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The French authorities have said one man has been arrested in relation to the beheading of a pensioner on Wednesday. The suspect is the grandson of the victim and had been “under psychiatric monitoring.” In a press conference on Thursday, Pierre Gagnoud, the prosecutor of Carpentras – a commune in the Vaucluse department – said […]
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Dutch lawyer who, at the time of his death, was involved in a high-profile criminal case against suspected gangland bosses. The killers were both given 30 years in prison. On Monday, Amsterdam District Court convicted the two men, identified by media only as Giermo B. and […]
The US and China are planning a virtual summit between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this year, a US official told the media, noting a departure in tone from disastrous talks in Alaska in March. “We do have out of today’s meeting an agreement in principle to hold a virtual bilateral […]
The ex-mayor of a small Italian town was slapped with a 13-year sentence for various irregularities in his handling of migrants. During his time in office, he received international praise for his efforts to integrate migrants. Domenico Lucano, the former mayor of the town of Riace, located in Italy’s southern region of Calabria, was sentenced […]
The coronavirus pandemic “triggered significant mortality increases” last year across Europe, in the US and Latin America, a study from Oxford scientists shows. The virus has cut life expectancy by as much as 2.2 years. Life expectancy, or the average age to which a newborn would live if current death rates continued throughout its lifespan, […]
Thousands of Indian farmers have renewed their protests by launching a nationwide strike against the agricultural reforms passed last year that are said to favor large, private corporations over small farmers. On Monday, farmers gathered en masse across the country to demonstrate against legislation signed last September, which they say poses a serious threat to […]
Germans are voting to elect a new parliament that will then replace the venerable Chancellor Angela Merkel. The race has been extremely tight, and the coalition-building to follow will likely be messy. Polling stations opened across Germany on Sunday morning, with just over 60 million people eligible to vote. The Bundestag officially has 598 seats, […]
China’s Foreign Ministry has rejected the United States’ charges of fraud against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, which led to her detainment for several years, calling them “totally fabricated” and an act of political persecution. Read more Canada frees detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou after US drops extradition bid Meng – who is the daughter of […]
Documents show Australia issued numerous warnings that its submarine deal with France was at risk, with a 2020 report from Canberra’s Auditor-General flagging concerns that the agreement was not in the national interest. Australian officials have stood by their decision to turn to the new AUKUS deal to build submarines, citing documents going back several […]