French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. He was convicted of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 – after he’d left office – by suggesting he could secure a prestigious job for him in return for information about a separate case. Sarkozy, 66, […]
By Reuters Staff MADRID (Reuters) – More than 850 cows that have spent months on a ship in the Mediterranean are no longer fit for transport and should be killed, Spain’s Agriculure Ministry said on Saturday, confirming an earlier Reuters report. The cows were kept in what an animal rights activist called “hellish” conditions on […]
Atlético Madrid0 Chelsea1 FTHT 0-0 Giroud (68′minutes) Atletico Madrid By Phil McNulty Chief football writer Olivier Giroud’s spectacular overhead kick gave Chelsea an outstanding victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg in Bucharest. Giroud’s superb moment of improvisation not only delivered the win and a vital away goal but also continued new […]
One of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty. Vincent Muscat admitted involvement on Tuesday in the car bombing that killed the reporter. Many suspect it was ordered by top Malta establishment figures. Called a “one-woman Wikileaks”, […]
By Fiston Mahamba, Stanis Bujakera GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver from the World Food Programme were killed on Monday when their convoy was attacked in the east of the country, Italy and the United Nations said. The convoy was attacked at about […]
By Reuters Staff DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is studying a European Union proposal for an informal meeting between current members of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal and the United States, but has yet to respond to it, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday. Iran and the United States have been at odds over […]
Two French military planes that flew very close to the ground have struck electrical lines and cut the power supply to a village in the south of France. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon in the small village of Le Castellet, near Manosque. The two Rafale aircraft had taken off from a nearby air base […]
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it will dramatically scale back cooperation with it in a week, a report by the agency to its member states showed on Tuesday, ratcheting up protests against U.S. sanctions still choking its economy. Iran has accelerated its breaches of its 2015 nuclear […]
By BBC Panorama Reporting team The daughter of Dubai’s ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her “hostage” as she feared for her life. In footage shared with BBC Panorama, Princess Latifa Al Maktoum says commandos drugged her as she fled […]
By Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) – The French Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to go into “crisis organisation” from Feb. 18 to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus cases due to highly contagious variants, Le Journal Du Dimanche reported on Sunday. The move, which would echo measures taken in March and […]
