Outside the cafe in the park, when the gas has cleared, 27-year-old activist Sidorela Vatnikaj, a masters student, describes her typical day. In a movement without leaders she is one of the more experienced, with eight years in the forefront of anti-government protests behind her. “I...
A fire that killed four members of the Canadian military and injured dozens of others on Saturday spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest. It broke out in a grassy training area at a base in the province of Alberta and spread rapidly due to strong winds. “The fire was 1km (0.6 m...
America has been fighting the War on Drugs for decades, but the drug cartels, the suppliers and the dealers appear to be always one step ahead of the authorities. President Trump has declared the cartels, “terrorists” and labelled fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid, a R...
Following a weekend of intense rioting across France, a clean up operation has begun – but tensions remain, with filth still in position and a curfew in place in some big cities. Outside of Paris, Marseille saw some of the worst damage, with shop owners reporting more than 600 premis...
A Saudi national charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI’s meeting rooms has been accused of having “considerable support” from the Saudi government, according to a court filing, external in California. US prosecutors claimed Abdulrahman Alfozan...
Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina has announced the end of her marriage with French former tennis player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional impact of the war in her country. The 32-year-old, who is ranked number six in the world, wrote in a heartfelt post on Instagram about the effect ...
The Ukrainian military has released footage of what it says is the world’s first drone airlift of a wounded soldier from the front line. The 92nd Assault Brigade said a ground rescue mission was not possible as the wounded serviceman was surrounded by landmines and there was high Rus...
Bringing material from Mars back to Earth has long been an ambition of space scientists. The Nasa Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, has been carefully collecting samples on Mars and storing them in canisters. But a second Nasa/ESA mission, called Mars Sample Ret...
Vinted says it has removed listings of items believed to have been looted from shops during the ongoing riots in France. The second hand re-selling platform said following the weekend’s disorder it had “taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to looting...
Barack Obama has said congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under federal criminal investigation simply because she’s an outspoken critic of the President Donald Trump. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dare...