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Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage
Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage

Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage

Sweden’s coast guard has dispatched a vessel to waters east of Gotland. A number of telecommunications and power cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea in recent months. Swedish authorities said
7 hours ago
Hamas says will free Israeli hostages as planned
Hamas says will free Israeli hostages as planned

Hamas says will free Israeli hostages as planned

The Islamist militant group Hamas has said it now plans to free three Israeli hostages on Saturday, as scheduled. The announcement follows mediation talks in Egypt, after a threatened delay to the
1 week ago
Ukraine peace talks: Germany calls for European involvement
Ukraine peace talks: Germany calls for European involvement

Ukraine peace talks: Germany calls for European involvement

Security officials and heads of governments stress that Ukraine ought to be involved in peace talks, after the US moved to start negotiations with Moscow.  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that peace must not
1 week ago
Taiwan: Death toll rising from blast at food court
Taiwan: Death toll rising from blast at food court

Taiwan: Death toll rising from blast at food court

Authorities say that at least four people have been killed and others taken to hospital, after a blast at a food court on the 12th floor of a department store in Taichung
1 week ago
Ukraine updates: Baerbock travels to Paris to discuss war
Ukraine updates: Baerbock travels to Paris to discuss war

Ukraine updates: Baerbock travels to Paris to discuss war

Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is set to attend a meeting with other EU foreign ministers to discuss the latest in the war in Ukraine.  Besides Baerbock, foreign ministers from Poland, France, Spain and Italy, and
1 week ago
White House bars reporter over naming of Gulf of Mexico
White House bars reporter over naming of Gulf of Mexico

White House bars reporter over naming of Gulf of Mexico

An AP journalist was denied entry to the White House. Trump administration officials said the reporter was kept out because the news agency did not comply with Trump’s order renaming the Gulf
1 week ago
Israel says ceasefire will end if hostages not returned
Israel says ceasefire will end if hostages not returned

Israel says ceasefire will end if hostages not returned

Israeli PM Netanyahu has said “intense fighting” will resume in Gaza if hostages are not returned by Saturday. Meanwhile, Trump is meeting with Jordan’s king to discuss his plans for Gaza.  Israel
1 week ago
US: Private jet collision in Scottsdale, Arizona, kills 1
US: Private jet collision in Scottsdale, Arizona, kills 1

US: Private jet collision in Scottsdale, Arizona, kills 1

Two business jets collided on the runway at Scottsdale airport. The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the collision. Two private jets collided on Scottsdale Airport’s runway in the southwestern US state of Arizona
1 week ago