CNN — A 21-year-old American woman died after being assaulted and pushed down a slope by an American man near one of Germany’s most popular tourist sights, Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, according to local police. The woman died overnight after sustaining serious injuries, police in Bavaria said in a statement issued Thursday. The victim had […]
Kalamata, Greece CNN — A boat that sank killing dozens of people was caused by a “sudden” shift in weight, Greek authorities said Thursday, in one of the largest-scale migrant vessel disasters in southern Europe this year. At least 78 people died after the vessel went down on Wednesday, with campaigners warning there could have […]
CNN — Two-time Oscar-winning actress and former UK politician Glenda Jackson “died peacefully” after a brief illness at the age of 87, her agent confirmed, according to PA Media. Born in the western town of Birkenhead in England in 1936, Jackson joined an amateur theater group as a teenager before winning a scholarship to the […]
CNN — Ukrainian forces spared the life of a Russian soldier when he surrendered to a drone on the battlefield just moments before its operators were about to open fire, a Ukrainian commander has confirmed to CNN. Drone footage from a unit of Ukraine’s 92nd mechanized brigade, published by the Wall Street Journal, shows the […]
Eastern Ukraine CNN — His forearms bulged with the effort of holding onto the straining leash of a slobbering dog. The creature’s muffled grunts could be felt as much as heard – like the growls of a souped-up truck. Which was fitting, given that his owner’s call sign is Brabus – after the German firm […]
Joe Biden speaks in Washington, on June 14. Susan Walsh/AP President Joe Biden and his team are in the midst of a high-stakes conversation with fellow NATO members on how and when Ukraine may join — a debate that could expose strains in the alliance ahead of a key summit. The matter of Ukrainian membership in NATO is one […]
CNN — Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate was served with legal papers by UK lawyers Wednesday after Romanian authorities upgraded the severity of the trafficking charge against him and his brother. Tate, a professional fighter-turned media personality from Chicago who has racked up billions of views online for his rants about male dominance, is being […]
CNN — Part of the summit of a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol has collapsed, sending more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock crashing into the valley below and triggering mudslides. Rocks started falling Sunday from Fluchthorn, a nearly 3,400 meter (11,155 foot) mountain in the Silvretta Alps on the border between Switzerland […]
CNN — Mourners have gathered in Milan for the state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi, the divisive and domineering former premier who remained omnipresent in Italian public life for decades until his death on Monday. Berlusconi’s coffin left Villa San Martino in Arcore, outside Milan, and was transported through the city center to Milan’s gothic Duomo […]
CNN — Two teenage students and a man in his 50s were stabbed to death, and a further three people were injured after a stolen van plowed into them, in a spree of violence across the English city of Nottingham early Tuesday morning. Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar, both 19-year-old students at the University of […]
