Romanian authorities seize Andrew Tate’s car collection as investigation continues
Online misogynist boasted about his cars in a tweet to Greta Thunberg that earned a viral rebuke
Europe
EU wants travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests
Bloc recommends negative coronavirus tests from all arrivals despite warnings from Beijing of retaliationThe European Union wants all travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests, in response to surging levels of the virus after Beijing hast…
EU calls for preserving status quo at al-Quds holy sites
The European Union has underlined that the status quo of holy sites in the occupied Old City of al-Quds should be preserved. It comes after Israel’s new far-right “national security” minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in what…
Russia blames soldiers’ mobile phone use for deadly missile strike that killed 89 troops
Ukraine’s military says it launched strike that resulted in Russian loss of equipment and possibly personnel near Makiivka
Climate change: High temperatures, sparse snowfall in Europe’s Alps worries ski industry
Much of the Alps does not look right for this time of year following unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe, including record high January temperatures in Switzerland. The sparse snowfall has seen grass blanketing the continent’s central mountains…
Ukraine war news – live: Putin launches frigate armed with hypersonic Zircon cruise weapons
Moscow’s ‘unprofessional practices’ leading to high death rate, says UK
Head of Ukraine military intelligence tells Kremlin to expect strikes ‘deeper and deeper’ into Russia – as it happened
Kyrylo Budanov says he expects fighting to be ‘hottest’ in March, with a Ukraine counter attack in the spring. This blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceThe city administration in Kyiv has said that 160 million passengers used the city’s sub…
Is Iceland’s language a Norse code – or legacy of Celtic settlers?
Gaelic origins of Icelandic words and landmarks challenge orthodox view of Viking heritage, says authorAccording to folklore, a Gaelic-speaking warrior queen called Aud was among Iceland’s earliest settlers. Her story is central to an emerging theory t…
Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 315
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Mosc…
Naples plans ‘rebirth’ for its crumbling Poggioreale cemetery
Burial place has fallen into severe disrepair, to dismay of families of those laid to rest thereWild vegetation smothers the crumbling tombs, most of them dating back to the 1800s, that line the square beneath the imposing Chiesa Madre, or Mother Churc…