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A migrant has died after getting into difficulty while trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard has said.A rescue operation was launched after reports that a group of people tried to board a dinghy in the Equihen-Plage area, in northern France, shortly after 9am on Wednesday.Two people were rescued from the water, with one suffering from hypothermia while the other was in cardiac arrest.The pair were taken to the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer for treatment.The person who suffered cardio-respiratory arrest was declared dead despite efforts to save them.The coastguard added search operations are continuing off the coast of Pas-de-Calais…

The international world of classical music needs opportunities to celebrate from time to time. One of the industry’s big bashes are the upcoming International Classical Music Awards, or ICMA for short, a gala celebration held on March 19 that will feature a concert with both established stars and newcomers to the classical music scene. Each year, ICMA is held in a different location — last year, it took place in Valencia, Spain, while this year Germany takes the lead. Düsseldorf’s Tonhalle will be filled with music as countertenor Andreas Scholl, pianist Anna Gourari and violinist Gidon Kremer and others present works by the likes…

Serbia has seen a growing protest movement since a train station canopy in the town of Novi Sad collapsed in November 2024, killing 15 people. The collapse was blamed on corruption by officials. The largest protest against government corruption so far took place on Saturday, March 15, with at least 100,000 people taking to the streets of Belgrade. Participants accuse the police of using a sonic weapon to dispel the crowds.  Videos on social media show protestors quietly standing in the streets during a period of silence for the Novi Sad victims, when suddenly a whooshing sound is heard and…

The NFL (National Football League) is the world’s most valuable sports league. The average team is worth $5 billion (€4.6 billion), the league generated $18 billion in revenue in 2023 and regular-season games have been played in Brazil, Germany and the UK. The next logical step in the league’s dominance is to internationalize its playing group. This year’s International Player Pathway (IPP) class is made up of 14 players from 13 countries around the world, with kickers and punters joining later. The group is currently in the midst of a 10-week training camp at the IMG Academy in Florida before…

Skip next section Ukraine in constant communication with key European allies: Zelenskyy03/19/2025March 19, 2025Ukraine in constant communication with key European allies: ZelenskyyUkraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy talked to several European leaders on Tuesday evening following the Trump-Putin call. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated Britain’s “unwavering support” to Ukraine in a phone call, according to a statement by the British government, while Zelenskyy provided an update on the frontline situation. During an online briefing on Tuesday, Zelenskyy told reporters that he had also spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, both key European allies of Ukraine. “We…

The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of previously classified documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. This follows an executive order made by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office directing the release of unredacted government files about Kennedy’s killing. Kennedy was shot during a visit to Dallas, Texas in November 1963, but conspiracy theories still swirl around his death. More than 1,100 files containing more than 31,000 pages were posted on the National Archives website on Tuesday evening. Trump estimates that more than 80,000 new pages will be unsealed. In the past decades,…

Trade tensions between the EU and US ratcheted up this week when Brussels announced €26 billion ($28 billion) of tariffs on US goods, in response to the Trump administration’s 25% levies on steel and aluminum. Cecilia Malmstrom, who served as EU trade commissioner during the first Trump administration, sees the exchange of tariffs as “definitely an escalating conflict” and maintains that any question of “either side winning” fundamentally misunderstands the nature of trade wars. “It’s a lose-lose game,” she told DW, adding that those who would stand to lose most are consumers and ordinary people because prices get higher, affecting inflation, jobs and growth. She described…

Thousands are demanding justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, as authorities prepare graves for its victims.More than 150 were also injured after pyrotechnics sparked a fire at Club Pulse in Kocani, with government officials and the nightclub’s manager among 20 people arrested. But some protests turned violent in the eastern town and in the capital Skopje, where thousands have called for more action amid a litany of alleged safety failures.As excavators dug a fresh line of graves in the town of 25,000 people, 16-year-old Jovan, who lost a friend in the fire, described his…

“Snow White,” the latest title Disney live-action remakes of one of its classics, cost the entertainment company a reported $270 million (€247 million) to make and promote, according to Forbes magazine. Masses of reporters usually interview the film stars on the red carpet at the opening of such big-budget films. However, journalists were generally barred from the Hollywood premiere on March 15 and the European debut, three days earlier at a remote castle in Northern Spain.  It is widely assumed that the media’s restricted access to the stars and creative team is linked to a storm of online comments and more substantial political debates throughout the film’s…

Much was made of the potential health risks that stranded NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would face in space. Returning to Earth in March 2025, after an unexpected nine months at the International Space Station (ISS), their bodies will have adjusted to radiation and microgravity. The effects of radiation and microgravity are the same for every astronaut — starting with nausea and bloated faces — but this mission was only meant to last a week. It begged the question: Would the effects be worse for Suni and Butch?  Williams and Wilmore were stranded at the ISS in June 2024 their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced…