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More than 250,000 households in the Czech Republic are without power due to devastating downpours, the CTK agency reported on Sunday, citing energy suppliers. The situation was most dramatic in the eastern part of the Moravian-Silesian region on the border with Poland, where more than 100,000 households were without electricity. Rainfall had softened the ground, […]

PARIS (AP) — At least eight people have been killed in a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The incident occurred just before midnight on Friday, when authorities spotted a boat with dozens of people on board in distress off a beach in the northern town

A photo of an old gathering of supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has resurfaced in social media posts, with the false claim that the photo was taken during a recent demonstration in Islamabad. The photo — shared hundreds of times in September 2024 when Khan’s party largest demonstration in the capital since

ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday demanded a six-year prison sentence for the leader of the right-wing Lega Matteo Salvin i for his decision to ban more than 100 migrants from entering Italy when he was interior minister in 2019. If convicted, Salvini could be barred from holding government office. Prosecutors in the city

A ballistic missile fired from Yemen into Israel was intercepted Sunday morning, the Israeli military said. The surface-to-surface missile came from the east and landed in an open area, the Israeli military said. Earlier in the morning, warning sirens were sounded in the center of the country. According to the military, explosive sounds were heard

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz left early Sunday morning for Uzbekistan, where he hopes to make agreements on issues such as migration during his first stop on a three-day trip to Central Asia. Scholz is expected to arrive in Samarkand on Sunday afternoon, where he will sign a number of agreements with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev,

A dam in southwestern Poland burst on Saturday evening after heavy rainfall, while emergency services in Poland, the Czech Republic and parts of Austria continue to battle severe flooding following historic rainfall in Central Europe. The municipality of Bystrzyca Kłodzka in Lower Silesia reported that the dam in Międzygórze had overflowed despite efforts to drain

Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has spoken out against Germany’s upcoming tightening of border controls, warning of inconvenience to commuters and the potential threat to European integration. On Monday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser ordered temporary controls at all German land borders to limit unauthorized entries and thus contain migration. The checks, which will

This embedded content is not available in your region. Emergency services are working to strengthen flood defences in Central and Eastern Europe after torrential rains caused river levels to rise and damaged thousands of homes. Storm Boris caused many deaths in Romania, with four people dying in floods in the southeastern region of Galati. In

Russia and Ukraine announced on Saturday that more than 200 people have been released in a prisoner swap between the two countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a statement released and a video announcing that 82 soldiers and sergeants, along with 21 officers, had returned from Russian captivity. It follows the release on Friday of 49