The Swedish Coast Guard on Sunday intercepted a tanker that is more than likely part of the notorious Russian "ghost fleet". This was revealed by the Swedish Civil Protection Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin on Sunday on X. The oil tanker had an unknown destination and did not meet maritime safety standards. The boarding happened off Sweden's southern coast.
American low-cost airline Spirit Airlines is bankrupt. Among the reasons for the bankruptcy are higher fuel prices.
Maxim (14) from Apeldoorn has been missing since April 18, 2026. The Dutch teenager, about 1.55 meters tall, was last seen leaving home from the Zuidbroek neighborhood on a gray Stella women's bicycle, dressed in a black Nike jacket and sweatpants, with an orange-red backpack. He also had shaved off his blond hair. This is evident from footage from a surveillance camera. Maxim has now been missing for two weeks. While an initial phase focused on the Twente region, the search is now focusing on Poland.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was still calling for calm on Tuesday, stressing that there was "no serious danger" in Tuapse. But local authorities and international sources warn that these arson attacks could have disastrous consequences.
Imagine: bag on back, train window, scenery changing every hour. And the ticket? The European Union pays for it. That's DiscoverEU, the program that offers thousands of 18-year-old Europeans the opportunity to cross the continent virtually free of charge, mainly by train.
There are objects that enter our lives with the promise of making our lives easier, but disappear just as quickly. Disposable e-cigarettes are one of the clearest examples of this contemporary paradox: a few days of use, a perfectly working lithium battery, followed by a noiseless journey to the trash can.
The name is known by few people outside the energy sector, but Iran's offshore South Pars gas field has become the focus of a global crisis in a matter of hours. The Israeli attack on Wednesday, March 18, on parts of its infrastructure marks a new stage in the Middle East conflict: for the first time, one of the pillars of global energy supply is directly affected.
Cuba has been plunged into darkness. A total blackout has affected the entire Caribbean island, leaving millions without electricity. This was announced by the state-owned Unión Nacional Eléctrica de Cuba, which speaks of a "complete disconnection of the national electricity system". The interruption occurred simultaneously across the country, as if someone had literally flipped a switch. The notification came through via the Havana Electricity Company's Telegram channel: recovery protocols have been initiated, but the causes of the grid collapse are still unclear.
Heavy accident on the A20 freeway Messina-Palermo: a huge chain collision involved some 80 vehicles on Tuesday morning, just before 9 a.m., in the Villafranca tunnel, on the section between Rometta and Milazzo towards Messina. Not only cars, but also trucks were involved in the accident. Following the mega-chain collision, the fire department, police and several ambulances rushed out to assist drivers and passengers and to secure fuel tanks. Fortunately, as far as is known, there were no serious injuries.
Google Maps is about to undergo a complete facelift with what the company is calling the biggest update in a decade. It's not just an aesthetic change of look, but a radical evolution that combines three-dimensional maps, artificial intelligence and new navigation functions to make getting around more intuitive.