CNN — Spanish police have arrested 26 people in recent months for an alleged scheme to use water from illegal wells to grow subtropical fruit, as the country grapples with damaging heat and drought. A Spanish Civil Guard statement said a four-year investigation had uncovered 250 illegal wells and ponds in the in a drought-stricken […]
CNN — One of the most prestigious tennis tournaments outside of the four grand slams, the Madrid Open attracts the biggest names in the sport. However, this year’s edition has drawn as much attention for off-court controversy as it has for the action on the clay surface. During the Masters 1000 event – which ended […]
Victory Day analysis: Putin tried to project strength, but Moscow parade revealed only his isolation
CNN — For Russian President Vladimir Putin, this year’s Victory Day parade in Red Square was a chance to continue his war on history. He succeeded only in underscoring his geopolitical isolation. In a speech before the assembled troops, Putin drew a direct line between his invasion of Ukraine and the sacrifices of World War […]
CNN — A Polish mayor died after falling from a fourth-floor window of a hotel in Sardinia, Italy, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Tuesday. The mayor was not named by PAP or the spokesman for Fabrizio Mustaro, the investigator of the Cagliari police. Mustaro’s spokesperson said the man was sitting on the windowsill […]
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested by paramilitary troops in Islamabad on charges brought by the country’s anti-corruption agency, according to court documents seen CNN. Khan was submitting his biometric data for a court appearance when paramilitary forces broke down a window to get to him before apprehending […]
CNN — New Zealand police will resume their search at first light Wednesday for a high school student missing in a flooded cave system after a school trip during heavy rain on the country’s North Island. Northland Police said they received reports at about 10:35 a.m. local time Tuesday that a group of high school […]
CNN — Thousands of people will line the streets of Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday as part of Russia’s annual Victory Day parade, when the Kremlin will display a front of military might and grandeur contrasting with its faltering military campaign on the frontlines in Ukraine. But several regions in Russia – many near the […]
In this vacant and damaged village, news of Russia’s evacuation of occupied towns along the southern front cannot come soon enough. Ukrainian-held Mala Tokmachka, just over a mile (2 kilometers) from Russian-held territory in the Zaporizhzhia region, has been left ghostly and battered by shelling, leaving the central square pockmarked, and the school’s facade torn off. Shrapnel is mixed […]
CNN — A damning new report from a leading press freedom watchdog says it has found no accountability was taken by the Israeli military over its killings of at least 20 journalists over the past two decades. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published the report on Tuesday, just two days before the one-year-anniversary of […]
CNN — Three Islamic Jihad commanders were among at least a dozen people killed in airstrikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Gaza early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said at least 12 people died and 20 were injured in the strikes as of 5 a.m. local time as […]
