Paris’ Eiffel Tower is reportedly badly in need of repairs
The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024…
Xiao Jianhua: Chinese-Canadian tycoon faces trial in China without consular access, embassy says
Billionaire financier Xiao Jianhua, known for his close connections to some of China’s most powerful political families, vanished in 2017 after he was seized by Chinese security agents from his…
Chile’s Constitutional Assembly presents proposal for new constitution to Chilean president
Chileans will decide whether to adopt or reject the constitution in a nationwide plebiscite on September 4. “I know, and all of Chile is conscious that this hasn’t been easy.…
Copenhagen mall shooting: suspect is remanded in psychiatric facility for 24 days, police say
The 22-year-old Danish man was known to psychiatric professionals, police said earlier. At a press conference on Monday morning, Copenhagen’s Head of Police Soren Thomassen said two 17-year-old Danish citizens,…
Typhoon Chaba: Hong Kong said ‘miracle’ needed to find more survivors from sunken Fujing001. China just found one
Hong Kong CNN — A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during Typhoon Chaba in the early hours…
Deadly shooting at mall in Copenhagen
Police and other emergency services respond to reports of a shooting at the Field’s shopping center in Copenhagen on July 3. The shooting left several dead and several wounded, Danish…
Carlos Sainz secures first F1 victory in British Grand Prix after Zhou Guanyu survives dramatic crash
The race had to be restarted after Zhou’s car was flipped upside down and crashed into a fence having been clipped shortly after the start. It caused a lengthy delay…
Shireen Abu Akleh: Palestinians to let US examine bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist
The Al Jazeera journalist was killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 11. The Palestinian Authority has refused to hand over…
North Korea says US seeking an excuse for an Asian NATO
North Korea’s foreign ministry spokesperson said as much to a question put by KCNA, the state news agency reported on Sunday. “The reality clearly shows that the real purpose of…
Protesters storm Libya’s eastern parliament building
Libya has been split between warring factions since 2014, following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Moammar Gadhafi. The country’s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, the head of the UN-backed Government…