Category: 4. World
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International Views of China Slightly More Positive in 2025
People walk through a shopping area in a historic neighborhood of Beijing on Oct. 3, 2024. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) -
Vandals cut down Englands’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree. They were just sentenced to more than 4 years in prison
LONDON (AP) — The vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for causing irreversible damage and serious distress.
The tree stood for nearly 150 years…
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New report could nudge U.K. to clean up polluted waterways : NPR
A view along the Kennet and Avon Canal near Newbury Lock, Newbury, Berkshire, England.
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Ex-Nigeria president’s political life in pictures
Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC News
AFP via Getty ImagesMuhammadu Buhari’s life tracked the dramatic changes in politics in Nigeria over the last five decades – and he was often at the centre of events.
The former Nigerian president, who died on Sunday at…
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Rome cancels support for Gergiev concert
The Italian minikstry of culture, which originally gave its blessing to a concert by the banned Russian conductor, has now changed its tune after protests from the EU and elsewhere.
The…
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Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, governor says
At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says.
Seven Syrians, including a family of five, and three Lebanese were killed when the Wadi Faara area was hit, Baalbek-Hermel…
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U.K. men sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for cutting down iconic Sycamore Gap Tree
London – Two British men were sentenced to more than four years in prison on Tuesday for cutting down one of the most iconic trees in England, the Sycamore Gap Tree. The pair were found guilty in May of what a judge called a “deliberate…
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French PM floats axing 2 public holidays to escape financial crisis – POLITICO
Yet Bayrou said such extreme measures are required to rein in France’s €3.3 trillion in public debt and lower a budget deficit that fell afoul of European rules during the pandemic and remains stubbornly high.
He likened France’s…
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