News in brief
A new kind of advertisement has entered the kitchen. This week, Samsung began rolling out a software update in the United States that introduces ads on the touchscreens of its Family Hub smart refrigerators, which cost more than $2,000. Owners of these high-end models were surprised to find a banner......
French customs officials announced Thursday that they had seized nearly 56,000 counterfeit toys in the Paris region in September, including thousands of fake Labubu plush dolls, the viral Chinese figurines that have become a global sensation. The seizures took place during targeted inspections of express......
The Mexican Navy has rescued 28 people, nearly all of them minors, from a drifting boat in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico. According to the Sinaloa prosecutor’s office, 27 of those rescued were between 14 and 17 years old, while the 28th was just over 18.......
The leader of Spain's Valencia region, Carlos Mazón, faced public outrage during a state memorial service marking the first anniversary of the 2024 floods, the deadliest natural disaster in the country in decades. Relatives of victims accused him of mishandling the emergency response that......
British group Virgin has won a key step in its bid to challenge Eurostar’s monopoly on passenger rail services through the Channel Tunnel, after obtaining access to the Temple Mills depot in London — a crucial maintenance facility previously reserved exclusively......
Vilnius (AFP) – Lithuania announced on Wednesday that it would close its border with Belarus for one month, citing the repeated intrusion of smuggling balloons carrying contraband cigarettes from Belarusian territory. The Lithuanian government described the move as a necessary......
Berlin (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephull traveled to Syria on Thursday, marking the first official visit by a German top diplomat since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December. “With the fall of Assad’s dictatorship,......
Beijing (AFP) – China on Thursday urged the United States to “seriously” respect the global ban on nuclear testing, after President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to resume testing of the country’s nuclear arsenal. “China hopes the United......
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) – Smiling broadly, US President Donald Trump hailed what he called a “great success” in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday. The talks covered key global issues, including fentanyl......
Talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan aimed at reaching a ceasefire are expected to “probably resume” in Istanbul after collapsing on Wednesday, a Pakistani security source told AFP. The negotiations, mediated by Turkey and Qatar, began last Saturday in Istanbul and were......
Global gold demand has surged to its highest level in more than two decades, driven by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and investors seeking safety amid record-high prices for the precious metal. According to the World Gold Council (WGC), gold demand between July and September reached......
Four individuals were arrested on Wednesday evening by officers of the Brigade for the Repression of Banditry (BRB) in connection with the spectacular Louvre Museum robbery that occurred eleven days ago. The arrests took place around 8 p.m. in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, according to a police......
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders and the centrist pro-European Democrats 66 (D66) led by Rob Jetten are neck and neck in the Dutch parliamentary elections, according to a projection by the ANP news agency released Thursday. Both parties would secure 26 seats each out of the 150......
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