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Several airlines to reinstate flights to Israel in coming weeks
Greek carrier Blue Bird, set to resume flights on Sunday, will be the first foreign carrier to return to Israel since the skies largely closed following the start of Operation Roaring Lion. Several airlines have announced plans on Friday to reinstate flights to Israel in the coming weeks, with the Greek carrier Blue Bird set…
Read MoreGold Miner Rescued After 14 Days Trapped Underground in Flooded Tunnel Says ‘I Didn’t Lose Faith’
NEED TO KNOW Rescue divers have saved a gold miner after he was trapped in a flooded underground tunnel for 14 days 42-year-old Francisco Zapata Nájera was taken to the hospital, where he reunited with his family The search continues for another miner who remains trapped underground A gold miner in Mexico has been rescued…
Read MoreCzech police detain fugitive far-right extremist wanted in Germany
Convicted far-right extremist Marla Svenja Liebich, wanted by Germany, was arrested in the Czech Republic after months on the run, authorities said on Thursday. Czech police arrested Liebich in the town of Luby on the basis of a European arrest warrant, a spokesman for prosecutors in the eastern German city of Halle said. Liebich briefly…
Read MoreBrazil’s Chief Raoni backs Lula in elections
Brazil’s renowned Amazonian tribal chief Raoni Metuktire told AFP on Wednesday he supported the reelection bid of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October polls, despite criticizing him for expanding oil exploration. Now in his nineties, the Indigenous leader who has spent decades rallying the world to protect the rainforest has forged close ties…
Read MorePlane Passenger Had to Be Removed by Ambulift After ‘Alarming’ Behavior Forced Pilot to Abort Landing
NEED TO KNOW Stephen Blofield, 61, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for aggressive behavior and being intoxicated on a Ryanair flight in November His actions, including refusing to sit and being verbally abusive, forced the pilot to abort the landing Authorities said Blofield’s intoxication posed a safety risk and he was removed from…
Read MoreEnergy agency chief warns of ‘black April’ for oil supplies
The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, has warned of a “black April” due to the worsening situation for global oil supplies amid the war in Iran and the largely blocked Strait of Hormuz. Birol told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published online late on Monday that while March had…
Read MoreIDF struck Iran’s largest petrochemical plant, second facility hit in two days, Katz confirms
The facility is no longer functioning, Katz stated, indicating that IDF strikes on two of Iran’s petrochemical facilities responsible for 85% of exports had “taken them out of use.” The IDF struck the South Pars petrochemical facility near Asaluyeh in southern Iran, the largest such facility in Iran, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Monday…
Read MoreVial marked ‘Polonium 210’ sparks scare during German Easter egg hunt
An Easter egg hunt in south-western Germany took a worrying turn on Sunday when two men discovered a vial labelled “Polonium 210” in a garden, triggering an emergency response as authorities tested for the potentially lethal radioactive substance. District fire chief Andy Dorroch said the men found a small white plastic bottle with a red…
Read MoreLooter indicted after pretending to be emergency worker at Dimona rocket crash site
The suspect was arrested shortly after committing the crimes; he was indicted for trespassing, theft, breaking and entering, and using a vehicle to commit a crime. Israel Police filed an indictment on Tuesday against a man who allegedly dressed as an emergency worker and looted abandoned houses in Dimona the week before, following a highly…
Read MoreFive EU states press for windfall taxes on fossil energy sector
Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate Action, Net Zero Emissions and Clean Growth of the European Union, gives a press conference at the end of the 16th Petersberg Climate Dialogue. Kay Nietfeld/dpa Finance and economy ministers from Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain are pressing for the European Commission to impose windfall taxes on energy companies…
Read MoreItalian Prime Minister Meloni makes surprise visit to Gulf region
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has arrived on a surprise visit to the Gulf region. She landed in Saudi Arabia this afternoon on a flight from Rome, the Italian news agency ANSA reported on Friday. The visit had been kept secret until her arrival for security reasons. Meloni is the first Western head of government…
Read MoreMan threatens attack on German high-speed train, injures several
A man threatened an attack on a German high-speed train in western Germany and lightly injured several people before he was detained in the town of Siegburg near Bonn, police said late Thursday. So-called airsoft firecrackers exploded on an Intercity Express (ICE) train travelling from Cologne to Frankfurt, a police spokeswoman told dpa. According to…
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