Cable snapped in Lisbon funicular crash, report finds
The investigators stress they have not yet reached ‘valid conclusions’ about the cause of the crash
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Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, starring Cate Blanchett, surprise winner of Venice Golden Lion
The Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing account of a Palestinian child’s death in Gaza, won the runner-up Silver LionUS indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday with Father Mother Sister …
Lisbon funicular cable disconnected before deadly crash, report finds
Investigators say it was not possible to visually inspect section of cable that separated before incidentA cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, hours after the cable had pas…
Lisbon funicular cable disconnected before deadly crash, inspectors say
A cable linking two cabins disconnected shortly before the funicular crash that killed 16 people in Lisbon this week, inspectors said Saturday. The vehicle passed a visual inspection on the morning of the accident.
Greek prime minister unveils broad tax-cuts package in keynote policy speech
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has unveiled a 1.6 billion-euro ($1.87 billion) tax cuts package in a keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair
Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia
A new report has found 55% were subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination and 10% subjected to torture and cruel treatment
In pictures: Crowds and fashion royalty bid farewell to Giorgio Armani
Crowds in Milan on Saturday waited in line to see the coffin of late fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91 and is now lying in state for two days. Among the mourners were Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace, mayor of Milan…
‘He can come to Kyiv’: Zelensky mocks Putin’s Moscow invitation
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky once again dismissed a proposal to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, suggesting the Russian leader should come to Ukraine instead.
West floats plan to send Bangladeshi or Saudi forces into Ukraine buffer zone: NBC
Kiev’s European backers want the US to oversee a buffer zone between Russia and Ukraine in the event of a peace accord, with troops from non-NATO countries such as Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia potentially deployed on the ground, NBC News reported Friday…
Body found on Greek island identified as missing British tourist
Michele Bourda’s husband says police and coastguard were ‘criminally slow’ in responding to her disappearance in AugustA body found on a barren Greek island has been identified as that of Michele Bourda, the British tourist who vanished from a beach mo…