A spontaneous memorial appeared near Crocus City Hall, where the terrorist attack took place the day before. Photo: Ivan MAKEEV Sun 24 March 2024: More than 130 people have been killed, including three children, and over 100 others have been injured, in the worst such attack that Russia has witnessed in two decades. ISIL’s […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: In a historic decision, the German parliament authorized the partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, giving the nation some of the most liberal cannabis laws in Europe. The much-debated bill was finally passed by the Bundesrat, or upper house, on Friday. It will allow people to possess up to three […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: The ISIS-K (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that killed at least 133 people and injured more than 100. The total number of those killed at the site of the attack in Crocus City Hall has increased to 133 people, according to Russia’s […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday slammed Friday’s shooting at the Crocus City Concert Hall in Moscow region as a “purposeful massacre” aimed at sowing discord in society. “The criminals, purposefully and in cold blood killed, shot our citizens and our children at point-blank range,” Putin said in a televised address […]
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Sat 23 March 2024: Over the last two years, Germany’s birth rate has drastically decreased, reaching its lowest point since 2009, the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) said on Wednesday. In 2023, the birth rate in the nation decreased from 1.57 children per woman in 2021 to around 1.36 in 2023, as per a […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: 40 people were killed and over 100 were injured when gunmen stormed into a large concert hall in Moscow and opened fire with automatic weapons, according to Russia’s official news agency TASS, which cited the Federal Security Service (FSB). The attackers reportedly used explosives as well, setting off a big fire […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Government numbers show that New Zealand has entered its second recession in less than 18 months. New Zealand’s official statistics office reported on Thursday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1 percent from October to December, after contracting by 0.3 percent in the third quarter. Government statistics show […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: 220,000 condoms will be given out by the Paris Olympics organizers to competitors who wish to get romantic during this year’s Games in the City of Love. Athletes are free to engage in sexual activity even if their primary concentration is on sports; this is in contrast to the last Olympics […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Authorities in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region plan to close several prisons this year amid a decline in inmate numbers due to the recruitment of convicts for the war, the Kommersant newspaper reported The newspaper cited Mark Denisov, Krasnoyarsk’s regional human rights commissioner, as saying at least two local prisons would be closed […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Cholera outbreaks worldwide are deeply linked to climate change, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday after a meeting of a key advisory group on immunization. Dr. Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s director of immunization, vaccines and biologicals, spoke at a press conference of the organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts […]
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