Europe

A woman has died and five others have been rescued after a replica of a wooden Viking ship capsized off Norway’s west coast overnight, authorities said on Wednesday. “Five people have been rescued and are safe,” Norwegian emergency services said on X. The body of a woman was found near …

Portugal’s famous striker Cristiano Ronaldo has become the fastest YouTuber to reach one million subscribers on the platform. In just 24 hours, he reached 16 million subscribers, a feat that testifies to his phenomenal popularity far beyond sport. To mark this impressive achievement, YouTube rewarded Ronaldo with a trophy, symbolizing …

A court in the city of Winterthur, Switzerland, has sentenced a woman to pay a fine of 1,000 Swiss francs ($1 162) for having made her daughter miss a week of classes at the beginning of 2023. According to the Luxembourg daily, the teenager’s mother had filed a request for exemption …

The famous French actor Alain Delon has died at the age of 88 on Sunday August 18 at his home in Douchy in France as the announcement was made by his three children. Born in Sceaux in 1935, he came to the cinema almost by chance. His Apollonian physique and …

Belfast City Council in Ireland has launched an investigation on Thursday after an employee at the city’s zoo was locked in an enclosure with lions, Irish newspaper Belfast Telegram reports. The incident happened last week after two zoo employees entered the big cats’ enclosure. One of them reportedly left the …

At least nine people were killed and twenty-six injured on Friday, August 9, in a bus crash that hit a bridge in Ankara, according to an initial report from the governor of the Turkish capital. The accident occurred around 5 a.m. in Turkey (local time) when the passenger bus from …

Former BBC star Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making child pornography images on Wednesday, July 31, during a preliminary hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. This decision allows him to avoid a trial. A star presenter of the 10pm news in the United Kingdom, the 61-year-old journalist, who announced …

Residents of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca demonstrated this Sunday, July 21, in the streets of Palma, to denounce the excesses of tourism on the island, police said. Protesters believe that the current model places public services on the verge of collapse, degrades natural resources and makes access to …

The European Parliament largely voted this Thursday, July 18, 2024 for Ursula Von der Leyen, who will remain at the head of the European Commission for the next five years. The 65-year-old politician was expected to secure the support of at least 361 of the 719 MEPs elected last June. …

Russia and Ukraine announced this Wednesday, July 17, a new exchange of prisoners of war, each side releasing 95 soldiers, less than a month after a previous exchange. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the release of 95 people serving in the army, national guard and border guards. “No matter the …