Новости за 12.05.2024

Eight people have been reported killed in a mass shooting attack just south of Mexico City

Catalan separatists lose majority in a regional election in a boost to Spain's prime minister, preliminary results show

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” has reigned over the weekend box office

The Kremlin says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Sergei Shoigu as secretary of Russia’s national security council, replacing Nikolai Patrushev

Putin appoints Sergei Shoigu as head of Russia's national security council

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes replacing Sergei Shoigu as the country's defense minister

Spanish rail authorities say commuter rail service serving Barcelona and northeastern Spain has suffered major disruption because of the theft of copper cables from a train installation

Nigeria’s fashion and traditional dances were at full display during Prince Harry and Meghan's visit to the country's largest city, Lagos

Hooded police raided Tunisia’s bar association headquarters and arrested a lawyer as authorities escalated a broad government crackdown that’s ensnared political dissidents, non-governmental organizations and Black migrants

Britain's foreign secretary has said that halting arms exports to Israel is “not a wise path” and would only strengthen Hamas

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has been sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia and has immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece

Authorities say that anti-government rebels in the Central African Republic have carried out an attack in a village known for gold mining

Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing a nongender identity

A strong earthquake has shaken the border of Mexico and Guatemala driving frightened residents into the streets

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shakes the Mexico-Guatemala border; no immediate report of damage

Despite the threat of dislocated fingers and strained muscles, over 150 Bavarian men came together Sunday to compete in Germany’s unique national championship of “Fingerhakeln,” or finger wrestling. The “finger wrestlers” met in a big beer tent in the small southern village of Bernbeuren. Around 1,000 visitors cheered on the all-male contestants as they gulped down their national beer and world-famous German sausages while Bavarian live music filled the air. Finger wrestling, a well-known competitive... Читать дальше...

Victims of the devastating floods in northern Afghanistan are burying the dead and looking for the loved ones still missing

An apartment block has partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod

A fourth Indian national living in Canada has been charged in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India

A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills has turned violent in Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured

Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago

There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood

Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have triggered flash floods that killed at least 15 people and injured several others

Canadian authorities are urging all remaining residents in the northeastern part of the province of British Columbia to leave immediately, despite improving weather conditions, after thousands have already been evacuated due to a fast-growing wildfire

A fire broke out in a vast shopping center housing 1,400 shops and service outlets in the Bialoleka district in Poland’s capital