No fewer than two people have been killed and several others injured after gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in Germany. Jews were marking Yom Kippur (or the Day of Atonement, which is the holiest day in Judaism, marked with an intensive 25-hour period of fasting and prayer), when two attackers, believed to be wearing … Read more
The family of former Dutch Minister Ella Vogelaar on Wednesday reported that she committed suicide at the age of 69. The family said in a statement that Vogelaar has been suffering from depression for quite some time and has finally put an end to her life. Vogelaar was chair of Oxfam Novib, the largest Dutch … Read more
US-based researcher John B. Goodenough, born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, became the oldest Nobel laureate ever awarded a Nobel Prize in any category, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. Mr Goodenough is a few months older than 2018 Physics Prize laureate Arthur Ashkin, said Goran K Hansson, permanent secretary of the … Read more
Asim Omar, a top Al-Qaeda commander has been killed in a joint US-Afghanistan raid. He was killed alongside six of his fellow terrorists during the raid on the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on September 23, Afghanistan’s National Directorate for Security revealed on Tuesday Oct 8. A photo appearing to show Asim Omar’s dead body … Read more
Two million people have asked to stay in the UK after Brexit under the government’s EU settlement scheme, latest figures show. The number of applications received by 30 September is equivalent to one in six EU citizens in the UK and included nationals and relatives from the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, … Read more
Italy ’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved slashing the number of lawmakers , a move the left- leaning government hopes will help keep the far -right from power . Reducing the number of MPs and senators in Italy by 345 was a flagship manifesto promise of the anti -establishment Five Star Movement, which rules in … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India from October 11 to 12 to take part in the second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which they are expected to hold comprehensive talks on a host of issues concerning the bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and international issues. Xi will hold the … Read more
The ‘Stronger’ hitmaker defied his advisers when he struck up a romance with the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star in 2012 because they told him being with a reality star would damage his image. Kim – who married Kanye in 2014 – said: “I mean, everyone would tell him ‘You can’t be with her, … Read more
The ‘Stronger’ hitmaker defied his advisers when he struck up a romance with the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star in 2012 because they told him being with a reality star would damage his image. Kim – who married Kanye in 2014 – said: “I mean, everyone would tell him ‘You can’t be with her, … Read more
A man has driven a stolen truck into several cars in the center of the city of Limburg in western Germany, injuring some nine people, police say. A white articulated truck crashed into a line of about nine cars that had stopped at a traffic light in Limburg in Hesse State late on Monday, pushing … Read more
Police in the city of Banjarbaru in South Kalimantan recently arrested two men suspected of sexually abusing a minor, who is the daughter of one of the suspects. According to the police, the victim’s father, a 50-year-old man who is identified by his initial S, began raping her since 2017, when she was 16. At … Read more
There are fears for more than 60 Australians detained in a Syrian camp after a US withdrawal paved the way for attacks from Turkey. US President Donald Trump said he would “totally destroy and obliterate” Turkey’s economy if it took action in Syria that he considered “off limits” following his decision on Sunday to pull … Read more
Marmite maker Unilever has announced plans to halve the amount of virgin plastic it uses by 2025 as part of a major sustainability push. The consumer giant, which also owns household brands such as Ben & Jerry’s and Dove, said it will cut more than 100,000 tonnes of plastic packaging out of its supply chain … Read more
Nigeria’s effort at ensuring the nation become a major producer of rice seems to be getting the desired fillip as the German government, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has stated its commitment to provide €2 million for the implementation of the second phase of the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) in … Read more
A medical charity group, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has revealed that there are close to 6,000 migrants trapped in different detention camps in Libya who need to be evacuated to Europe “as soon as possible.” Doctors Without Borders, known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in French, is an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation of French … Read more
No fewer than four people have been killed and several others injured after a man believed to be an associate of an outlaw motorcycle gang newly released from prison allegedly went on a shooting spree in Darwin’s city centre on Tuesday, police and government officials said. The alleged attacker, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested and … Read more