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Friday’s earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi killed at least 70 people. Authorities fear the official death toll will continue to rise in the coming hours. Rescuers are still looking for survivors among the fragments of collapsed buildings on Sunday. Most of the deaths occurred in Mamuju. There, a hotel and a shopping center collapsed. Several victims were removed …

A team of Nepalese climbers managed to reach the highest point of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, during the winter on Saturday. These were the last eight thousand that had never been successfully climbed in winter. The ten Nepalese climbers reached the climax around 5:00 p.m. (local time). It took them almost a month to climb. The …

Navalny is also a staunch critic of President Putin. He described to the European Parliament End of november the current Russian government remains as “a bunch of criminals” who have temporarily taken power. More than three months earlier, Navalny had escaped death after being poisoned. The politician was admitted to an Omsk hospital in August after falling ill on a …

Palestinians are back at the polls for the first time in fifteen years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Friday. The legislative elections will take place on May 22, with the presidential elections on July 31. A few months ago, rival parties of Fatah, of which Abbas is a member, and Hamas had already agreed to hold new elections. Abbas …

A pilot in Germany aborted a take-off from a flight because a Dutchman on board refused to put on a face mask. The captain turned to a location at Munich airport where four officers removed the Dutch passenger from the plane. An indictment has been filed against the refusal, German media report. The flight to South Africa was still delayed. …

The European Union demands that the Ethiopian government give aid agencies access to the northern Tigray region, where millions of people have fled their homes because of fighting between the Ethiopian army and the rebels. Until such access is granted, the EU will withhold some € 88 million in aid to the country, Foreign Chief Josep Borrell said. The EU …

One of the few positive side effects of Brexit is that Britons are likely to receive fewer foreign fines in the years to come. The agreement between EU countries to collect flash fines from each other has lapsed as the UK is no longer a member of the EU. At the moment, this is an almost entirely moot situation, as …

A massive earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, killed at least seven people on Friday. Hundreds of people were injured, the country’s relief agency reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was six kilometers northeast of the town of Majene, some 300 kilometers from Makassar. Four deaths occurred in Majene. Three people died in …

Two restaurant owners from Strasbourg took legal action after the courier canceled orders for “Israeli food”. “I don’t deliver to Jews,” the delivery man reportedly told one of them. “French law prohibits discrimination of any kind,” said the judge. “In this country you have to respect everyone.” The Algerian had used an acquaintance’s Deliveroo account for the work. He admitted …

A curfew is already in effect in 25 departments from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. In the other 77 departments, the French were allowed to leave the house until 8 p.m. The draconian measure, according to the leader of the largest government party (La République en Marche), Stanislas Guerini, is important to counter the “aperitif effect”. It refers to social …