Europe

One man was charged with drunken driving after crashing his truck and spilling 11,000 salmon onto a freeway in Oregon. Another was secretly recorded by his spouse, who was satisfied he was a closet alcoholic. And in Belgium, a brewery employee was not too long ago pulled over and given a breathalyzer take a look […] More

After a protracted battle within the courts and in Parliament, Britain’s Conservative authorities secured passage of laws on Monday that’s meant to permit the nation to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda. The laws is meant to override a Supreme Court ruling final 12 months that deemed the plan to ship asylum seekers to the African […] More

An aide to a German lawmaker within the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s workplace stated Tuesday. The arrest happened on Monday within the japanese metropolis of Dresden. It got here simply hours after the German authorities arrested three folks within the west of the nation on […] More

Opening statements in Trump’s Manhattan trial The first legal trial of a former U.S. president started yesterday, with attorneys from either side presenting divergent visions of Donald Trump of their opening statements. Prosecutors delivered a uncooked recounting of Trump’s seamy previous, portraying him as a co-conspirator in a plot to cowl up three intercourse scandals […] More

The notion of making a protected house for an viewers to expertise a piece of theater tends to impress the tough-guy purists, as a result of it feels like coddling. Shouldn’t the stage be a spot of daring, unhampered by any content material revelations that may spoil the shock? Presumably, anybody who arrives at St. […] More

Huw Edwards, one of many BBC’s highest-profile anchors and who was suspended final yr over allegations of paying for specific photos, resigned from the broadcaster on Monday. Mr. Edwards, 62, had led the BBC’s protection of main nationwide occasions, together with the demise and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. He began as a trainee in […] More

Three German residents who’re believed to have gathered delicate naval information and obtained a high-powered laser on behalf of the Chinese safety companies had been arrested on Monday, prosecutors mentioned, underscoring the delicate nature of the connection between the 2 international locations. A person recognized as Thomas R., consistent with German privateness guidelines, acted as […] More

On Wednesday, an public sale home in Europe will put a portray by Gustav Klimt up on the market, with a preauction estimate of no less than 30 million euros (about $32 million). Whoever buys it can acquire a portray by an artist whose main works not often come up on the market, but additionally […] More

‘A brand new chapter’ for Israel and Iran After per week of tense inside deliberation and worldwide appeals for calm, Israel struck an air protection system in Iran on Friday, in line with Western and Iranian officers. Israel’s airstrike was the newest in an change of assaults between the international locations. I spoke about Iran […] More

Climate guarantees are arduous to maintain. Scotland is the newest, maybe most shocking instance. Scotland, an early industrial energy and coal-burning behemoth, was additionally an early adopter of an formidable and legally binding authorities goal to decelerate local weather change. It had promised to pare again its emissions of planet-heating greenhouse gases by 75 % […] More

For his 73rd birthday in April, Felice Macchi had lunch at La Bettola Del Gusto, a restaurant in Pompeii, Italy, with a concentrate on seafood. He ordered the home specialty: spaghettoni, a thicker spaghetti, in a fermented anchovy sauce with black truffles and butter made with milk from water buffalo native to the Mediterranean area. […] More

The Ukrainian lieutenant was at a firing place on the japanese entrance, commanding an artillery unit counting on American-provided M777 howitzers and different massive weapons, as U.S. lawmakers gathered in Washington to determine if his cannons can be compelled to go silent for lack of ammunition. But when the lieutenant returned to his base on […] More