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The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.
At least four dead, one injured in cable car accident in southern Italy
NAPLES — A cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and injuring one, officials said.Italy’s alpine rescue is responding to the accident at Monte Faito in the town of Castellammare di Stabia.Rescue operations at an altitude of about 1,200 meters have been complicated by bad weather and fog, which are hampering communications.The cable car accident happened just a week after the destination reopened for the season.The cable car is popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples.The Torre Annunziata public prosecutor's office says it will open an inquiry into the incident once emergency operations are completed. — Euronews
April 18, 2025

At least four dead, one injured in cable car accident in southern Italy

An armed Turkish police officer secures a road leading to the U.S. Consulate building in Istanbul
Hundreds detained in Turkey's biggest ever drugs raid in Ankara
ANKARA — Turkish police have detained 525 suspected drug dealers in dawn operations across the capital Ankara in what Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said was the "biggest narcotics operation" in the country's history.The operation involved thousands of police officers, sniffer dogs, drones and helicopters and targeted over 625 addresses, Yerlikaya said.The raids were the result of "technical and physical surveillance" of each suspect over six months, he added.Yerlikaya said many of those arrested were suspected of being involved in the sale of narcotics “in neighborhoods and streets via internet-based communication platforms.”“We have shown those poison peddlers once again very clearly: the streets you have entered is a dead end,” Yerlikaya wrote in a...
April 17, 2025

Hundreds detained in Turkey's biggest ever drugs raid in Ankara

This screengrab taken from a video shows judges at the Supreme Court in London, handing down their judgment on the legal definition of a woman on Wednesday
UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling
LONDON — The United Kingdom’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality laws are applied.Britain’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in equality legislation refers to “a biological woman and biological sex.”The court was deciding on whether trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) – which offers legal recognition of someone’s female sex – are protected from discrimination as a woman under the nation’s Equality Act 2010.A group of campaigners in Scotland brought the challenge in 2018, arguing that those rights should only safeguard those assigned as women at birth. But the Scottish government said that a trans woman with a GRC is...
April 16, 2025

UK Supreme Court says legal definition of ‘woman’ excludes trans women, in landmark ruling

One of the suspects arrested in the Europol-led Operation Bulut
232 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks
BRUSSELS — Authorities have dismantled four major criminal networks responsible for fuelling the flow of drugs into the European Union and Turkey, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said in a statement.It follows a series of "coordinated raids" supported by the agency, which led to the arrest of 232 suspects, including several "high-value targets".Europol said the investigation, codenamed Operation Bulut, took place across multiple jurisdictions and involved authorities in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.The law enforcement agency said that the groups were arrested in connection with the seizure of at least 21 tonnes of drugs in Europe and Turkey, including 3.3 million MDMA tablets.Europol said the groups had used both traditional...
April 16, 2025

232 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks

Russian journalist Sergey Karelin in court in Moscow, 15 April, 2025
Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
MOSCOW — A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them each to 5 1/2 years in prison.Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist.All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists.Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet that covers protests and political trials.Gabov is a freelance producer who has worked for multiple organizations, including Reuters.Karelin, a freelance video journalist, has done work for Western media outlets, including The Associated...
April 16, 2025

Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, visit a wounded Ukrainian soldier at a hospital in Odesa 15.04.2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine during surprise visit to Odesa
ODESA — NATO's support for Ukraine remains "unwavering," the alliance's secretary general has said, emphasizing that more than €20 billion in security assistance have already been pledged by allies in the first three months of 2025.Mark Rutte made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the southern port city of Odesa."I'm here today because I believe Ukraine's people deserve real peace, real safety and security in their country, in their homes," Rutte said during a joint press conference with Zelensky.They both visited a hospital in the city where they met with wounded Ukrainian soldiers.Rutte's visit came days after two Russian ballistic missiles struck the center of Sumy on Palm Sunday, killing at...
April 16, 2025

NATO chief Mark Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine during surprise visit to Odesa

Medical staff at Boston Medical Center in Boston during the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020
WHO members reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics
GENEVA — Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organization said early on Wednesday.The legally binding pact is intended to shore up the world’s defenses against new pathogens after the COVID-19 pandemic killed millions of people in 2020-22.The proposal outlines measures to prevent future pandemics and strengthen global collaboration. This includes establishing a pathogen access and benefit sharing system and building geographically diverse research capacities among others.The agreement also proposes a global supply chain and logistics network while emphasizing stronger health system resilience and preparedness.“After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO...
April 16, 2025

WHO members reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics

Owen Ray in an undated picture with his mother, Sara Buchen-Ray. Ray Family
US students held for two weeks in Denmark after dispute with Uber driver
COPENHAGEN — Two US college students were arrested and detained for two weeks in Denmark after an alleged altercation with an Uber driver, local police said Tuesday.The young men are now prevented from leaving the country until a court hearing on charges of common assault in Copenhagen on April 24, officials said.The alleged incident took place around 2 a.m. on March 31 (8 p.m. ET on March 30) after Owen Ray and a friend were returning from a night out in the Danish capital at the end of a spring break in Europe.Ray and his friend, who has not been named, had ordered an Uber to return to their hotel but realized they had selected the wrong destination, according to family spokesperson Erin Pelton. Unable to update the location in the Uber app, they canceled the ride.The canceled fare was...
April 16, 2025

US students held for two weeks in Denmark after dispute with Uber driver

The Hauts-de-Seine prison in Nanterre (file photo)
French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks
PARIS — Several prisons in France have been hit by a wave of attacks overnight, the justice minister has said.Gérald Darmanin said prisons had faced "intimidation attempts" ranging from vehicle burning to automatic weapon fire.La Parisien reports that vehicles were set on fire in several prison car parks, while a prison in Toulon was targeted by gunshots from an automatic weapon.The newspaper lists six establishments as being targeted: in Toulon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, Valence and Nîmes, Luynes, Villepinte, and Nanterre.In a post on X, Darmanin said he was traveling to Toulon to offer his support to affected officers.Without directly attributing blame for the attacks, he said the French government was "facing up to the problem of drug trafficking" and taking...
April 15, 2025

French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu inspect the guard of honour before their meeting in Athens, Greece, 14 April 2025
Greece strengthens military with 16 anti-ship missiles from France
ATHENS — Greece has signed a new defense agreement with France on Monday to acquire 16 Exocet anti-ship missiles, the latest in a series of arms purchases aimed at enhancing the country's military capabilities.Defense Minister Nikos Dendias signed the deal in Athens on Monday alongside his French counterpart, Sébastien Lecornu, during his official visit to the Greek capital.While the ministers did not disclose the value of the contract, it marks a continuation of Greece’s growing defense ties with France.“Greece does not threaten, but is threatened,” Dendias said in a joint statement to the press, referring to Greece’s fraught relationship with Turkey, with whom it has long-standing disputes over territorial boundaries in the Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.The two...
April 15, 2025

Greece strengthens military with 16 anti-ship missiles from France

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