U.S. and Iran seek to reconnect after eventful week
Amid a back-and-forth exchange of threats, Iran and the United States are trying to build a constructive dialogue toward an effective peace agreement.
Founder of video game company Ubisoft dies in private plane crash
Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded the well-known video game company Ubisoft, died Friday evening in a plane crash in La Baule, in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in which two people lost their lives.
"Highest temperature ever recorded in France" expected on Monday
Starting on Sunday afternoon, 35 French departments will be under a red heat alert. The French weather service Météo-France expects Monday to possibly see the highest temperature ever recorded in France.
Trump unveils his gift from Qatar
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his new Air Force One: last year, he received a Boeing 747-8 as a gift from Qatar, which has now been modified to serve as the U.S. president’s aircraft.
Iceland resumes whaling
Whaling returns to Iceland following a two year hiatus.
Zelensky warns of a large-scale Russian attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Russia could launch another large-scale wave of attacks on Ukraine in the coming days. “Please take the air raid alerts tonight and in the coming days very seriously. The Russians have been preparing for a new large-scale attack,” the president said in a warning to his fellow citizens.
Meloni denies Trump's claim that she 'begged for a photo' at G7 Summit
On the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, a minor altercation broke out between Italy and the U.S.
Zelensky loses Poland’s highest honor over WWII name of military unit
The Polish president has stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the “Order of the White Oerdket” due to the naming of a military unit in Ukraine.
‘Europe’s largest fruit store’ moves from Belgium to the Netherlands
Since the 1980s, two-thirds of all kiwis sold in Europe have been passing through the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Soon, however, that whole story will come to an end. New Zealand producer Zespri is relocating its Belgian operations to the Dutch port of Vlissingen. After 2028, no more kiwis will be coming to Kiwiweg in Zeebrugge; instead, the Netherlands is snagging the contract.
Tourist (18) killed in New York when a horse-drawn carriage runs amok
On Thursday, no horse-drawn carriages were operating in Central Park—a staple of many tourists’ visits to New York. The carriage drivers went on strike following the death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, a tourist from India, on Wednesday. Calls for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in New York City are gaining momentum once again.