Robbers stole items worth up to $105bn from safe-deposit boxes held at a German retail bank in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, during the Christmas holiday, German police said on Tuesday. The German news agency dpa reported that it may rank among the biggest thefts in the country’s history. What happened and what was stolen? The […]
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How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has built a war machine in Ukraine with an insatiable demand for men. Underpinning that machine is a pattern of brutality and coercion in which commanders dole out abuse as punishment while exploiting soldiers — even the gravely ill or injured — to keep them on the battlefield, an […]
One pub a day closed permanently in England and Wales in 2025 | Hospitality industry
One pub a day disappeared for good in England and Wales during 2025 as sustained cost pressures continued to weigh heavily on the sector. Analysis of government statistics shows that 366 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses over the year to December. Industry experts said the data highlight the “drastic” situation for British […]
Huge crowds mourn Bangladesh’s first female PM at state funeral
Kelly Ng, Shahnewaz Rocky,BBC Bangla, Dhakaand Anbarasan Ethirajan,BBC World Service Global Reporter, London AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of people gathered as a motorcade carrying Khaleda Zia’s body drove through Dhaka Hundreds of thousands of people travelled from across Bangladesh to the capital Dhaka on Wednesday to pay their final respects to former […]
HHS says it’s freezing child care payments to Minnesota after fraud allegations
An official with the Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has “frozen all child care payments” to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there. In addition, HHS is tightening requirements for payments from the Administration for Children and Families to all states, requiring a justification and a […]
National Guard arrives in New Orleans for 1st New Year’s since Bourbon Street attack : NPR
Walking under flags that memorialize victims of Jan. 1, 2025 attack, members of the Louisiana National Guard, military police, and Louisiana law enforcement agencies patrol the French Quarter along Bourbon Street and intersecting streets as part of a National Guard deployment for New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton) […]
Displacement camps swell with people fleeing Sudan’s war-ravaged el-Fasher | Sudan war News
Satellites show one camp spanning 500,000 square metres near the city of al-Dabba, as tens of thousands seek refuge. Several displacement camps have emerged and are quickly filling with people who fled Sudan’s devastated and largely emptied city of el-Fasher, which the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized in an atrocity-ridden campaign in October. One […]
Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen Signals Worsening Rift With U.A.E.
new video loaded: Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen Signals Worsening Rift With U.A.E. A Saudi-led coalition said it had targeted an arms shipment in Yemen bound for a separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates denied that the shipment included weapons. By Nader Ibrahim December 30, 2025 Source link
Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025 | Wildfires
Ten English fire services tackled a record number of grassland, woodland and crop fires during what was the UK’s hottest spring and summer on record, figures show. In total nearly 27,000 wildfires were dealt with by fire services in England during the prolonged dry weather of 2025, according to analysis by PA Media. One fire […]
Damien Martyn: Former Australia batter in coma in hospital
Former AFL star Brad Hardie, speaking on Perth’s 6PR radio station, said: “Damien Martyn, the champ from WA [Western Australia] unfortunately took ill on Boxing Day and currently is residing in a Queensland hospital. “I’d like everybody to have their best wishes and positive thoughts for Marto. Let’s hope he can pull through, because it’s […]