Category: World News
German climate advocates march through Berlin, cause gridlock in parts of the capital
Fox News German climate activists best known for bringing traffic to a standstill by gluing themselves to the road instead staged a rare protest on the move Friday, marching through Berlin and causing gridlock in parts of the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in the past year…
Read MoreBoat sinking on lake between Zambia and Congo leaves 15 dead
Washington Post Congolese lawmakers say 14 people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they were taking across sank earlier this week https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/congo-drownings-zambia/837b6048-e056-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreBritish minister blasts absurd saga to force him out of leadership following resignation
Fox News British politician Dominic Raab blasted the inquiry against him as an absurdist “Kafkaesque saga” in a fiery rebuke posted following his resignation from the post of deputy prime minister in the U.K. government. Raab resigned from his post following the results of an inquiry into bullying allegations during his time in government. In…
Read MoreGerman police publish images of fugitive gym attack suspect
Washington Post German police have released pictures of a man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack at a gym in which four people were seriously wounded https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-gym-attack-stabbing-duisburg/15bcf88a-e053-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRussian mercenaries sympathetic to Putin target UK with cyber threats over war in Ukraine: report
Fox News Russian mercenary groups are ramping up their efforts to target opponents of President Vladimir Putin as the war in Ukraine rages, this time targeting U.K. infrastructure through cyber-attacks. According to the U.K.’s, Chancellor Oliver Dowden, head of cybersecurity for the Cabinet Office and co-chair of the National Cyber Advisory Board, Britain has seen an…
Read MoreMexican man beaten, burned to death by huge mob for stealing broccoli
Fox News An impoverished man who went into a field to steal a pair of broccoli stalks was beaten and burned to death by a mob in central Mexico, prosecutors said Thursday. Local police managed to take the man away from the village of San Miguel Tianguistenco, but he died later of his injuries. The…
Read MoreArgentina’s President Fernández won’t seek reelection
Washington Post Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández announced Friday he won’t seek reelection for a second term this year, a decision that follows months of infighting among the ruling coalition as it grapples with a fragile economy and galloping inflation https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/argentina-fernandez-president-reelection-wont-run/0f69e73e-e050-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIn photos: Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr around the globe
Washington Post From Syria to Sydney, almost 2 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of Ramadan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/eid-al-fitr-ramadan-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePolish volunteer mortally injured in Ukraine buried at home
Washington Post A Polish volunteer who died of wounds sustained during a humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine has been buried in his home city in western Poland https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/poland-volunteer-killed-ukraine-funeral/aeea0742-e04d-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRetired German archbishop gives back Order of Merit due to criticism of handling of clergy abuse
Fox News A former head of the Catholic German Bishops’ Conference is giving up the country’s highest honor following scathing criticism this week of his handling of clergy abuse cases during his tenure as archbishop of Freiburg and as a personnel officer in the diocese. Robert Zollitsch has informed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a…
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