People embrace next to memorials of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks at the Nova Festival grounds in Reim, in southern…
Category: 4. World
-
China is on the move for Golden Week. But are tourists spending?
For Chen Xinlong and his wife, a trip to the world’s biggest gambling hub of Macau is a highlight of China’s Golden Week holiday this year — but the idea of spending money with abandon only goes so far.
Chen, a 39-year-old vegetable farmer…
Continue Reading
-
Police see no political motive in mayor’s stabbing – DW – 10/07/2025
Iris Stalzer, the recently elected mayor of Herdecke in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was discovered critically injured in her apartment, authorities said on Tuesday.
The center-left Social Democrat politician had…
Continue Reading
-
Israelis mark 7 October anniversary as talks on Gaza peace plan continue
Tom BennettJerusalem,
Alice CuddyTel Aviv,
Yolande KnellRe’im and
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent
AFP via Getty ImagesSome paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back… Continue Reading
-
Two arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain
Joe TidyCyber Correspondent, BBC World Service and
Alex Kleiderman
Getty ImagesA 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London.
The Metropolitan Police say the pair…
Continue Reading
-
Trump says ‘real chance’ to end Gaza war, Hamas seeks US guarantees
US President Donald Trump voiced optimism that there was a “real chance” to end the war in Gaza, as Israel remembered victims of the October 7 attacks two years ago on Tuesday.
In his message marking the anniversary, Israeli Prime Minister…
Continue Reading
-
Ursula von der Leyen and the polarized European Parliament – DW – 10/08/2025
On Monday afternoon, when the European Parliament met for the second time after the summer break in Strasbourg, legislators got down to business right away.
Jordan Bardella, the French chairman of the far-right group Patriots for Europe, accused…
Continue Reading
-
Everest hikers guided to safety after being stranded by blizzard
Stephen McDonellChina correspondent and
Euan O’Byrne Mulligan
ReutersA total of 580 hikers who were trapped by severe weather near Mount Everest have been guided to safety in Tibet, according to Chinese state media.
The trekkers arrived in the small…
Continue Reading