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Russia mulls lifting Twitter ban after Musk reinstates Kremlin account
MOSCOW — Russia is considering lifting its ban on Twitter after the social media network reinstated access to accounts of Russian state agencies.The ban was imposed before Elon Musk took over running Twitter last October.But since Friday, users can once again search the accounts of the Kremlin and Russia’s Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries, among others.And when Dmitry Medvedev, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, tweeted that Ukraine was a “Nazi regime”, Musk himself defended the former president’s right to tweet.Rejecting a call for Medvedev to be barred, Musk replied: “All news is to some degree propaganda. Let people decide for themselves.”Reacting to the development, a senior Russian MP on the Duma’s Information Policy Committee has called on the...
April 10, 2023

Russia mulls lifting Twitter ban after Musk reinstates Kremlin account

A boat carrying about 400 migrants, pictured on Monday, is stranded in the Mediterranean Sea along a route that humanitarian bodies warned is treacherous
Boat carrying 400 migrants adrift in Mediterranean sea for at least 24 hours
MILAN — A boat carrying around 400 migrants is adrift in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta, and is at risk of capsizing after being stranded for at least 24 hours, along an immigration route that NGOs have warned is perilously dangerous.The support service Alarm Phone said in a tweet Sunday that it had received a call from the boat, which had departed from Tobruk, Libya, overnight, adding it had reported the situation to authorities, but no rescue operation had been announced.Many on board require medical attention, Alarm Phone said, including a child, a pregnant woman and a disabled person. It said passengers reported some distressed people may have jumped overboard, including one person who it said was unconscious on the boat. The boat’s hull had filled with water, it...
April 10, 2023

Boat carrying 400 migrants adrift in Mediterranean sea for at least 24 hours

Georgian opposition activists outside parliament in Tbilisi
Thousands join mass anti-government rally in Georgia
TBILISI — Thousands of protesters rallied outside the Georgian parliament on Sunday amid mounting opposition to the country's government.Critics accuse the ruling Georgian Dream party of being under the sway of Russia and of backsliding on democracy.The government has been accused of jailing political opponents and silencing independent media.The rally was organized by the main opposition party in support of jailed former President Mikheil Saakashvili.Saakashvili, who served two terms as president between 2004 and 2013, is currently serving a six-year jail term for abuse of power, although international rights groups have condemned his conviction as politically motivated.Last month, mass protests forced the government to abandon a bill that would have required any non-governmental...
April 10, 2023

Thousands join mass anti-government rally in Georgia

On Sunday night, heat and rubble were still hindering the search for survivors
Two bodies found after Marseille building destroyed in explosion
MARSEILLE — Two bodies have been found after an explosion flattened a four-story apartment building in the southern French city of Marseille.Local authorities said six people remained unaccounted for and that rescue efforts were ongoing.The blast occurred in the La Plaine neighborhood at 00:49 local time on Sunday (23:49 BST on Saturday).The cause remains unclear, but investigators are looking into the possibility of a gas leak.Five people from neighboring buildings sustained minor injuries in the explosion and around 200 people had to be evacuated from their homes. Two nearby blocks partially collapsed a few hours later without causing any additional injuries.Around 100 firefighters attended the scene to tackle a blaze that burned under the rubble throughout Sunday.The fire hampered...
April 10, 2023

Two bodies found after Marseille building destroyed in explosion

Ben Ferencz
Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor dies, aged 103
WASHINGTON — The last surviving prosecutor from the post-World War Two Nuremberg trials has died aged 103.Ben Ferencz was just 27 when he secured the convictions of Nazi officers for war crimes and crimes against humanity.He later advocated for the establishment of an international court to prosecute war crimes, a goal realized in 2002.Ferencz died peacefully in his sleep on Friday evening at an assisted living facility in Boynton Beach, Florida.Confirming his death, the US Holocaust Museum said the world had lost "a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide".Speaking to the BBC, his son, Donald Ferencz, who also works in international law, said he would remember his father as someone who dedicated his life to "trying to make it a more humane world under the...
April 10, 2023

Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor dies, aged 103

The Armancette glacier in the French AlpsImage. — courtesy Getty Images
4 hikers killed, many injured in French Alps avalanche
PARIS — At least four people have died in an avalanche in the French Alps, the country’s interior minister Gerald Darmanin has said.The incident happened at the Armancette glacier near Mont Blanc in southeastern France around midday on Sunday local time. It’s thought the victims were among a group of hikers.Darmanin said several others were injured and a search and rescue operation was under way. Both he and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed their sympathy to the victims and their loved ones.Before the incident, the nearby ski resort of Contamines-Montjoie posted a video on social media showing a huge wall of snow moving down from the Dômes de Miage, which the glacier is a part of.The resort urged people to be careful if they were venturing off-piste — away from the...
April 09, 2023

4 hikers killed, many injured in French Alps avalanche

The Royal Family traditionally takes the short walk to the chapel together. — courtesy PA Media
King Charles joined by family for first Easter service as monarch
LONDON — The King and other senior royals have attended their first Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.Charles was accompanied by Camilla, the Queen Consort, with his siblings the Princess Royal and the Duke of York immediately behind them.The Prince and Princess of Wales were also at the St George’s Chapel service, with all three of their children. Last year, only Prince George and Princess Charlotte joined them.But on Sunday, Prince Louis — their youngest, at the age of four — held his mother’s hand for the walk to the chapel, in the spring sunshine.The family was color-coordinated in shades of blue, with Charles and Camilla also wearing dark blue outfits.The Princess of Wales was color-coordinated with her children in a marine blue...
April 09, 2023

King Charles joined by family for first Easter service as monarch

Pope Francis at Easter Mass.
Pope Francis prays for both Ukrainian and Russian people at Easter Mass
ROME — In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, and praised nations which welcome refugees.He celebrated Easter Mass in a flower-adorned St. Peter’s Square, affirming the Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead days after his crucifixion.The 86-year-old pontiff topped the celebration with a traditional speech about troubled places in the world.Encouraging “trust among individuals, peoples and nations,” Francis said Easter’s joy “illumines the darkness and gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”The Pope’s Easter message is known by its Latin name, Urbi et Orbi, which means “to the city and the world.”Ukrainian diplomats have complained that he hasn’t come...
April 09, 2023

Pope Francis prays for both Ukrainian and Russian people at Easter Mass

Huge flames rise from a fire in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday.
Germany: toxic fumes alert after massive warehouse fire in Hamburg
HAMBURG — Police warned people in the German city of Hamburg to close their windows early on Sunday after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city.The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. in the Rothenburgsort district, located in the eastern part of the country's second-largest city.Several warehouses were ablaze, and the plume of smoke could be seen from miles away.The smoke drifted from there toward the city center, halting long-distance trains between Hamburg and Berlin and other cities.A public safety alert conveyed through a mobile phone app advised people in Hamburg to close windows, turn off ventilation and air conditioning, and avoid the area. No injuries have been reported.Public broadcaster NDR said the fire involved...
April 09, 2023

Germany: toxic fumes alert after massive warehouse fire in Hamburg

The crucifix will be returned to Doingt’s rebuilt church. — courtesy Mémoire de Doingt-Flamicourt
Rutland village to return Somme crucifix after 107 years
LONDON — A crucifix plucked from the rubble of the Somme battlefield and brought to England is to be returned to its original home in France.The cross was originally from the church of Doingt-Flamicourt, which was destroyed, along with the rest of the town, during the World War One battle.It is believed it was salvaged by a British Army chaplain and placed in All Saints Church in Tinwell, Rutland. More than a century later, it is to be taken back.Doingt, near Amiens, was one of many settlements wiped from the map during the 1916 campaign that claimed more than 300,000 lives.Former All Saints church warden June Dodkin said: “On Remembrance Day 2018 we were commemorating the centenary of the war and the village priest asked if there was anything interesting in the church.“We suggested...
April 09, 2023

Rutland village to return Somme crucifix after 107 years

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