Main roads were also blocked by the floods, causing long traffic queues on highways.
Deadly chemical attack was work of Syria’s air force, watchdog finds
A chemical strike that killed 43 people in the Syrian city of Douma in 2018 was almost certainly the work of Syria’s air force, a watchdog has found.
Explosion in Polish parish house kills 2, injures 7
Officials in southern Poland say two people have been found dead after an explosion demolished half of an old Evangelical parish house in the city of Katowice
Hunt does not rule out receiving tax penalty amid calls for Zahawi to go
British chancellor Jeremy Hunt insisted journalists would not find anything ‘interesting’ in his tax affairs
Ukrainian agent accused of spying for Putin was found with stacks of foreign cash and Russian SIM cards, officials say
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Second gentleman Emhoff visits Auschwitz, part of a push against antisemitism
Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president, is in Poland and Germany to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and address rising antisemitism around the world.
Alan Cumming hands back his OBE citing the ‘toxicity of empire’
Actor says recent conversations about role of monarchy ‘opened his eyes’ to suffering of Indigenous people around the worldWe tend to receive things on our birthdays, but on his 58th Alan Cumming has given something back: the OBE he was awarded in 2009…
Ukraine warns it may boycott 2024 Olympics if Russians take part
The IOC has said it will ‘explore a pathway’ for Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Paris Games.
Microsoft urges admins to patch on-premises Exchange servers
Microsoft urged customers today to keep their on-premises Exchange servers patched by applying the latest supported Cumulative Update (CU) to have them always ready to deploy an emergency security update.