Two suspects were detained in connection with a shooting attack on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach. Investigations are ongoing to determine the motives behind the attack.
Category: 3. Europe
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Australian police detain two men in connection with shooting at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach
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Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market
Five men have been arrested in Germany suspected of being involved in a plot to drive a vehicle into people at a Christmas market.
Three Moroccans, an Egyptian and a Syrian were detained on Friday over the plan to target a market in the southern Bavarian state. Authorities said they suspected an…
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‘Arriving in my ancestral town offered me closure’: Inside the rise of roots tourism in Italy
Jim Fiorini’s father was one of the more than two million Italians who emigrated to the US in the first decades of the 1900s, spurred by the promise of the American Dream. He established a successful construction business employing other Italians on work visas, but the Great Depression took…
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Thousands of AI videos featuring sexualised minors shared on TikTok, report finds
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Artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos that show young girls in revealing clothes or positions have gained millions of likes and shares on TikTok…
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‘Hot droughts’ could push the Amazon into a hypertropical climate by 2100 – and trees won’t survive
The Amazon rainforest may be developing a climate unseen on Earth for tens of millions of years.
In a study published this week in Nature, scientists argue the region is nearing what they call a ‘hypertropical’ climate, a hotter, drier and more volatile state that could trigger widespread…
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BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisoners
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country.
Some of those being released include prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.
BBC Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from…
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Germany sending troops to reinforce Poland’s eastern border – POLITICO
Germany is sending soldiers to strengthen Poland’s eastern border with Belarus and Russia, multiple media reported on Saturday.
Several dozen German soldiers will join Poland’s East Shield from April 2026, with the mission initially running until the end of…
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Trump Has Stomped Out the Holiday Spirit in European Embassies
What’s been chilling Europe’s Washington-based diplomats more: the seasonally frigid weather or the icy blasts of Trumpian disdain for America’s supposed transatlantic allies?
Hard to tell.
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Belarus frees opposition figures as US lifts some sanctions – POLITICO
Belarus released more than 100 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and activist Maria Kolesnikova, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday.
Belarus released a total of 123 prisoners following talks between authoritarian President…
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Trump wants a strong Europe — and Europe should listen – POLITICO
It is still unclear whether Donald Trump will succeed in ending the war in Gaza two years after Oct. 7, 2023. What is clear, however, is that when it really mattered, Europe and large parts of the free world failed.
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