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Ukrainian Secial Forces, Kherson region
Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kryvyi Rih on Christmas Eve
KYIV — A Russian ballistic missile hit a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing at least one person, according to local authorities. At least 11 others were injured, as Ukrainian authorities condemned the attack on Christmas Eve."The monsters directly struck a four-story residential complex with 32 apartments," the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, wrote on Telegram."While other countries around the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians continue to suffer from endless Russian attacks," said Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets in a Telegram post.Governor Serhiy Lysak posted photos of rescuers searching through a large pile of rubble, pulling out a dust-covered person, and...
December 25, 2024

Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kryvyi Rih on Christmas Eve

Pope Francis has launched a special jubilee year for Roman Catholics during a ceremony on Christmas Eve at the Vatican
Pope Francis opens Holy Door to launch 2025 Jubilee
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis officially launched the 2025 Holy Year on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, an event expected to draw over 30 million pilgrims to the Italian capital city, Rome.Since the first Holy Year in 1300, passing through the Holy Door or one of the three doors at the other Papal Basilicas has allowed pilgrims to receive indulgences, meaning 'the forgiveness of sins'.The 2025 Holy Year, themed around fostering hope and trust, is the second Jubilee led by Pope Francis, following the one in 2015.Alongside the doors of Rome’s Major Basilicas, the Pontiff will, for the first time, open a fifth door in a Roman prison, symbolising an invitation for “all prisoners to look to the future with renewed confidence.”An estimated 7,000...
December 25, 2024

Pope Francis opens Holy Door to launch 2025 Jubilee

Dutch authorities spoke of 'hit-and-run' attacks across the center of Amsterdam early last month
Four given jail terms for Amsterdam violence against football fans
AMSTERDAM — Four rioters have been given short jail terms for violence against football fans visiting Amsterdam for a Europa League match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.Sefa Ö, 32, was handed the longest sentence of six months in jail by Amsterdam district court, while another man was given 10 weeks and two others a month's detention each. A fifth defendant was given a community service order under the Netherlands' juvenile law.The judge said a prison sentence for the four was appropriate given the seriousness of the actions and the context in which they took place.The riots broke out in several areas of the Dutch capital in early November and led to international condemnation.The five defendants sentenced on Tuesday were the first to be tried for hit-and-run...
December 25, 2024

Four given jail terms for Amsterdam violence against football fans

French gendarmes patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower
Tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower after reports of elevator fire
PARIS — Some 1,200 tourists were evacuated on Tuesday from the iconic Paris landmark, the Eiffel Tower, after reports of a fire in one of its elevator shafts between the first and second floor.The fire, which was caused by one of the elevator cables overheating at around 10:30 am, has since been contained, according to Euronews' sources. Access to the tower has been restricted during the operation.The tourist attraction and one of the world's most famous towers is visited by an average of 15,000 to 25,000 visitors daily.The French capital remains scarred by the devastating blaze that almost destroyed another prominent landmark, the Notre Dame Cathedral, in 2019.The Gothic architectural masterpiece was closed for five years and was just reopened to the public earlier this month....
December 24, 2024

Tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower after reports of elevator fire

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, right, shakes hands with government coalition leaders as Prime Minister designate Marcel Ciolacu, left, walks after being nominated to form the new government in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 23
Romania forms a new pro-European coalition government amid ongoing political crisis
BUCHAREST — Romania’s new government headed by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the leftist Social Democratic Party took the oath on Monday. The new pro-Europe government has been tasked with providing stability and maintaining the country’s pro-European trajectory.Ciolacu’s new government received 240 votes in favor, seven more than the required 233 votes for motions to pass.Eight ministries will be under the Social Democratic Party’s (PSD) control, six will be overseen by the National Liberal Party (PNL) while the remaining two cabinet posts will be taken up by the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania.Romania’s new cabinet members took the oath on Monday before incumbent President Klaus Iohannis.Iohannis said he spoke with all the new cabinet members, wishing them...
December 24, 2024

Romania forms a new pro-European coalition government amid ongoing political crisis

Kosovo lawmakers vote during the parliament session in Pristina, 7 July 2021
Kosovo bars Serb party from vote over anti-independence stances
PRISTINA — Kosovo's central election commission on Monday denied the main Serb minority party's request to run in the upcoming February elections after members of the verification body highlighted “statements made against Kosovo’s statehood”."I have my reservations and I need to express them,” said Sami Kurteshi, a member of the 11-person body that certifies the applications of all the parties that will run in the 9 February parliamentary elections.Kurteshi and other members of the body said that while Srpska Lista, the leading ethnic Serb minority party in the country, was presenting its election platform, “it never mentioned the Republic of Kosovo, but use Kosovo and Metohija,” a term meant to relegate the country that declared independence in 2008 to regional...
December 24, 2024

Kosovo bars Serb party from vote over anti-independence stances

A car drives along a highway from Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024
Russian forces make progress amid record-high losses across Ukraine's Donetsk region
KYIV — Russian forces continue to make significant and steady progress across Ukraine's Donetsk region as they are now moving in on the town of Pokrovsk and appear to be closing in on Kurakhove further south.Last week, the Russian defense ministry announced the capture of Trudove and Uspenivka settlements, completing the occupation of the final segment of the so-called "Uspenivka pocket" south of Kurakhove, a town of some 18,000 before Moscow's all-out invasion in early 2022.The Khortytsia battle group stated that the Ukrainian troops withdrew from this area after "heavy defensive battles".Ukrainian monitoring group DeepState claimed earlier that some troops did not manage to pull back after Russia captured the two settlements.The sector lies roughly 8...
December 24, 2024

Russian forces make progress amid record-high losses across Ukraine's Donetsk region

Greenland's Pituffik Space Base, formerly the Thule Air Base, is owned by the US
Greenland again tells Trump it is not for sale
LONDON — Greenland once again said it was not for sale after US President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted to take control of the territory."Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland," its prime minister said on Monday, a day after Trump repeated comments about the Arctic island that he first made several years ago.Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and lies on the shortest route from the US to Europe, meaning it is strategically important for America.There was no immediate response to Trump's comments from Denmark.Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday, the US president-elect said: "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that...
December 24, 2024

Greenland again tells Trump it is not for sale

A worker clears debris on a street in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte cyclone dead
PARIS — France is to hold a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier this month.French President Emmanuel Macron called for the nationwide remembrance during his visit to the island last week — where he was jeered by some islanders who criticized the slow delivery of aid.It is feared hundreds, possibly thousands, of people died when Chido made landfall off Africa's south-east coast on 14 December bringing winds of up to 260 km/h (160mph) and 250mm of rainfall in the first 24 hours.People across France will pay tribute and flags will be flown at half-mast in a show of solidarity at cities including Paris, Marseille and Lyon.More than a week on from the storm survivors are struggling without water, communication and...
December 23, 2024

France holds day of mourning for Mayotte cyclone dead

Police outside the now closed Christmas market in Magdeburg, 22 December, 2024
Officials defend Magdeburg security days after Christmas market attack killed five
BERLIN — Saxony-Anhalt's Interior Minister has defended security measures in Magdeburg two days after a car drove into the city's Christmas market, killing five and injuring more than 200."Police made intensive preparations to secure Christmas markets throughout the state. In Magdeburg in particular, we made intensive use of the new legal possibility for random checks on bags in order to enforce the ban on weapons and knives at the Christmas markets," Tamara Zieschang said."This was combined with a high police presence at all Christmas markets and I believe that the high police presence at the Magdeburg Christmas market also contributed to the fact that the perpetrator was apprehended within three minutes."Zieschang said she was also aware that many Christmas...
December 23, 2024

Officials defend Magdeburg security days after Christmas market attack killed five

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