Category: Europe
A wildfire in Spain forces more evacuations, forced the evacuation of nearly 2,500 people from their homes in three villages in western Spain, local authorities said Saturday. More than 1,400 people have been forced to evacuate from their homes overnight, as…
A Picasso painting seized by French customs from a cargo boat docked on the Mediterranean island of Corisca on Friday. The 24 million-euro oil painting 1906 masterpiece, comes from the Cubist master’s “pink period”, features a head of a young woman with long black…
East Liverpool City Schools dismissed allegations, asserted in the unfair labor practice. The allegation charges filed against the East Liverpool City School District Board of Education after the Board implemented its Last Best Offer. According to East Liverpool City Schools…
Marseille, France — A French court sentenced Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas, a 74-year-old Frenchman, to four years’ jail on Tuesday after his faulty breast implants became a scandal and led to a global health scare. He was…
UPDATED: Kuala Lumpur — The sister of the Malaysian woman who was one of three allegedly held captive for 30 years by London Maoist group said her sister was not a “slave” after visiting her. Siti Aishah arrived in London…
Phuket, Thailand — British kickboxer Lee Aldouse was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of former U.S. marine Dashawn Longfellow following a bar fight on the popular tourist island of Phuket. The 30-year-old Aldouse, known…
Pilot who fell sick during mid-flight dies after passenger lands plane safely at Humberside Airport. The passenger, who had never flown an aircraft before, made an emergency landing in the light aircraft at Humberside Airport, north Lincolnshire, early on Tuesday morning.…
A Swedish appeals court has cut the prison sentence of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in half, dismissing charges related to the hacking of Nordea Bank, but upholding the lower court’s ruling on the other charges against him, according…
Launch of iPhone 5S, 5C [UPDATE] — Short supply of the new Apple iPhone 5S on its release date has left mobile networks in the UK “frustrated” and “concerned”, says a BBC report. Similar delays were being experienced in Asia,…
Singapore authorities have arrested 14 people they say are part of an organised crime gang involved in global football match-fixing, according to reports. They are 12 men and two women, including the alleged “mastermind”, but no names were released by…
Giglio, Italy — The unprecedented operation of raising the Costa Concordia cruise ship began Monday morning after a delay of three hours because of thunderstorms, according to a CNN report. The giant ship made global headlines when it struck rocks…
The European Union has implemented “the most stringent” set of regulations ever for the toys industry, and some fear it could bring China’s toy industry to its knees. The EU is the world’s second-largest toy market after the United States,…
