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A freight train arrives in Vienna. (File photo)
Man survives after clinging to Austrian high-speed train after cigarette break
VIENNA — A 24-year-old man in Austria barely escaped death after clinging to the exterior of a high-speed train when it departed while he was taking a cigarette break, according to the state railway ÖBB.The incident occurred late on Saturday at St Pölten, west of Vienna, when the Railjet service bound for the Austrian capital from Zurich began to move off.The man reportedly leapt into the gap between two carriages as the train departed.Passengers said the man drew attention to himself by banging on the train’s windows, prompting the conductor to press on the emergency brake.Crew members then brought him inside. The train, which can reach speeds of up to 230km/h, arrived in Vienna seven minutes behind schedule.According to Austrian newspaper Heute, a passenger said that the...
August 11, 2025

Man survives after clinging to Austrian high-speed train after cigarette break

Emergency workers in blue and red uniforms stand on a building that has crumbled from the earthquake. It is night time and the debris is light brightly by spot lights
Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in north-east Balikesir province
ISTANBUL — One person has died in Turkey after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the north-west province of Balikesir on Sunday evening.An 81-year-old woman passed away shortly after she was pulled out from rubble in the town of Sindirgi, which was the epicentre of the quake, Turkey's interior minister said.Sixteen buildings collapsed as a result of the tremors, and 29 people had been injured, Ali Yerlikaya added.Turkey's disaster management agency said the quake was recorded at around 19:53 local time (16:53 GMT), and was felt as far away as Istanbul.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement wishing a swift recovery to everyone who was affected, and said that all recovery efforts were being closely monitored."May God protect our country from any kind of...
August 11, 2025

Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in north-east Balikesir province

Russian drones hunt civilians as Putin zeroes in on Ukraine’s Kherson
Russian drones hunt civilians as Putin zeroes in on Ukraine’s Kherson
KHERSON — Russia has launched a new bid to exert control over the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson by threatening key access roads with its drones and trying to split it in two by striking a vital bridge.On Sunday, a wave of airstrikes damaged a key bridge between Kherson’s island, Korabel, and the main city, sparking a widespread effort to evacuate the estimated 1,800 Ukrainian civilians who still live there. Russian forces appear not to have targeted the evacuation effort over the past three days, according to locals and rescuers, a rare moment of respite from the daily barbaric drone strikes on civilians across the city of recent months. Later Wednesday, videos posted online showed significant Russian strikes had resumed near the bridge and on the island, where some Ukrainain...
August 08, 2025

Russian drones hunt civilians as Putin zeroes in on Ukraine’s Kherson

President Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris, and President Vladimir Putin, Moscow on Feb. 21, 2025
Trump and Putin to meet in coming days, Kremlin aide says
MOSCOW — US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in the "coming days", a Kremlin aide has said.It follows Trump saying there was a "good chance" he could meet his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts together in person "very soon" to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine or face more sweeping sanctions is due to expire on Friday.A possible meeting between Trump and Putin would follow US envoy Steve Witkoff holding talks with the Russian president on Wednesday.Witkoff has travelled to Moscow four times previously, visits followed by optimism from Trump but ultimately no major breakthrough in peace talks.Trump was also asked at a White House briefing on...
August 07, 2025

Trump and Putin to meet in coming days, Kremlin aide says

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighter extinguish a fire after a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.
At least six killed and dozens injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine
KYIV — At least six people were killed and 35 injured in Russia's latest strikes across Ukraine overnight on Thursday, just one day before US President Donald Trump set a deadline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire.Four civilians were killed and at least 13 injured in the Zaporizhzhia region, governor Ivan Fedorov said, where Moscow launched a total of 723 strikes on at least 12 populated areas.Residential houses, utility networks and vehicles were damaged in the attacks.In the Donetsk region, regional authorities said two civilians were killed in Kostiantynivka and Bilokuzmynivka. Another six were injured over the course of the day.Additional injuries were reported in the Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions.In total, Ukraine's air force said Russian forces launched...
August 07, 2025

At least six killed and dozens injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine

Belarusian opposition supporters gather for a protest in front of the government building at Independence Square in Minsk, 18 August, 2020
Belarus targets government critics with continued raids and detention, activists say
BELARUS — Authorities in Belarus unleashed a new wave of raids and detentions against government critics who took part in opposition rallies abroad earlier this year, officials and rights advocates said on Wednesday. It’s the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech by long-time authoritarian President Alexander Luksashenko. The country's Investigative Committee said it identified at least 207 participants in anti-Lukashenko rallies held in Poland, Lithuania, the United States, the UK and Canada to mark Belarus’ short-lived independence in 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire. The raids, detentions and property seizures were carried out in the capital of Minsk and elsewhere across the country, authorities said. They didn't say how...
August 07, 2025

Belarus targets government critics with continued raids and detention, activists say

A rendering of the bridge by the Messina Strait company
Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily
ROME — The authorities in Rome have given final approval to a €13.5bn ($15.6bn) project to build the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting the island of Sicily to the region of Calabria, on the tip of Italy's boot.The designers claim the bridge – which is due to be built on one of the most seismically active areas in the Mediterranean – will be able to withstand earthquakes.It is the latest attempt by Italian officials to launch the Messina Bridge project — several have tried over the years but plans have later been scrapped due to concerns over cost, environmental damage, safety or potential mafia meddling.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has admitted the most recent project has not been easy.However, she said on Wednesday that she considers it an "investment...
August 07, 2025

Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024
France arrests man who lit cigarette from war memorial flame in Paris
PARIS — A man who lit a cigarette from a memorial flame at a famous war monument in Paris has been arrested, according to France's interior minister.A video posted on social media shows a man stooping to light a cigarette from the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, before walking away.The incident took place on Monday evening and the man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. The alleged culprit has not been identified.France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the act was "indecent and pathetic"."The man who desecrated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by lighting a cigarette with the memorial flame was arrested in Paris for violating a burial site, tomb, urn, or monument erected in memory of the dead. He was...
August 06, 2025

France arrests man who lit cigarette from war memorial flame in Paris

Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin on Wednesday morning
Trump's envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms
MOSCOW — A meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia's Vladimir Putin is under way at the Kremlin, Russian media has said.Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday as Donald Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine looms.The US president has said Russia could face hefty sanctions or see secondary sanctions imposed against all those who trade with it if it doesn't take steps to end the "horrible war" with Ukraine.Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, has warned that Russia would only make serious moves towards peace if it began to run out of money. He welcomed the threat of tougher US sanctions and tariffs on nations buying Russian oil.In images shared by Russian outlets, the two men - who have met several times before - were seen...
August 06, 2025

Trump's envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms

Su-30 fighters of the Russian and Belarusian air forces fly in a joint mission during military drills in Belarus  on Feb. 17, 2022
Ukraine strikes five Russian fighter jets at the airfield in annexed Crimea
KYIV — Five Russian fighter jets have been hit in an overnight drone attack by Ukraine’s security service at an airfield in Saky in Russia-annexed Crimea.SBU stated that its Special Operations Centre "A" mission’s drones destroyed one SU-30SM aircraft, damaged another and hit three Su-24s while also striking the aviation weapons depot."The successful special operation carried out by the SBU in Saky marks another step toward weakening the enemy's capacity to wage its war of aggression against Ukraine," security service said.Su-30SM is a twin-engine, two-seat multirole fighter aircraft developed by Russia, with production beginning in the early 2010s. This fighter jet is priced between €30 and €43 million.The Su-24 is a strike bomber developed by the Soviet...
August 05, 2025

Ukraine strikes five Russian fighter jets at the airfield in annexed Crimea

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