crime in England and Wales was 9% higher in March 2022 compared to the previous year, and 34% higher than in 2010/11, with police recording around 45,000 offenses, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).That’s nearly 125 a day.“The vast majority of young people...
April 20, 2023

Why are so many British kids stabbing each other?

Mystery white flash lights up skies over Kyiv
NASA says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite
KYIV — A mysterious flash that lit up the skies over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv generated much speculation.Officials in Kyiv said they suspected it was a NASA satellite falling to Earth but the US space agency told the BBC it was still in orbit.The Ukrainian air force suggested the flash might have been a meteorite.Whatever it was, the air force seemed confident it had not been caused by a Russian air attack — an event all too familiar since the invasion last year.The bright glow was observed in the sky over the capital around 22:00 (19:00 GMT).An air raid alert was activated but “air defense was not in operation”, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, Serhiy Popko, said on Telegram.“According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a Nasa space...
April 20, 2023

NASA says flash over Kyiv was not its satellite

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and Sweden’s Minister for Defense Pål Jonson, hold a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday.
Austin says he hopes Turkey decides to allow Sweden into NATO ‘sooner versus later’
STOCKHOLM — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday that it’s important that Turkey will decide to allow Sweden into NATO “sooner versus later”, saying he “feels confident” it will happen before the alliance summit in Lithuania in July.His optimism is shared by Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson, who said he hopes his country will be allowed into the alliance by the summer.He added that Sweden feels more secure with the additional US military exercises and involvement with the nation.“We look forward to continuing to advocate for your swift admission to NATO, and we’ll work hard to get that done before the summit,” Austin said on Wednesday.The US Defense Secretary added that Sweden joining NATO will make the alliance stronger and the continent more secure at...
April 19, 2023

Austin says he hopes Turkey decides to allow Sweden into NATO ‘sooner versus later’

A load of grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine.
Ukraine grain to transit Poland in sealed containers in new deal to prevent glut
KYIV/ WARSAW — Polish and Ukrainian officials say convoys of Ukrainian grain transiting Poland for export abroad will be sealed, guarded and monitored to ensure the produce stops flooding the Polish market and playing havoc with prices.Tuesday’s announcement came after two days of intensive talks following protests by Polish farmers, who said much of the Ukrainian grain was staying in Poland and creating a glut that caused them huge losses.The deal will also end a temporary prohibition issued by Poland Saturday to address the protests on the entry of grain from Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia, which are also affected by the transit of Ukrainian farm produce, later took similar measures.These moves drew the anger of the European Union’s executive branch, the European Commission, which...
April 19, 2023

Ukraine grain to transit Poland in sealed containers in new deal to prevent glut

Beatriz Flamini before starting her 500 day challenge. — courtesy Dokumalia
Spanish ‘cavewoman’ spends 500 days underground
MADRID — Beatriz Flamini knew she had to resist. Under no circumstances would she leave her new home, not even if a relative died.Stuck 70 meters below ground in a cave in southern Spain, the 49-year-old Spanish climber managed to beat a self-set challenge of spending 509 days without any contact with the outside world.When she emerged last Friday, she had to wear sunglasses to protect her eyesight from the brightness. “I had got on very well with myself, I could’ve stayed a bit longer,” she said laughing. “But I needed a shower.”For one year, four months and 22 days she lived detached from the world. Beatriz had no news from the outside, not even an awareness of how many days had passed inside the dark cave.Her challenge was to see if she could survive in what she calls...
April 19, 2023

Spanish ‘cavewoman’ spends 500 days underground

Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil on Nov. 25, 2019. — courtesy Leo Correa
European Parliament approves law ensuring EU products are deforestation-free
STRASBOURGH — The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to ensure that a large number of products on the EU market are deforestation-free, a huge step forward when it comes to tackling environmental destruction.Companies will have to prove that what they sell has no link to deforestation from 2021 onwards, both in Europe and throughout the world.The list includes palm oil, coffee, soy, wood, cattle, cocoa, rubber, charcoal and printed paper, as well as derived products, such as beef, furniture, or chocolate.Christophe Hansen, the lead MEP on the new law, said in an interview that the new rules are a significant achievement in the fight against climate change.“We are losing every year around 10 million hectares of forests all over the world and this instrument is going to halt that, at...
April 19, 2023

European Parliament approves law ensuring EU products are deforestation-free

President Macron is seeking to relaunch his second period in office and the latest viral video is a potential distraction
Macron tries to escape French pension row with street song
PARIS — Even a traditional sing-song with a group of young Parisians is fraught with risk for a president attempting to persuade France to accept an unpopular increase in the pension age.Emmanuel Macron had given a TV address on Tuesday regretting "no consensus could be found" on the reform when he went for a walk with his wife Brigitte.He joined some men singing a song he remembered from his grandmother.But it was shared by a Facebook group reportedly set up by the far right.The young singers were part of a Parisian choir singing traditional songs on a street in the sixth district in Paris,One of them approached President Macron asking him to join in a rendition of an old song from the Pyrenees called "Le Refuge", which he sang on a trip to the French mountain range...
April 19, 2023

Macron tries to escape French pension row with street song

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