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The new German parliament only met for the first time at the end of October and already the first impasse has been reached. The other parties are refusing to accept the Alternative for Germany (AfD) nominee for Bundestag vice-president. Is this petulance or principle? Photo: DPA Who is the Bundestag President? On October 24th Germany’s […]

Out of touch? People walk past a bar in Barcelona showing a live broadcast of Carles Puigdemont’s news conference in Brussels on October 31st. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP. Spain’s top criminal court summoned Catalonia’s axed separatist leader for questioning, hours after he appeared in Brussels insisting he remained the “legitimate president” of a region now under […]

The choice of the Russian population for generic material was not intentional, and is related to research on the musculoskeletal system, the US Air Education and Training Command (AETC) spokesman said. FILE PHOTO © Michaela Rehle / Reuters Eyebrows were first raised in July when the AETC issued a tender seeking to acquire samples of ribonucleic acid […]

 A Women is aided by first responders after sustaining injury on a bike path in lower Manhattanin New York [Reuters] MAt least eight people have been killed and 11 injuredin New York City after a driver ploughed into cyclists and pedestrians before being shot by police. Here is what we know so far: What happened and when?  At […]

Egypt’s air force killed a large number of militants responsible for a deadly attack on a police convoy 10 days ago, the military said on Tuesday following an air raid on the militant’s base Egyptian security forces stand guard in Giza’s Kerdasa district, south of Cairo, Egypt. (File photo: AP) The raid, the second in […]

FILE PHOTO. © Vadim Savitskii / Sputnik A Russian submarine has fired a barrage of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at targets in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor governorate, destroying Islamic State command posts, fortifications and arms depots, the Russian Defense Ministry said. On Tuesday, the ‘Veliky Novgorod’ attack submarine of the Varshavyanka class targeted positions […]

At least eight people in New York City have been killed and 11 injured after a driver ploughed into cyclists and pedestrians before being shot by police, according to US officials. MMPolice block off a street after the incident in New York City [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters] The incident on Tuesday “was a particularly cowardly act of […]

  Turkish plane flying from Moscow to Istanbul was forced to land in Ukraine’s Odessa after a Lithuanian passenger “created trouble” during the flight. According to unnamed sources, the passenger disturbed other travelers, made frequent and questionable bathroom visits and told the cabin crew that he was not feeling well. The pilot decided to make […]

Media captionEmergency services on the scene after “reports of shots fired” At least six people have been killed in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a pedestrian and cycle path in Lower Manhattan. A man who emerged from the vehicle brandishing imitation guns was shot and arrested by police […]

An apartment house in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture where police found nine bodies in one of its units.  Photo: KYODO Nine dismembered bodies have been found in a man’s apartment just outside Tokyo after it was searched by police who suspected his involvement in the recent disappearance of a 23-year-old woman, police said Tuesday. Police arrested the 27-year-old […]