Tag: Foreign countries
Slovakia’s Fico threatens Ukraine with interruption of electricity supplies | News in brief
Ukraine has said it will no longer allow gas supplies from Russia to Slovakia through its soil starting in early January. Slovakia is considering countermeasures if Ukraine blocks the supply…
WHO: The last major hospital in northern Gaza out of service | News in brief
According to the World Health Organization WHO, the Kamal Adwan hospital is out of use following the Israeli military operation targeting it on Friday morning. Israel’s Friday morning military operation…
In the United States, homelessness reached record levels | News in brief
According to the ministry, in January 2024, more than 770,000 people were estimated to be without permanent housing or shelter. The number of homeless people in the United States rose…
A Russian singer was jailed for more than five years after protesting the war in Ukraine | News in brief
According to the court, 26-year-old Eduard Sharlot had, among other things, “rehabilitated Nazi ideology” with the videos he published online. On Friday, a Russian court ordered a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence…
A plane crash survivor tells about moments of terror in the air – “people got up from their seats after the crash” | Foreign countries
Subhonkul Rahimov, who survived the plane crash on Christmas Day, tells about the moments before the plane hit the ground in Kazakhstan. The story in a nutshell A plane traveling…
Mexico plans app for migrants facing US detention | News in brief
Mexico is preparing for possible mass deportations of migrants by Donald Trump, who will become US president. Mexico is about to launch an app with an alert button to help…
The video shows how a tanker plows over several data cables – at the same time the disturbances started | Foreign countries
The Eagle S tanker ran over several damaged telecommunication cables. The tanker is suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet. Riku Roslund Ilkka Kemppinen Toni Joukanen Päivi Koskinen The…
In China, a man who drove a car into a crowd is sentenced to death | News in brief
62-year-old Fan Weiqiu carried out a drive-by at a sports center in Zhuhai city on November 11. 35 people died in the attack. 15:04•Updated 15:06 In China, a man who…
Preliminary investigation: Kazakhstan plane crash caused by ‘external physical and technical disturbance’ | News in brief
Russia said on Friday that Ukraine was attacking Grozny with drones at the time of the crash. Various official sources have blamed the Russian air defense for the accident. 13:48•Updated…
China plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric plant in Tibet | News in brief
China plans to accelerate the country’s green transition by building the world’s largest hydroelectric plant on the Yarlung Tsangpo River. China announces that the world’s largest hydropower plant will be…