Images caught on Google Maps give police big clue in Spanish murder case – National

Images caught on Google Maps give police big clue in Spanish murder case – National

Google Maps cameras have captured some pretty interesting photos in the past, preserved on the mapping software for the world to find, but this time the images have given police an extra clue in the arrests of two people in connection with a murder investigation. The images in question were captured by a Google Maps…

Wafa Al-Udaini, Palestinian Journalist, Told Story of Gaza That Was Full of Life

Wafa Al-Udaini, Palestinian Journalist, Told Story of Gaza That Was Full of Life

Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you were lucky, Phil Donahue would be on, ready to guide you toward enlightenment. In a stroke of deluxe good fortune, Dr. Ruth Westheimer might have stopped by to be the enlightenment. He was the search…

German police search for motive in deadly Christmas market attack

German police search for motive in deadly Christmas market attack

German officials hunted for clues on Saturday after a 50-year-old Saudi national with a history of anti-Islamic comments drove his car into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least two people, including a small child, and injuring at least 60 others. #German #police #search #motive #deadly #Christmas #market #attack

A Royal Family Christmas: King Charles continues cancer treatment — and Prince Andrew brings more controversy

A Royal Family Christmas: King Charles continues cancer treatment — and Prince Andrew brings more controversy

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. The Royal Family is gathering for Christmas celebrations. But amid the festivities, there will be ongoing concerns for the health of King Charles, as his cancer treatment continues — and a notable…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,031 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,031 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,031st day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, December 21: Fighting Ukraine targeted the town of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk border region on Friday, deploying US-supplied missiles in an attack that killed six people. US President Joe Biden recently authorised Ukraine to use…

14 Injured in Israel after projectile from Yemen struck into Tel Aviv: officials

14 Injured in Israel after projectile from Yemen struck into Tel Aviv: officials

A projectile launched into Israel from Yemen overnight into Saturday struck Tel Aviv, resulting in mild injuries to 14 people, according to Israeli officials. Israel’s military said after sirens sounded in central Israel that the projectile landed in Tel Aviv’s southern Jaffa area following failed attempts to intercept. “Following the sirens that sounded a short…

Senate on track to pass House stopgap funding bill

Senate on track to pass House stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate are racing to pass a bipartisan federal spending deal in time to avert a government shutdown that would likely begin if the Senate failed to approve the House-passed legislation. The bill set to receive a vote tonight authorizes continued funding of the federal government at current levels for…

Two dead, 60 hurt after car plows into crowd at Christmas market in Germany – National

Two dead, 60 hurt after car plows into crowd at Christmas market in Germany – National

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack. The driver was arrested at the scene shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m.,…

Car ploughs into German Christmas market in deadly holiday season attack

Car ploughs into German Christmas market in deadly holiday season attack

A driver rammed a car into a large crowd of revellers at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening, killing at least two people, including a toddler, and injuring more than 60 before he was arrested.  #Car #ploughs #German #Christmas #market #deadly #holiday #season #attack

U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate for approval

U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate for approval

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying president-elect Donald Trump’s demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt. Next, the Democratic-controlled Senate must pass the bill to ensure the U.S. government will be funded beyond midnight, when current funding expires. If approved by…

Car slams into crowd at Christmas market in Germany in suspected attack; at least 2 killed, dozens injured, officials say

Car slams into crowd at Christmas market in Germany in suspected attack; at least 2 killed, dozens injured, officials say

At least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday. Authorities said it appeared to be a deliberate attack. The driver of the car was arrested at the scene, Magdeburg police confirmed. They said their current assumption is that he was…

Two dead as car slams into Christmas market crowd in Germany | Crime News

Two dead as car slams into Christmas market crowd in Germany | Crime News

The driver involved in the ramming has been taken into custody, with officials calling the incident an attack. At least two people are dead and as many as 68 injured after a car rammed into a crowded Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, part of the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Officials on Friday…

Elon Musk feuds with ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann in X post smackdown

Elon Musk feuds with ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann in X post smackdown

X owner, billionaire and Trump-appointed co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, got into an online feud with former MSNBC anchor, Keith Olbermann.  The two exchanged brutal insults on Musk’s platform following the furor over Musk’s role in tanking an initial bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown this week. Olbermann started…

Italy’s deputy PM Salvini faces verdict in migrant rescue boat kidnap trial

Italy’s deputy PM Salvini faces verdict in migrant rescue boat kidnap trial

AFP The Open Arms rescue boat was kept from docking for three weeks with 147 migrants on board Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has been acquitted in a long-running case over his refusal to let a migrant rescue boat dock in Italy in 2019. Judges in the Sicilian city of Palermo cleared him of…

7-year-old killed, others injured after stabbing attack at Croatia school – National

7-year-old killed, others injured after stabbing attack at Croatia school – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. The attack took place around 9:50 a.m. on the last day of school before Christmas at the Precko Elementary…

Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

“I’m very excited but also very overwhelmed. It’s an amazing feeling.” When Sawsan Abou Zainedin fled Bashar al-Assad’s rule more than a decade ago, she thought she might never return. Now, after the fall of the regime, she’s headed to her hometown in southern Syria to see her father for the first time in seven…

Special show: A Michelin-starred taste of Christmas in Aix-en-Provence

Special show: A Michelin-starred taste of Christmas in Aix-en-Provence

FRANCE 24’s culture editor Eve Jackson takes viewers on a festive journey to the heart of France’s Provence region in a special programme exploring the enchanting Christmas traditions of Aix-en-Provence. This exclusive holiday show brings to life the region’s rich cultural heritage, focusing on two of its most treasured customs: the delicious tradition of the…