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Published on 01/09/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2 A police search for an armed Russian man in Montenegro ended early on Tuesday when the suspect, wanted for killing three people, killed himself after exchanging fire with police, authorities said. According to the interior ministry, the suspect, a 30-year-old Russian, shot dead three employees of a shooting range in Danilovgrad, close to the capital Podgorica. After an hours-long manhunt involving special units and a helicopter, the suspect was located in woods above the popular coastal tourist town of Herceg Novi, more than 120 kilometres from the crime scene. “After the suspect was surrounded…
Published on 02/09/2026 – 6:45 GMT+2•Updated 6:49 Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to “liberate the souls” of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago. Emergency teams have recovered more than 1,000 bodies, as nearly 4,500 people remain missing after the gigantic wave of freezing water, rocks and debris triggered by a high-altitude glacial collapse roared down the China-Nepal border on 26 August, causing grave damage to much of what was in its path. After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the…
Taiwan is in the grip of a borrowing frenzy — but not for houses or cars. This year, people are taking out loans to buy stocks. As Taiwan’s stock market soared this year, real-estate worker Lucas Chen borrowed NT$5 million (€136,000) to buy tech shares, and within six months he had quadrupled his money. Chen is one of a growing number of people using debt to buy into the island’s stock market, which soared 59% in the first half of the year thanks to booming demand for AI hardware made by chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and others.…
The political center in the European Parliament is looking increasingly fragile. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart look at a proposal from two senior German MEPs for the center-right EPP and the Social Democrats to strike a much more formal deal — as relations between the two groups deteriorate and the far right gains influence. Then: Europe says it needs giant data centers if it wants to compete in the AI boom. But who pays for them — and what happens when one arrives in your town? We look at the millions of euros governments are being asked to commit to…
Published on 01/09/2026 – 12:05 GMT+2•Updated 15:16 A person has died and two police officers were injured following a shooting overnight in Overasselt, a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, police said. Officers were called to Ewijkseweg street at around 4:20am CET after reports of gunfire. One person was found dead at the scene; the two injured officers were taken to hospital and are “out of danger,” a police spokesperson said, according to Dutch public broadcaster, NOS. Security footage published by Dutch news outlet De Telegraaf showed a large group of masked individuals walking around in the area, some…
During a visit to the exclave last week, however, Attorney General Teresa Peramato confirmed that authorities had detected an increase in criminal assaults and crimes against private property over the past month. And on Monday, Ceuta’s Public Prosecutor’s Office said it was investigating 22 alleged sexual assaults targeting migrant women and girls, as well as an additional case involving a man belonging to the LGBTQ+ community. “Many women have been raped,” said Helena Maleno, spokesperson for migrant rights NGO Caminando Fronteras. She added that the true number could be higher than the figure confirmed by Spanish officials, as migrant women may…
Published on 01/09/2026 – 12:56 GMT+2 Germany is looking for gas deals with Algeria to diversify its supply, Berlin’s foreign minister said in Algiers on Tuesday, where he joined a business delegation visiting the North African country. “We need to diversify…We need long-term gas contracts,” Johann Wadephul told German public broadcaster ZDF on the second day of his trip, as concerns grow in Germany that gas storage depots are only half full as autumn nears. Wadephul said that he would meet with Energy Minister Mourad Adjal and that representatives of German companies looking for long-term contracts were travelling with him.…
The far right’s gains in the 2024 EU election disrupted the longstanding balance between the two political groups that drove lawmaking for decades. The EPP, of which the CDU is a member, has increasingly relied on right-wing majorities due to fraying cooperation with the S&D, to which the German Social Democrats belong. With polls signaling further populist gains across the bloc, Herbst and Repasi warned that unless the center repairs the relationship, more extreme voices will increasingly call the shots in Brussels. The Herbst-Repasi idea would also help reduce European Commission President von der Leyen’s political stress. Rivalry between the…
Published on 01/09/2026 – 14:05 GMT+2•Updated 14:34 Several improvised explosive devices were found at a substation near a coal-fired power plant in Germany on Tuesday and several power lines were damaged, police and a grid operator said. Operator 50Hertz said there was a “brief interruption of service” but all lines are now back in operation at the Preilack substation, which distributes power from the nearby Jänschwalde power plant. Police said no one was hurt. The apparent aim was to trigger a large-scale power outage in the area around the nearby coal-fired power plant. According to initial findings, however, this did…
Elena Rybakina has moved to the top of the WTA live rankings with 7,911 points as the 2026 US Open gets underway. Her main rival, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, has dropped to second place with 6,585 points, while American Jessica Pegula is third with 6,555 points. The live rankings show how the WTA standings would look if they were updated at that moment. They change throughout a tournament as players gain new ranking points and lose points from previous events. According to the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, points from the 2025 tournament were removed from the players’ totals ahead of this…