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The devastation on Friday morning after the tornado that hit Mikulcice in the Czech Republic.EPA Image The mighty whirlwind left a trail of destruction in the Czech border region with Austria and Slovakia. The images of the stricken site leave little to the imagination: stone buildings have been reduced to rubble, metal sheds torn to shreds and cars deposited a …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the EU meeting Thursday evening and night in Brussels.EPA Image Merkel herself said after the first day of the summit with her EU colleagues in Brussels that the discussion on relations with Russia had been “very thorough” but that she had hoped for a “more courageous step”. “We couldn’t agree on a meeting at the …

The tornado occurred in the southeast of the Czech Republic, just a few kilometers from the Slovak and Austrian borders. The towns of Hodonín and Breclav were particularly affected. The Austrian Red Cross and the fire brigade come to the rescue. Rescuers also come from neighboring Slovakia. The Czech authorities plan to deploy the army for relief. “Really very rare” …

Hundreds of people lined up early in the morning in Mong Kok district to get a copy. They chanted “Apple Daily, we will meet again”. The newspaper sold out within minutes in some places. The popular tabloid had to close its doors after a confrontation with the Communist authorities. They accuse Apple Daily of speaking out in favor of sanctions …

An Indigenous group in Canada has discovered hundreds of anonymous graves near a former residential school in the Saskatchewan region of Canada. The group won’t disclose how many remains were found, but it would be the “most significant find to date.” A press conference on the “horrific and shocking discovery” will follow on Thursday morning (local time). Marieval Indian Residential …

The 40-year-old assailant, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, admitted 28 assault charges over a period of more than 14 months. Piang Ngiah Don, in his twenties, was underweight and at one point weighed only 24 kilograms. She was only allowed to sleep for five hours a night and was strangled, beaten and branded. She died in 2016. The judge speaks of a “horrible” …

The plague of mice in the Australian state of New South Wales is getting out of hand. But despite the enormous damage rodents cause to agriculture, a request to use heavy rat poison was rejected by the local government today. Bromadiolone, a proposed rat poison, has been described as “napalm for mice”. But the venom is just as deadly for …

Among other things, the bill stipulated that there should be fewer barriers for voters to vote. Democrats also wanted an independent commission to now deal with the reclassification of constituencies. This task now falls to the American states. ballot fraud Republican senators have said the bill violates state rights. According to the Republicans, he assures that states can no longer …

Cambodian justice has charged three young environmentalists with conspiring against the government and insulting the king. The three members of the Mother Nature group were arrested after discovering that garbage had ended up in a river near Phnom Penh. Cambodian law against insulting the king is relatively new. It is not clear exactly how the activists allegedly insulted the king. …

More than 40 countries have urged China to immediately allow the UN chief for human rights in the Xinjiang region. Countries want to investigate reports that the Uyghur minority is being forced to do forced labor or illegally detained and tortured. “Credible reports indicate that over a million people are randomwillekeurig tenuous in Xinjiang and that there is widespread surveillance …