China: Five Killed in Tornado, Further Bad Weather Expected At least ten people have died and several others have been left injured in China after tornadoes and severe weather tore through the eastern province of Jiangsu on Tuesday.... Weather
Germany Bans Extremist Group Hammerskins Germany has banned Hammerskins Germany — an offshoot of a US-based right-wing extremist group — and raided homes of dozens of its members across 10 states, the country's interior ministry announced on Tuesday.... Social issues
Study: Transparent Mice Can Offer Insight in Cancer Treatment Scientists at the Helmholtz Munich research center have developed a new scanning technique using transparent mice that can revolutionize cancer treatment by detecting tumors that have previously been far too small to identify. Germany
Intel to Build $33B Chip Plant in Germany On Monday, California-based Intel Corporation confirmed signing a $33B deal with the German government to build two chip manufacturing plants in Magdeburg. World
Germany Approves Funds for Israeli Arrow-3 Missiles Germany’s parliament and budget committee reportedly gave the green light to release advance payments of up to €560M ($607M) on Wednesday for a planned purchase of Israel’s Arrow-3 air defense system in a deal valued at nearly €4B ($4.3B). World
Belfast Auction to List Hitler's Pencil Bloomfield Auctions in Belfast is set to auction off a silver-plated pencil that purportedly belonged to Adolf Hitler at its upcoming event that will also feature a signed photo of the Nazi dictator and an 1869 hand-written pardon from Queen Victoria for Irish rebels. United Kingdom
Russia Summons Germany, Denmark, Sweden Envoys Over Nord Stream Investigation Russia's foreign ministry has summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Sweden, and Denmark to protest over the results of investigations into the blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year. Politics
Germany Enters Recession as Consumer Spending Tumbles Germany’s economy has underperformed forecasts, shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2023 after contracting by 0.5% in the final three months of 2022. These two consecutive periods of contraction mean Europe's largest economy has entered a recession. Germany
Germany: Police Raid Multiple Climate Activist Properties On Wednesday, German police raided 15 properties across seven states linked to members of the Last Generation climate activist group. Germany
Portuguese Police Probe Reservoir in Madeleine McCann Case A search led by German police has begun in the area around a Portuguese reservoir, as part of the continued investigation into the disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann 16 years ago. Germany
Schumacher’s Family to Sue Over Fake AI Interview On Wednesday, the family of Michael Schumacher said they would file suit against the publisher of Die Aktuelle, a German magazine, for running a fake interview with the seven-time F1 champion that was created by artificial intelligence. Sports
Ex-Chancellor Merkel Gifted Highest German Honor Former Chancellor Angela Merkel was decorated with Germany’s highest possible honor on Monday in recognition of her near-record 16 years at the helm of the country.... World
Aide: Jailed Putin Critic Navalny's Illness May Be Slow Poisoning Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, is grappling with severe stomach pain in jail, which his spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, claims could be the result of slow-acting poison.... Russia
Report: Deutsche Bank To Close IT Operations in Russia The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Deutsche Bank is winding down its remaining software technology operations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, a move that will end its two decades of reliance on Russian IT expertise in the next six months.... Money
India: Court Seeks Govt Reply in Comedian Case The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Indian government to respond to an appeal submitted by comedian Kunal Kamra challenging recent changes to the country's Information Technology rules, which empowers the government to prevent social media companies from hosting information it deems fake.... Ukraine
Boat Carrying 400 Migrants Adrift in the Mediterranean A vessel with around 400 migrants and refugees onboard is adrift in the Mediterranean between Italy and Malta as it awaits rescue from the Italian coast guard, according to sea rescue support service Alarm Phone.... Afghanistan
Kansas Bans Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports Overriding Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, the Kansas state legislature Wednesday passed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports after failing to gain the two-thirds majority needed for an override in 2021 and 2022.... Abortion
German Industrial Output Rises More Than Expected in February After growing 3.7% in January, German industrial production rose for a second consecutive month in February, jumping 2% from the previous month at a significantly higher percentage than the 0.1% increase analysts expected.... Germany
Kenya: Opposition Leader Raila Odinga Suspends Anti-Government Protests Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday evening called off a fourth anti-government rally in protest against soaring living costs and alleged election fraud, which had been scheduled for Monday.... Kenya
Kosovo's Ex-President Claims He is Innocent of Alleged War Crimes Former Kosovo Pres. Hashim Thaci has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He and three co-defendants went on trial Monday accused of killing nearly 100 people among other serious crimes.... Ukraine
Mexico Opens Homicide Probe into Migrant Center Fire On Wednesday, Mexican authorities announced a probe into the deadly blaze at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez earlier this week, as public servants and private security guards allegedly took no action to help detainees escape.... Illegal aliens
French Govt. Survives No-Confidence Vote, Pension Reform Becomes Law After protests erupted against his controversial pension reform, French Pres. Macron's government survived two votes of no-confidence on Monday. Government officials filed motions for the vote after Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne used a special constitutional power, called Article 49:3, to push ... Labor
Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Appears Before Corruption Hearing European investigators on Thursday questioned Riad Salameh, the Governor of Lebanon's Central Bank [BDL], probing his personal wealth and allegedly suspicious financial transfers abroad. Salameh has held his post for three decades, making him one of the world's longest-serving central bank govern... Politics
Lebanon’s Currency Plunges to 100K Against US Dollar Lebanon's currency, the Lebanese pound (LBP), reached a new low on Tuesday, hitting 100K LBP to the US dollar on the parallel market, which operates outside of the official bank rates.... Politics
Iran Agrees to More Joint Nuclear Site Inspections On Saturday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced that Iran had agreed to expand joint inspections at the Fordow fuel enrichment plant and reinstall surveillance cameras and other monitoring equipment.... Military
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