Photo: Universität Heidelberg An 18-year-old youth killed a fellow student and seriously injured three others when he opened fire inside a packed lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwest Germany, police have reported. The youth was enrolled in the same life sciences course as the students he attacked early on Monday afternoon, wielding a
The crisis in Ukraine is hardly going away — a showdown of two world views that could upend Europe. It carries echoes of the Cold War and resurrects an idea left over from the 1945 Yalta Conference: that the West should respect a Russian sphere of influence in Central and Eastern Europe. Since coming to power in 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin
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, causing blackouts and traffic havoc. The closure of Istanbul Airport -- where the roof of one of the cargo terminals collapsed under heavy snow, causing no injuries -- grounded
The UK government is set to drop compulsory coronavirus tests for those arriving in England, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday, as he continues to lift curbs amid declining infections. The government currently requires British and other citizens arriving into England from most countries to take a lateral flow test for COVID-19 within two days
Italy appears to have reached a peak in the number of Omicron infections, with cases of the highly contagious variant now on the decline, the country's Covid Emergency chief said Monday. "There is good news: it seems that we have reached the plateau of the curve for what concerns Omicron and it is going downhill," commissioner Francesco Paolo Figliuolo
Tehran on Monday said it is "possible" to reach an agreement on the two issues of Iran-US prisoners' release and the Vienna talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. "They are two different paths, but if the other party (the US) has the determination, there is the possibility that we reach a reliable and lasting agreement in both of them in the shortest
British newspaper The Guardian on Monday said it had been given permission to challenge a decision banning the media from a court case about Prince Philip 's will. A High Court judge in September 2021 ruled the will should remain sealed for 90 years, to protect the privacy of his widow, Queen Elizabeth II, and other royals. The hearing was held in
Photo: Dressed Chicken Twitter Tista' taqra bil- Malti . On Sunday around 50,000 protesters gathered to protest against the Belgian government’s COVID-19 measures and virus vaccinations. In an attempt to disperse them and stop the protest Belgian police fired water cannons and tear gas. Banners carried slogans critical of Prime Minister Alexander De
Facebook / Jacinda Ardern The highly infective coronavirus variant, Omicron, has reached New Zealand and started spreading in the community, the country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she announced that New Zealand will be placed on the highest level of restrictions. The outbreak has also forced Ardern to cancel her wedding to Clarke Gayford,
Pope Francis said Sunday he was following "with concern" rising tensions in Ukraine, and called for a day of prayer for peace next week. "I am following with concern the rising tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine, and call into question the security of the European continent, with even wider repercussions," he said following
