At least one person was killed in an explosion at Rotterdam’s Europoort on Thursday. Several others were injured. The incident occurred shortly after noon on Moezelweg, on the grounds of Gunvor Energy Rotterdam.
A major fire at a parking lot in Louvres, France, near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, caused significant disruption on Tuesday afternoon. Dozens of cars caught fire at a parking lot where travelers leave their vehicles before departing from the nearby airport.
Slovak authorities shot and killed a female bear and her two cubs after the mother bear seriously injured a man. The animals were considered an immediate danger to residents and road users in the Turany area, in the north of the country.
A woman and her five-month-old baby died after a boat capsized in New York Harbor, near the Statue of Liberty. The boat’s captain has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.
Austria has dismantled an international network that circumvented EU sanctions to help produce Russian cruise missiles and fighter jets. The Austrian intelligence service uncovered the clandestine operation, the Ministry of the Interior announced on August 10.
A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian region of Tatarstan has left at least 13 people dead and dozens injured in the city of Nizhnekamsk. This is one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Kyiv deep into Russian territory since the start of the war.
Italy and Denmark, through their prime ministers, Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen, have issued a joint statement expressing their disapproval of what they describe as“uncontrolled immigration.” They are calling for stricter measures at the European level.
Suspicions that a second “tactical” drone was in the air during the foiled drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport are gaining traction. According to the German newspaper Bild, new analyses by investigators and experts indicate that a second drone maintained visual contact with the explosive drone found on the ground and transmitted live footage and control signals to the operators.
Security for Armin Papperger, the CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, has been stepped up to the same level as that of the German chancellor. The 63-year-old CEO is escorted day and night by German government bodyguards, even at the headquarters in Düsseldorf. He confirmed this in an interview with the German news agency DPA.
In the coming days, northern Spain is expecting a massive influx of visitors: about half a million additional tourists are expected for Wednesday evening’s total solar eclipse.