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Published on 09/10/2026 – 11:35 GMT+2 German logistics giant Rhenus Group is set to roll out a network of up to 14 terminals along the Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), with a new trimodal container terminal in Aktau. For European businesses, the expansion could provide more capacity and more reliable transport links with Asian suppliers and markets. The European Commission said in September that it aimed to mobilise up to €12 billion in public and private investment in the Middle Corridor, with the goal of tripling trade flows and cutting freight transit times by…

With its romantic sunset spots and stunning islands that are perfect for lazy beach days, there are plenty of reasons why newlyweds would choose Greece for a luxury honeymoon. Now, Greece has been named the world’s most popular honeymoon destination for 2027 in the latest Virtuoso Luxe Report, ahead of traditional favourites such as Bali and the Maldives, which placed second and third respectively. On the honeymoon hotlist, Italy takes fourth place and France eighth, putting three European countries among the top 10 destinations for affluent couples planning a post-wedding holiday. French Polynesia, Japan, Fiji, Thailand and South Africa make…

There have been other politicians called Hitler. In 2018, also in Peru, Hitler beat Lenin in another mayoral race for the district of Yúngar, when Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez defeated Lenin Vladimir Rodríguez Valverde. “I’m the good Hitler,” Alba told broadcasters on the campaign trail, local media reported. In Namibia, Adolf Hitler Uunona last year won his fifth local election in a row. “As a child I saw it as a totally normal name,” he told the BBC.

French S&D MEP Emma Rafowicz says Emmanuel Macron’s government is “completely irresponsible” in its handling of the ongoing student protests in France. Rafowicz argues that most of the violence comes “from the police side” and says young people are “mobilising quite well”. She accuses the government of “looking to the other side” and hoping the protests will dissipate during the holidays. Rafowicz also describes French schools as being “in shambles”, citing falling ceilings and food that fails to meet quality standards. The MEP says this reflects “a disrespect for the young people”.

Floodwaters surged through the streets of Santiago, carrying away cars and forcing bus passengers to climb onto the roof for safety. Las Condes, in the east of the capital, was among the worst-hit areas as mud and debris rushed through residential neighbourhoods. Emergency crews rescued people trapped in vehicles and buildings, while soldiers helped evacuate vulnerable residents. At least six people were injured, and 11 people were moved to safety from a care home for older people. Two private clinics were flooded, with mud covering treatment rooms, stretchers and medical equipment. A nearby university campus was also affected. Chile’s disaster…

Russia was also accused of covering up a mysterious 1988 alopecia outbreak in Chernivtsi region, in which more than 175 children lost their hair. Soviet authorities said the children suffered from thallium food poisoning, but later studies raised questions about that, with some suggesting the cause was hydrazine, or acid rain. Over the years, the Kremlin has also dismissed, downplayed and underreported HIV cases, even while in the middle of a deadly epidemic. And, more recently, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia was accused of downplaying coronavirus deaths, particularly at the beginning.  An image taken from a helicopter in April 1986…

Police said 10 vehicles were set alight during clashes in Soweto, near a Home Affairs office in Orlando West, Johannesburg. Shops owned by foreign nationals were also looted, while firefighters tackled burning cars and police closed nearby roads. Similar unrest broke out in Durban, where riot police were deployed after reports of looting and vehicle fires; police said 14 vehicles were torched there. The violence followed a July Constitutional Court ruling removing barriers that prevented some migrants from applying for asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly. Authorities said refugee reception offices had been overwhelmed by applicants. The government…

The EU’s gas reserves are emptier than at this stage of any autumn since 2011, meaning the bloc might have to burn 14 billion cubic metres (bcm) less gas than last winter over the coming months, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a US-based non-profit that analyses energy markets and backs a shift to cleaner energy. In a report published on Friday, IEEFA noted that EU gas storage sites were about 72.4% full on 3 October and could supply 7.3bcm less gas this winter, from November to March, than they did last winter. Combined with…

From crocodiles channelling their inner Elvis Presley to a handstanding leopard and orangutans apparently flipping the bird, the finalists for the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are finally here. This year’s shortlist is packed with 40 Individual Finalists, three U16 Category Finalists, four Portfolio Category Finalists and nine Video Category Finalists. More than 10,000 entries were submitted from 112 countries – the highest number in the Awards’ history. Tom Sullam, co-founder of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, says: “The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards started very gently, somewhere out on the vast plains of the Serengeti. What began as a small…

Politicians can, of course, make great writers, and several have won Nobel’s literature prize, including Britain’s Winston Churchill in 1953, and Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa in 2010. The latter — who ran for president in 1990 — won the prize “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.” But has he ever referred to British Conservative grandee Jacob Rees-Mogg as a “Haunted Pencil”? No, he has not. There are, however, a lot of very bad books written by politicians. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — very much the “Winston Churchill if…