World Jan 02 What to know about the deadly fire at a Swiss Alpine bar's New Year celebration Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar’s ceiling.
World Jan 01 Fire at Swiss Alpine resort bar during New Year's celebration kills at least 40, injures 115 The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.
World Dec 15 Latest talks between Ukraine and U.S. yield 'progress' as Trump seeks swift peace Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov said on social media that “real progress” had been achieved at the talks in Berlin with President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as European officials, which lasted…
World Dec 14 Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid in exchange for security guarantees, refuses to cede land Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on…
Science Oct 07 WATCH: 3 scientists who made molecular architecture discovery win Nobel Prize in chemistry A member of the Nobel committee likened the discovery to Hermione Granger’s seemingly bottomless enchanted handbag in the “Harry Potter” series, in that the frameworks may look small from the outside, but are able to hold surprisingly vast quantities within…
World Sep 01 Deep in the Swedish forest, Esrange Space Center is part of Europe's hope to compete in the space race The state-owned Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, is among the sites building out orbital rocket programs to allow Europe to advance in the global space race and launch satellites from the continent's mainland.
World Aug 13 Zelenskyy and other European leaders to speak with Trump ahead of his Friday summit with Putin Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to have the voice of European and Ukraine's leaders heard ahead of a summit that they have been sidelined from.
World Jul 27 Train derailment in southern Germany leaves at least 3 dead, multiple injured Federal and local police said the cause of the crash near Riedlingen, roughly 98 miles west of Munich, remains under investigation. Photos from the scene showed parts of the train on its side as rescuers climbed atop the carriages.
World May 28 Germany offers to help Ukraine develop long-range missiles to strike Russia German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their range and targets.
World May 06 Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.