Browsing: World News

The Guardian says two police officers have been shot dead while on a routine patrol in western Germany.

France24 says Portugal’s ruling Socialists unexpectedly won an outright majority to govern solo after snap elections on Sunday.

Euronews says a powerful winter storm swept through northern Europe over the weekend, killing at least 4 people, destroying houses and causing flooding.

Arab News says the UN has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials have been killed since the Taliban took over.

VOA says Truckers and thousands of sympathizers blocked Ottawa streets for a second day Sunday to protest Canada’s vaccine mandates.

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The Metro says a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Tonga at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The Guardian says Ukraine’s interior ministry says at least five people were killed when a member of the national guard opened fire at an aerospace factory in the east of the country.

The Independent says Donald Trump took a momentary break from a round of golf to claim that he would become the 47th president of the US.

France24 says Norway’s PM said he believes it’s “a sign of weakness” that Putin has to express Moscow’s political views by an “extraordinary” military buildup.

Arab News says as the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare respite from the pandemic.

TRT World says dozens of guns have been stolen from freight trains that were recently looted in the US city of Los Angeles, according to local police.

The Guardian says New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said “at no point was I worried about my safety” after her van was chased and forced on to a curb by anti-vaccination protesters.

The Guardian says More passengers took Wizz Air flights over the Christmas period despite the rise of the Omicron variant.

The Independent says 7 Bangladeshi migrants have died of hypothermia after crossing the Mediterranean on a boat from Libya towards the Italian island of Lampedusa

The Independent says Irish citizens are being advised to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine it was announced.

The Guardian says A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.

TRT World says the mayor of San Francisco city has expressed despair over the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific-Islanders.

Arab News says Saudi Arabia and Thailand turned a new page in their relations on Tuesday, with a restoration of full diplomatic ties and a planned exchange of ambassadors.

The Metro says Joe Biden probably should have double checked his mic was off before calling a reporter a ‘stupid son of a b***h’.

The Independent says The six victims of a homicide at a Milwaukee home have been identified by authorities.

The Guardian says Europe’s busiest airport shut down in Istanbul on Monday while schools and vaccination centres closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean

The Guardian says Joe Biden has insisted there was “total” unity among western powers after crisis talks with European leaders on how to deter Russia.

TRT World says More than a dozen mutinous soldiers have declared on state television that a military junta seized control of Burkina Faso.

Euronews says Finland’s former interior minister has gone on trial in Helsinki accused of inciting anti-LGBT+ hate speech.