An aircraft crashes in Germany and a man has died after a small aircraft crashed in western Germany’s Sauerland region, according to German police said on Tuesday. Aircraft crashes in Germany The police statement said that the aircraft smashed into the garden of a residential building in the town of Plettenberg in the western state of North-Rhein Westphalia at around 4:40 p.m. local time (1540 UTC). The wreckage was lying between trees in the undergrowth. Based…
Good Morning, Poland! It’s a crisp, breezy and pleasant morning in Warsaw, with the sunshine peeking through the clouds. Politics is dominating Polish news this morning, with publications leading on the latest from the United States after Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico and the announcement that the US will pause military aid to Ukraine amid an ongoing spat between Trump and Zelenskyy. Much of Poland’s trending news reports are on the latest…
Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the eighth test flight of its Starship rocket on Monday, over an unspecified issue in the core chip of the spacecraft. SpaceX abandons Starship test flight at last minute “Too many question marks about this flight and then we were 20 bar low on ground spin start pressure,” the tech mogul wrote in a post on his social media platform X. “Best to destack, inspect both stages and…
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a temporary suspension of US military aid to Ukraine. It comes just days after Trump clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House. Multiple news agencies cited an unnamed White House official as saying that the US was “pausing and reviewing” its aid to “ensure that it is contributing to a solution” to the war with Russia. “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on…
Good Morning! It’s a pleasant day weather-wise in Berlin, with the sun peeking through as Europe transitions from winter to spring. Politics continues to lead the German news as more elections are on the horizon, with the Green Party facing increasing pressure. Germany recently elected the CDU to lead the Bundestag in a snap federal election that saw the SPD fall from power. Much of the global news is dominated by the happenings across the…
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday threatened with a series of provocations in response to the US deploying its aircraft carrier in South Korea. What is happening in South Korea? On Sunday, the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group arrived in South Korea’s port city of Busan for a scheduled visit. This is the latest such deployment aimed at displaying Washington’s firm support for South Korea…
Aid groups slam Israel’s block on Gaza aid as Israel stopped the entry of essential aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, drawing a strong rebuke from the United Nations, regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and humanitarian organisations. The move is in response to what Netanyahu’s office called “Hamas’ refusal” to accept an outline for the resumption of truce talks presented by US President Donald Trump’s…
When police escorted him to the office of the attorney general on Wednesday, the far-right Romanian populist Calin Georgescu did not look anything like the steely hero he likes to present himself as on social media. Five hours later, when Georgescu emerged, he flashed a triumphant smile before balancing on his crutches to show the same gesture that South African billionaire Elon Musk recently shocked the world with. First, he placed his right palm over…
Pope Francis suffered an “isolated breathing crisis” on Friday, the Vatican said in a statement. The development marks a setback in the 88-year-old pontiff’s two-week long battle against double pneumonia. “This afternoon … the Holy Father experienced an isolated bronchospasm crisis,” said the latest update about Francis’ condition. The pope also had “an episode of vomiting with aspiration and a sudden worsening of the respiratory condition.” He then received the help of “non-invasive mechanical ventilation.”…
The Israeli government agreed to adopt a proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to extend the temporary ceasefire in Gaza through the month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover festival. Israel supports Gaza ceasefire extension The Muslim holy month of Ramadan started this weekend and continues through March 30. The Jewish festival of Passover begins on the evening of April 12 and ends on the evening of April 20. Prime…
Most Ukrainians have been closely following President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington, where Ukraine and the US were to sign an agreement on minerals. From the American side, it was supposed to pave the way for negotiations on peace in Ukraine, after the US secured its Billions. But a row between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance turned everything on its head. Truth, weapons and security guarantees Volodymyr Viatrovych, a…
The Chuuk islands — a seemingly idyllic spot in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Indonesia and north of Australia and Papua New Guinea — is one of the four states making up the Federated States of Micronesia, an island nation strategically aligned with the US. Despite Micronesia’s small population, (around 113,000 in 2024) the island chain allows for control of vast swathes of the Pacific. And its alliance with the US runs deep — Washington…
The Deputy Secretary of Economy of the PP, Juan Bravo, has admitted this Saturday that Spanish communities governed by his party are “autonomous” and decide whether or not to remove the debt proposal raised by the Government, but has insisted that “the condom is not the solution” because, in reality, “nothing is forgiven” and the debt must be paid the same. In an interview with the ‘Parliament’ program of RNE, Bravo explained that none of…
Yesterday, Romanian-British influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate left Romania and landed in Fort Lauderdale, in the US state of Florida, a spokesperson for the brothers, Mateea Petrescu, said. But Why did Tate brothers travel to the US? At one point the two boys were considered the toxic property in social media, but seemed to have improved their prospects since January 2025. The Tates have been accused of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to…
The number of freelancers and natural persons who presented themselves to the creditors in 2024 – the legal procedure that originates after insolvency and that covers situations of bankruptcy and suspension of payments – has doubled in the last year. Specifically, the number of self -employed workers who have had to go to this legal resource increased by 120% in 2024. The total figure reached up to 35,510 competitions as reported this morning the Registry…
For most of the current conflict, Dr. Eyas al-Bursh, a young Palestinian general practitioner, had worked as a volunteer doctor at Gaza City’s main Shifa Hospital. But in March 2024, the 30-year-old was abducted with others after Israeli forces launched another major assault on Gaza’s hospitals. Israel has many questionable apartheid policies, one of which allows the IDF to abduct mainly men and detain them for indefinite periods until they can verify that the person…
There is a photograph of the residential market that indicates that a family with average income could assume the purchase with mortgage of more than half of the floors for sale in Spain. However, this generalization is not very representative in a matter with as many edges such as housing. The analysis by cities uncovers how the situation of tension in the real estate devours the income of the families in some territories and reduces…
Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz makes surprise trip to Paris for talks with Macron Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. The visit comes just days after his conservative CDU/CSU bloc emerged as the biggest party in terms of electoral seats after the German election. What did Merz and Macron talk about? The trip was expected to include discussions on the recent shift in US policy…
German police probe arson attack linked to Tesla plant in Berlin – assumed political motive German police said on they are investigating an ” arson attack at a Berlin construction site after activists reportedly claimed responsibility as they protested an expansion of a Tesla factory. In the early hours of Tuesday, “several fires were reported” at the site in the eastern Berlin district of Marzahn, with “construction cranes and Deutsche Bahn signal cables affected,” Berlin police said in a…
Donald Trump says he will slap European goods with 25% tariff – on cars and other goods! “We have made a decision and we’ll be announcing it very soon, and it’ll be 25% generally speaking, and that’ll be on cars, and all of the things,” Trump told reporters during the first Cabinet meeting of his second term. Trump also accused Europe of taking advantage of the United States. “They don’t accept our cars. They don’t…
The General Secretary of Employment, María José Nevado, has presided over the Autonomous Employment Bureau that has gathered to supervise the Program Stimulus for the Creation and Consolidation of Autonomous Work in Extremadura 2024-2027, an initiative aimed at supporting and promoting autonomous entrepreneurship in The region. A meeting in which the advances achieved, highlighting that the program has had a “positive impact” on the creation of autonomous employment in Extremadura, and new measures have been…
US President Donald Trump says Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to visit US on Friday to sign a “very big deal.” It comes as sources confirmed to several news agencies that Ukraine and the United States have agreed on a draft broad minerals deal, which may ease recent tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy. The deal will see the US jointly develop Ukraine’s mineral wealth, with revenues going to a new fund shared by both countries, according…
The UK, Norway, Germany and France, as well as other European Union states, have offered military training for Ukrainian soldiers and officers since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine three years ago. One of them, who asked DW to use his combat name Mara, is deployed with the 114th Brigade of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense against Russia’s war of aggression. Mara completed two months of basic training in France in 2023. “But Western trainers sometimes don’t understand the kind…
Of “attack on equality.” Thus, Vox Aragon has described the condonation agreement of 17,000 million euros of debt to Catalonia and the proposal of the Ministry of Finance for the rest of autonomies. Its spokesman Alejandro Nolasco, has criticized a press conference in the courts of Aragon, this agreement that also implies an increase of 2,000 million euros over the initial figure of 15,000 million euros that had been initially scheduled and that now has…
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Friday that it is suspending operations at Sudan’s largest displacement camp due to escalating violence. “Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital,” the global charity said, using its French acronym. The camp in North Darfur shelters more than half a million people, according to United…
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