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The largest technology conference in the world kicks off on Tuesday in Las Vegas, following two days of media previews, which will set the tone for the latest gadgets and robots we can expect to see this year. Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, will bring over 4,500 exhibitors, including 1,400 start-ups, as well as leading companies such as Meta, Lenovo, Samsung, Nvidia, among others, to the United States. Last year, the show brought more than 140,000 people to multiple venues, according to the 2025 numbers. Last year’s CES also began against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, with…
“We expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark,” Copenhagen’s ambassador to the U.S., Jesper Møller Sørensen, said in a post on X that included Miller’s posting, in what he termed a “friendly reminder” of the longstanding defense ties between the two countries. Trump last month named a special envoy to Greenland, sparking a new diplomatic frenzy in Europe. The U.S. “has to have Greenland for national security,” Trump said at a press conference announcing the appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his envoy to Greenland. U.S. Vice President JD Vance last March did not rule out using…
Hundreds of people attended a memorial Mass on Sunday in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana to honour the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar. The service, held at the Chapelle Saint-Christophe, was followed by a silent procession to the site of the blaze, where mourners laid flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial. Church leaders spoke of the uncertainty and suffering faced by families and friends of the victims. The fire, which broke out shortly after midnight, killed 40 people and injured 119 others, many of them young.
By Euronews Published on 04/01/2026 – 15:09 GMT+1 Hundreds of mourners marched in Crans-Montana on Sunday to honour the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine ski resort that left 40 people dead and dozens severely injured. An hourlong mass was held earlier at the Chapelle Saint-Christophe in honour of the fire victims, with a message of condolence sent by Pope Leo XIV read during the service. “The Pontiff joins us in our sorrow through moving words and wishes to express his compassion and care for the families and to support those who are…
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Published on 04/01/2026 – 14:54 GMT+1 North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The statement said several ballistic missile launches were detected from North Korea’s capital region early on Sunday, adding that the missiles flew about 900 kilometres and that South Korea and US authorities were analysing details of the launches. South Korea’s Defence Ministry noted the launches violated UN Security Council resolutions that ban any ballistic activities by North Korea. It urged North Korea to cease provocative actions immediately and respond to South Korea’s push…
Britain and France conducted a joint strike late Saturday against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the U.K. defense ministry said. Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were joined by French aircraft in the strike near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, the ministry said in a statement. “Careful intelligence analysis identified an underground facility, in the mountains some miles north of the ancient site of Palmyra,” the ministry said. The analysis led officials to believe the facility was storing arms and explosives, according to the statement. “Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to…
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Published on 04/01/2026 – 12:01 GMT+1 The British defence ministry announced late on Saturday that its aircraft carried out joint strikes with France on an underground facility in central Syria, allegedly used by Islamic State militants to store weapons and explosives. The strikes occurred Saturday evening on a structure in the mountains just north of the historic town of Palmyra in the country’s Homs province, the ministry’s statement said. Britain and France are part of the US-led coalition that has been fighting IS militants for more than a decade. The ministry said the British military used Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets…
Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the two managers of a bar where a fire on New Year’s Day killed at least 40 people and injured more than 100. The investigation includes the suspected offenses of negligent homicide, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, the prosecutors’ office in the canton of Valais said in a statement on Saturday. The likely cause of the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana was sparklers on bottles being carried too close to the ceiling, a preliminary investigation found. The blaze began about 1:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, according to…