Source link The action by French agricultural workers follows similar protests in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania Farmers blocked roads with tractors and trucks in several parts of France on Monday, continuing protests that they started last week, local media has reported. The agricultural workers dumped rocks and gravel to make highway exits inaccessible […]
Source link The incident comes amid reports of yet another Ukrainian drone raid on Russian infrastructure A fire has erupted at the commercial Baltic sea port of Ust Luga in the Leningrad region, governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed early Sunday morning. There were no casualties reported as a result of the blaze, which started at the export terminal of […]
Source link Police and protesters clashed in Comoros after the country’s president won a fourth term in office Protests, clashes, and arson broke out in Moroni, the capital of Comoros, on Wednesday following the disputed reelection of President Azali Assoumani. Demonstrators blocked roads and ransacked a former minister’s house, claiming that the vote was rigged. […]
Source link During his first trip ever to Chukotka, the Russian president met with the governor and held a Q&A session with residents President Vladimir Putin has paid a visit to Chukotka. It is his first trip to Russia’s easternmost territory, which borders the US state of Alaska. According to the president, the region plays […]
Source link Footage posted to social media shows criminals gangs running amok and taking security forces hostage Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country on Tuesday after gunmen stormed a TV station and reportedly attacked a university. Police and security forces were deployed in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, where masked […]
Source link Police clashed with Orthodox Jews who fought to defend passages they had apparently dug under the city streets Police in New York arrested multiple people on Monday after crowds of Orthodox Jews rioted when construction crews attempted to fill in secret tunnels that had been dug under a synagogue. Officers were called to […]
Source link Ukrainian enlistment officers are now apparently using new tactics to bolster the ranks of the country’s military, stopping public transportation in the streets and detaining service-aged men, local media reports. Disturbing videos emerged from the southwestern Ukrainian port city of Odessa on Tuesday, showing enlistment officers boarding a trolleybus and a tram, detaining […]
Source link At least four people died in a massive traffic accident on Monday, police have said At least four people have died as a result of a massive traffic collision on the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, Novgorod Region’s traffic police chief, Viktor Gavrilov, said on social media. “As a result of the […]
Source link Protesters have rallied against austerity measures that Berlin introduced last month Farmers all over Germany are rallying for a week of protests against government austerity measures, which they fear may leave the agricultural sector without support and force farms to shut down. Thousands have flocked to Berlin and other major cities to protest […]
Source link The Japanese media has reported that the plane may have collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft A passenger jet has caught fire on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Local media has reported that the incident may have been preceded by a collision with another plane belonging to the Japan Coast Guard. […]
Source link Police in France and Germany made hundreds of arrests over New Year’s Eve as mobs torched vehicles and shot fireworks at officers. Nevertheless, authorities in both countries described the night as more “peaceful” than last year. Authorities in Berlin deployed 4,500 police officers to the streets of the German capital in anticipation of […]
Source link Authorities say the tremors have slightly damaged several nuclear power plants, albeit without hindering their operation Japan’s western coast was hit by an earthquake followed by a tsunami on Monday. Authorities say that while the natural disaster affected several nuclear power plants to some extent, there have been no signs of any “abnormalities” […]
Source link Russian blogger Anastasia Ivleeva expressed regret for being unable to control the privacy of the scandalous event Anastasia Ivleeva, a popular Russian blogger who hosted last week’s infamous ‘almost naked’ party in Moscow, which outraged the authorities and society alike, has apologized for the inappropriate images leaked to the public and said that […]
Source link The rioters claimed they intended to “liberate” and “defend” the government institutions, as they smashed windows Hundreds of anti-government protesters attempted to break into the Belgrade City Hall on Sunday evening, in an escalation of violence that the Serbian president blamed on foreign interference and called an attempted “color revolution.” The rioters claimed […]
Source link Hundreds of people have been injured and killed after a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwestern China a minute before midnight on Monday, according to China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter of the quake was located in China’s mountainous Gansu Province, where at least 100 people were killed, while the neighboring Qinghai Province reported at […]