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The Zelena Ruza farm in the village of Klacno in western Slovakia comprises a beautifully renovated guest house loaded with amenities. The owners even set up a small zoo for their guests to admire sheep, goats, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs and even an ostrich. But most of the animals died last year when female brown bear went on a rampage and tore them apart. “We have footage from the surveillance camera that shows our ostrich being killed. It was very brutal, you don’t want to see that,” said Ludmila, the young woman who welcomes guests at reception. The bear had to be shot.Last year,…

PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray took his own life, his parents have said, as they urged people to be “kind to one another”.The 30-year-old American withdrew from a competition in Texas with two holes remaining of his second round on Friday citing an illness, a day before he died.In their statement, Eric and Terry Murray said “life wasn’t always easy” for their son and “although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now”.The couple said that losing him was a “nightmare” and they have “so many questions that have no answers… but one”.”Was Grayson loved? The answer…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be in Spain on Monday where he will meet Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for talks. Sanchez “will receive the president of Ukraine” at noon (1000 GMT), after which they will hold a press conference, the Spanish prime minister’s office said in a statement. Spain’s royal family said that Zelenskyy would be received by King Felipe VI at the palace. “Afterwards, King Felipe and Queen Letizia will host a lunch in his honour,” it added. The trip is Zelenskyy’s first official visit to Spain and comes amid heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, as Russian forces continue…

Tens of thousands of residents from Bangladeshi coastal villages fled their homes on Sunday for shelters further inland as an intense cyclone approaches over the Bay of Bengal before hitting Bangladesh and parts of neighboring India. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Cyclone Remal would make landfall between 6:00 pm and midnight (1200-1800 GMT), bringing high waves and gales with gusts of up to 130 kilometers (81 miles) per hour. The number of cyclones hitting the region has increased in recent years under the impact of climate change. Airports, seaports closed The airport in Bangladesh’s second-largest city of Chittagong has closed,…

The Monaco Grand Prix was halted during the opening lap after a huge crash involving Formula One drivers Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen. Magnussen’s Haas teammate Nico Hulkenberg was also caught up in the collision, but all three drivers escaped unscathed. Perez, who was 16th on the grid, was sent into the wall after Magnussen’s front-left wheel made contract with the rear-right of the Mexican’s Red Bull.The Red Bull car was destroyed on impact, with all but one of the four wheels ripped off the vehicle.Perez was not even required to head to the medical centre. But with debris scattered…

Vital aid from Egypt again began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing while the Rafah border crossing remains closed. The change of crossing comes after a deal between the Egyptian and US presidents to circumvent Cairo’s refusal to coordinate aid through Rafah — some 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from Kerem Shalom — while Israeli troops control the Palestinian side amid their offensive in the enclave. All aid from Egypt is inspected by Israeli authorities and distributed by the United Nations. The deliveries from Egypt are the first in nearly three weeks, according to the state-linked al-Qahera News TV outlet.…

French police detained a suspect following an apparent stabbing spree in the country’s third-biggest city, Lyon, on Sunday. The attacker allegedly targeted people on the city’s subway system. “Our thoughts are with the three people injured,” Deputy Mayor Mohamed Chihi said in an online post. Victims receiving medical care The victims were receiving medical treatment. None of the three victims sustained life-threatening injuries, according to a police source cited by the AFP news agency. The source added that two people were wounded in the abdomen. The three victim was showing injuries on their arm. Some local sources later suggested four people were…

Four girls aged between nine and 17 were stabbed in an “unprovoked” attack at a cinema in Massachusetts, US police have said. A 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were also found stabbed in a McDonald’s restaurant in an incident that may be connected, according to officers. A man, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody following a vehicle chase that ended in a crash in Sandwich, Cape Cod.Police said a man came into the AMC Braintree 10 complex, south of Boston, at about 6pm local time on Saturday and entered one of the movie theatres without…

South Africa’s opinion matters; analyst Steven Gruzd has no doubt about that. “South Africa is an important player on the international stage and especially in Africa. It is sought after by other countries,” the program director for African Governance and Diplomacy at the South African Institute of International Affairs told DW. “It certainly is a strong advocate for issues that are relevant to Africa — be it trade, or conflict or humanitarian issues.” South Africa strives for peaceful conflict resolution, both within Africa — such as in the 2022 civil war in the Ethiopian region of Tigray — but also worldwide. In…

Powerful storms in the central United States have killed at least 15 people and caused widespread damage to communities in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Weather forecasters warned of more severe weather and the National Weather Service has issued dozens of tornado warnings for cities and towns in the region. At least 7 dead in Texas In Texas, Ray Sappington, the sheriff of Cooke County, said that at least seven people were killed when a powerful tornado hit communities in the north central part of the state, near the border with Oklahoma on Saturday. Two children, aged 2 and 5 years…