Category: World News
Politically motivated crimes in Germany rose by 7% in 2022
Fox News The number of politically motivated crimes reported in Germany rose by 7% last year, the country’s top security official said Tuesday. Overall, Germany registered 58,961 politically motivated crimes last year, most of which were for offenses such as damage to property, insults or incitement to hatred, holding illegal gatherings or displaying Nazi symbols.…
Read MoreSpanish Civil Guard arrests 26 people in raids on illegal wells amid drought
Fox News Spain’s Civil Guard said Tuesday it had arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the Andalusia region, as part of a widening crackdown on unauthorized water use amid a prolonged drought. The Civil Guard’s environmental crimes division said it had identified 250 infractions by fruit farmers including illegal wells and boreholes…
Read MoreGreek police arrest 10, seize cocaine from banana shipment
Washington Post Greek authorities say police have arrested 10 people for smuggling drugs from South America to Europe https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/greece-cocaine-ecuador-bananas-shipment/4ed51ac0-ee8c-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreTrial over deadly Istanbul bombing begins in Turkey
Washington Post The trial has begun of 36 people accused of a deadly bombing in central Istanbul last November, in which six people were killed and 99 injured, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/turkey-istanbul-kurdish-bombing-ypg-terrorism/305fe372-ee8c-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreThe pink river dolphins of the Amazon have a warning for humans
Washington Post The beloved pink river dolphins are canaries in the Amazonian coal mine, warning of the threat the heavy metal poses to humans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/amazon-pink-dolphin-mercury/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreSyria: US strike on al-Qaida leader allegedly kills civilian
Washington Post The U.S. military says it is investigating reports that it killed a civilian in a recent strike in northwest Syria that meant to target a senior al-Qaida leader https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/syria-centcom-alqaida-strike-civilian-idlib/215c53d0-ee8a-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreChina makes first arrest over ChatGPT use, accuses suspect of using AI to generate fake news
Fox News Chinese authorities made their first-ever public arrest related to ChatGPT last week, accusing a citizen of using the AI to manufacture fake reports of a deadly train crash. Authorities arrested the man, identified as Han Hong Moumou, on Friday. Police say he used ChatGPT to manufacture reports of a train crash that killed…
Read MoreDOJ breaks up Russian intelligence cyberespionage ring that stole ‘sensitive’ US, NATO intel
Fox News The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it had broken up a long-running cyberespionage campaign linked to Russia’s chief intelligence unit, the Federal Security Service (FSB), which had successfully stolen “sensitive information” from the U.S. and its NATO allies. The U.S. court-authorized operation was conducted under the codename “MEDUSA,” which disrupted a “sophisticated…
Read MoreRussian ambassador’s path blocked by installation representing Russian atrocities in Ukraine on Victory Day
Fox News A large installation representing Russian atrocities in Ukraine blocked the path of Russia’s ambassador to Poland as he sought Tuesday to place a wreath at a Warsaw memorial to Soviet soldiers on Russia’s Victory Day holiday. The installation included hundreds of fluttering blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and crosses serving as symbolic grave…
Read MoreUS officials attend event whose guest list includes known terrorist responsible for murder of US troops
Fox News Senior officials with the U.S. State Department appeared at a forum in Iraq that featured a known terrorist as its keynote speaker. Alina Romanowski, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and Barbara Leaf, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, attended and spoke at the Iraq Forum last week, despite the event…
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