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Another overnight strike on the Zhytomyr region injured three people, Ukrainian emergency services said. Meanwhile, five people died in a Ukrainian overnight drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, the regional crisis centre said on Sunday. Acting governor Alexander Shuvayev said earlier on Sunday that three people were killed and 25 others injured in the “massive terrorist drone attack” by Kyiv. The death toll later rose to five. Zelenskyy condemned what he described as “ballistic terror” attacks on Odesa, Kharkiv, Pavlohrad, and other regions. “Every such attack on human life serves as a constant reminder – we need more…
Michalis Damianos, Cyprus Minister for Energy, stresses that the Cypriot natural gas now being developed could start flowing to Europe as early as the spring of 2028, something that will help make the European continent more energy independent and also stabilise prices. He also referred to the latest developments regarding Cyprus’s electricity interconnection with Greece and the entry of the French company Meridiam, following the sustained interest shown by the French President Emmanuel Macron. Natural gas ‘as soon as March 2028’ European consumers can expect natural gas from an undersea field off Cyprus, which will help meet their energy needs…
As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation’s long-time pacifist stance. Japan’s constitution renounces offensive military force, and successive governments have maintained a decades-old pledge not to possess nuclear weapons, produce them or permit their introduction into the country. That commitment is now under pressure as East Asian neighbours — notably China — boost their military capabilities, while doubts persist about the reliability of Tokyo’s biggest security backer, the United States. Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has refused to clarify whether…
Leipzig Airport serves as a strategic hub for NATO, including for military transports to Ukraine. The airport is also the international courier service DHL’s largest European air hub and serves as a temporary home for some Ukrainian Antonov aircraft, protecting them from Russian attacks. An armed drone was found just meters away from such a plane, German officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson for Germany’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Russia is behind daily attempts to “exert influence here in Germany in a manner that seeks to undermine our democracy and erode trust in politics and politicians.” The Kremlin has been accused of…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 15:42 GMT+2•Updated 18:14 A tiny village in the province of Burgos, brought back from the brink of extinction, is about to have its moment in the “shadow” — NASA has picked Villalibado as one of its ringside seats for the total solar eclipse on 12 August. The village, abandoned for decades before a handful of dedicated locals rebuilt it by hand, will now host one of the US space agency’s broadcast teams as the Moon takes centre stage. The feed will beam out worldwide via NASA’s digital platforms and San Francisco’s Exploratorium, giving Villalibado more screen…
The Central Research Network for Extraordinary Celestial Phenomena (CENAP) is a point of contact for people in Germany who are looking for a scientific explanation for what they observe in the sky. CENAP director Hansjürgen Köhler says they have never received as many reports as they do at the moment: “We receive between three and six reports a day. Without question, we’re the busiest reporting centre in the German-speaking world.” By August 2026 he and his team had cleared up some 14,000 cases. Köhler is an amateur astronomer; it all started “with youthful recklessness.” “We were working at the observatory…
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Published on 08/08/2026 – 18:34 GMT+2 A major wildfire broke out on Friday evening in Alto Garda, in the Tignale mountains on the western shore of Lake Garda. Firefighters, civil protection teams, forest Carabinieri and volunteer fire crews are on site working to secure the area. The response is being coordinated by the mayor of Tignale, Daniele Bonassi, who described the scenes as “terrifying”. The blaze has not yet been brought under control because of winds of up to 40 kilometres an hour, which are rapidly changing the direction of the flames. The area has been hit hard by the…
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He is “the strongest guarantee that the office of President of the Republic will regain its true dignity and its ability to unite the nation and serve as a counterbalance to the ruling majority,” it added. Parliament is set to vote on his candidacy next Tuesday. Tisza, which won a general election in the spring, enjoys a two-thirds majority in the chamber, making Baka’s election to the largely representative post a formality. The nomination comes after former President Tamás Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment that removed him from office last month, bowing to months of public pressure from Magyar. The…