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Two French police officers in Paris question a woman after the 6 p.m. curfew on March 17, 2020. — courtesy Daniel Brown/PA.
Crime in Paris falls but still not a ‘positive situation’, say police
PARIS — Crime in the French capital has fallen in recent months, but remains “structurally high”, according to the prefect of police in Paris, Laurent Nuñez.Speaking in the Journal of Sunday, Nuñez noted that criminality in Paris and the surrounding suburbs had dropped over the last six months, though he added the situation was still not “positive”.Burglaries and incidents of domestic violence actually rose during the same period.Nuñez, who was appointed in July 2022, reported that property damage fell by 2% in the suburbs and 5% in the center of the city, while violent thefts in Paris’s surroundings dropped by 20% and 25% in the center.He attributed these falls to his deployment of more officers to high-crime areas and busier parts of the capital, such as metro stations or...
January 16, 2023

Crime in Paris falls but still not a ‘positive situation’, say police

Environmental activists Just Stop Oil are among those to use tactics like blocking roads. — courtesy Getty Images
New plans to widen police powers for disruptive protests
LONDON — Police could be allowed to shut down protests before they cause serious disruption, under new government plans.Downing Street said the proposals would help officers clamp down on “a disruptive minority” who use tactics like blocking roads and slow marching.It said the changes seek to give police greater flexibility and clarity over when they can intervene.But human rights group Liberty said the proposals amounted to an attack on the right to protest.The plans will be set out in an amendment to the Public Order Bill, due to be introduced on Monday.Its aim is to crack down on disruptive protests by groups like environmental activists Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, which have used tactics including blocking roads.The bill, which covers England and...
January 16, 2023

New plans to widen police powers for disruptive protests

Christine Lambrecht was widely criticized for failing to improve Germany’s notoriously ill-equipped armed forces. — courtesy photo
German Defense Minister Lambrecht resigns after blunders
BERLIN — Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned following a series of blunders and PR disasters.It comes as Berlin comes under rising pressure to allow the delivery of German-built battle tanks to Ukraine.Lambrecht was mocked for her announcement that Germany was supporting Ukraine by sending 5,000 military helmets.She was also widely criticized for failing to improve Germany’s notoriously ill-equipped armed forces.This was despite the provision of €100 billion (£88 billion) for that task following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Lambrecht, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), also came in for criticism when it emerged that she had taken her son on a trip in a military helicopter.But it was an awkward video she posted on New Year’s...
January 16, 2023

German Defense Minister Lambrecht resigns after blunders

A handout picture by the Ufficio Stampa Comando Generale Carabinieri shows wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro (at right)/
Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run
ROME — Italy's most-wanted mobster, Sicilian Matteo Messina Denaro, has been arrested, according to Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.Denaro, who had been on the run for 30 years, was nabbed in Palermo, Sicily. He is considered the successor of the great historical leaders of Cosa Nostra -- like Toto Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, who died in prison in 2016 and 2017."After 30 years on the run, the superboss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested. It is with great emotion that I thank the women and men of the state who never gave up, confirming the rule that sooner or later even the greatest criminals on the run are arrested," Salvini wrote."This is a great day for Italy and serves as a warning to the mafia: the institutions and our heroes in uniform never give...
January 16, 2023

Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run

Andrew Tate (left) and his brother Tristan are escorted by police outside the Bucharest Court of Appeal last week
Romanian police widen probe into Andrew Tate
BUCHAREST — Romanian police are expanding their investigation into former kickboxing champion Andrew Tate, seizing a fleet of luxury cars from his Bucharest compound over the weekend, and raiding seven more properties - including a newly renovated villa beneath the Carpathian Mountains.The sight of Tate's shiny dove-grey Porsche perched delicately on the battered frame of a police tow truck neatly captured his shift in fortunes as, through the high black gates of his compound, a slow procession of trucks carried his prized collection of luxury cars to join him in police custody.At the side of the road, a single fan stood watching. "I consider myself a fan," Emmanuel told me. "Every boy likes his lifestyle."I don't like what I'm hearing about him, but...
January 16, 2023

Romanian police widen probe into Andrew Tate

Border Force officers discovered uranium with a shipment of scrap metal in a routine screening on 29 December
Man arrested over uranium find at Heathrow airport
LONDON — A man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offense after traces of uranium were found at Heathrow Airport in December, Scotland Yard said.It comes after counter-terrorism officers searched an address in Cheshire on Saturday.The man was arrested under Section 9 of the Terrorism Act 2006, which covers the making and possession of radioactive devices and materials.He was released on bail until April.Commander Richard Smith, head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said that "based on what we currently know", the incident "still does not appear to be linked to any direct threat to the public".He said officers were continuing to investigate to "ensure this is definitely the case".The search of the Cheshire...
January 16, 2023

Man arrested over uranium find at Heathrow airport

Police use water cannon to disperse activists during a protest against the expansion of a German coal mine in Luetzerath.
German police oust climate activists after clashes near coal mine
BERLIN — German police say they have removed almost all climate activists from a German village that will be destroyed to allow the expansion of a coal mine.Hundreds of officers cleared around 300 activists from Lützerath in an operation that began on Wednesday.Police say they removed activists waiting in treehouses, a day after clashes broke out between both sides.Two people were still holding out in an underground tunnel at the site in western Germany, police added."There are no further activists in the village of Lützerath," police said, adding that the buildings at the site had been cleared by Friday.Police said that 35 "tree structures" and almost 30 wooden constructions had also been cleared away.Climate activists said that the village and others nearby should...
January 16, 2023

German police oust climate activists after clashes near coal mine

The residential building hit by a missile on Sunday in Dnipro, Ukraine.
Chances of more survivors from Dnipro strike in Ukraine minimal: Mayor
KYIV — The mayor of Dnipro has warned there may be no further survivors after Saturday’s Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city.The attack left 25 dead while a further 43 are missing, city officials said. Dnipro mayor Borys Filatov said there was “minimal” chance of finding anyone else alive.Speaking to state TV in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that military operations were going to plan.Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa were also hit on Saturday in attacks which Moscow said were targeted at Ukraine’s military and energy infrastructure.The devastating strike in Dnipro hit the entrance of a nine-story building, turning several floors into smoldering rubble.Filatov said the number of fatalities was expected to be in the dozens. He...
January 15, 2023

Chances of more survivors from Dnipro strike in Ukraine minimal: Mayor

A new COVID-19 subvariant has emerged in late 2022. — courtesy Canva
XBB.1.5: All you need to know about the new ‘Kraken’ COVID strain
LONDON — While most of us would rather forget about COVID-19 entirely, the virus is carrying on moving through the world’s population — and mutating along the way.The numbers of COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations have dropped in most countries in recent months compared to the height of the pandemic in 2020, though a big question mark still looms over the number of current infections in China.But a new Omicron subvariant, which has emerged in countries including the UK and the US, is now raising the question of whether we should continue to worry about the latest COVID-19 strains.This new subvariant is officially called “XBB.1.5” and is the result of fragments from two other variants merging together - what is called a “recombinant subvariant”.“Two different strains...
January 15, 2023

XBB.1.5: All you need to know about the new ‘Kraken’ COVID strain

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was one of thousands of protestors who gathered in Germany Sunday.
Thunberg joins protests in Germany as thousands gather to object to coal mine expansion
BERLIN — Thousands of people demonstrated in persistent rain on Saturday to protest the clearance and demolition of a village in western Germany that is due to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.There were standoffs with police as some protesters tried to reach the edge of the mine and the village itself.Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg joined the demonstrators as they protested the clearance of Luetzerath, walking through the nearby village of Keyenberg and past muddy fields. Protesters chanted “Every village stays” and “You are not alone.”Organizers said about 35,000 people took part, while police put the figure at 15,000. On the sidelines of the protest, police said people broke through their barriers and some got into the Garzweiler coal mine.Some who tried to...
January 15, 2023

Thunberg joins protests in Germany as thousands gather to object to coal mine expansion

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