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The NATO 2024 summit is hosted by Washington DC, coinciding with the military alliance’s 75 anniversary. The 3-day meeting will focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as countering growing Chinese influence on the world stage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington on Tuesday. He is due to speak at the summit later. Outgoing Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is addressing the alliance members on Tuesday. This will be his final summit, with former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte taking over the reins in October. The leaders of non-member states New Zealand, Japan and South Korea will attend the summit for…

Spain beat France 2-1 to reach the final of Euro 2024 as 16-year-old Lamine Yamal struck a wonder goal to become the youngest ever to score in a UEFA Euro tournament. Didier Deschamps’ side took an early lead in Munich, picking up their first goal from open play, as captain Kylian Mbappe’s cross was headed in by Randal Kolo Muani at the back post. However, favorites Spain struck back with Yamal, who cut inside before curling a swerving shot into the net off the left post. And, the comeback was complete four minutes later as Dani Olmo drove into the box…

The kidney doctor raced to the basement of a children’s hospital in Kyiv to check up on some of her young patients who had been moved there for safety during an air raid siren.Svitlana Lukyanchuk, 30, then risked her life to go back upstairs to a treatment centre where five more infants were hooked up to dialysis machines unable to be taken to the shelter. Despite the danger, she stayed with them to make sure their life-saving procedures could continue even as the ground shook to the sound of Russian missiles striking the capital.Suddenly, one of the munitions hit the…

The NATO 2024 summit is hosted by Washington DC, coinciding with the military alliance’s 75 anniversary. The 3-day meeting will focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as countering growing Chinese influence on the world stage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington on Tuesday. He is due to speak at the summit later. Outgoing Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is addressing the alliance members on Tuesday. This will be his final summit, with former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte taking over the reins in October. The leaders of non-member states New Zealand, Japan and South Korea will attend the summit for…

The Irish government is being urged to intervene in the case of a woman who has been charged with attempting suicide by a court in Dubai.Tori Towey, from Boyle in County Roscommon, works in the United Arab Emirates as an airline cabin crew member and says she tried to take her own life after allegedly being attacked and left with severe bruising and other injuries.The 28-year-old survived but was taken to a police station where she was told she was being charged with attempted suicide and abusing alcohol. Her passport was blocked from use, and she cannot return to Ireland.”She’s…

Chinese authorities have recently announced legal changes that could impose harsh sanctions, including the death penalty, on individuals working “at separating Taiwan from China.” Beijing sees the self-ruled island as part of its own territory and has hinted at the possibility of using violence to subdue any attempts at pursuing indepedence. Former Taiwanese legislator Chen Jiau-hua, already blacklisted by Beijing as one of the “stubborn separatists,” told DW she was not intimidated by the new measures. Instead, the set of guidelines revealed last month simply made her grow “even more resentful” towards China. “I think Taiwanese people shouldn’t be afraid and…

On Monday, Russian missiles struck several targets across Ukraine, killing about 40 according to recent counts. In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the renowned Okhmatdyt children’s hospital suffered a direct hit. Parents were seen carrying babies and children out of the building. One picture shows young children continuing their cancer treatment outside the hospital. Rescue workers and locals were seen clearing debris and tending to the injured. The Ukrainian government declared a day of mourning following the deadly attack. Russia’s defense ministry denied responsibility for the attack, claiming it had limited aerial strikes to defense industry targets and aviation bases.  Since, several social media posts have…

A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, the hit 2006 film featuring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, is reportedly in development. One of the original screenwriters Aline Brosh McKenna is in talks to write the follow-up, which reportedly follows Streep’s character, magazine editor Miranda Priestly, as she confronts the decline of print publications in the digital age, Variety reported. It is unclear how many of the original cast members may return for the sequel, which US news outlet Deadline reported will be made by Disney.However, the film’s original director David Frankel and producer Wendy Finerman are in talks to return,…

Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on Tuesday. A court in Moscow accused her of being part of an “extremist” group. She currently lives outside Russia but would face immediate arrest if she were to return. Proof of Navalnaya’s ‘determination’ The court said it had “approved the request of the investigators and decided a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months.” Navalnaya, 47, slammed the court’s decision, saying in a statement “Vladimir Putin is a killer and a war criminal. He belongs in prison.” Leonid…

A life raft carrying migrants on the Aegean Sea crashed Tuesday into rocks near Cesme, a town on Turkey’s Aegean coast. So far, at least seven people on board have died, the Turkish coast guard said. Nineteen people, including children, were rescued off Turkey’ Izmir Province while a search for one missing is under way, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X.  Rescue operations underway One helicopter, four coastguard vessels and a diving team were involved in the search and rescue operation, he added. A life raft carrying the migrants was pushed back earlier by Greek…