Istanbul mayoral contest takes centre stage as Turkey votes in local elections
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeks to dislodge Ekrem İmamoğlu and bring city back under control of Justice and Development party Voters in Turkey have gone to...
Month : March 2024
Singer Aya Nakamura hits back at racist abuse over Olympics rumour
New track features lyrics ‘It’s them that don’t like me’ after far-right backlash against idea she could cover Édith Piaf song The French-Malian superstar Aya...
Skins and feathers are as cruel as fur, the fashion industry is told
Copenhagen fashion week is hailed for raising the bar on animal rights. But will the organisers of other fashion weeks follow? Copenhagen fashion week has...
Pope presides over Easter Vigil service after skipping Good Friday procession
Appearance comes a day after last-minute decision to miss previous service to ‘conserve his health’ Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service...
Nightclub hostage standoff in Dutch town ends with arrest of man
Suspect known to authorities and no indication of terrorist motive, police say after nine-hour incident in Ede A nine-hour hostage incident at a nightclub in...
Disneyland Paris conjures up bumper profits despite strikes
Theme park generates $343.4m in profit for Hollywood giant as it shores up wider business amid weaker box office returns Disney’s Parisian theme park complex...
Sister of beheaded teacher accuses France of failing to protect school staff
Mickaëlle Paty, whose brother Samuel was killed by an extremist, speaks out after Paris head resigns following alleged death threats The sister of Samuel Paty,...
Amsterdam to mark role of tram system in transportation of Jews to death camps
Documentary on deportation of 48,000 Jewish Amsterdammers during Holocaust prompts city to act On 8 August 1944, an Amsterdam tram took Anne Frank from Weteringschans...
Europe must get ready for looming war, Donald Tusk warns
Polish prime minister urges countries to step up defence spending after Russian missile bound for Ukraine breaches airspace The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, says...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Romania finds ‘drone fragments’ on farm near Ukraine border
Nato member says it finds fragments of what appears to be a drone on farm near river Danube and border with Ukraine Ukraine has received...
