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Police have shot a knifeman who injured several people in an attack at a far-right demonstration in the German city of Mannheim.It happened in the southwestern city’s market square shortly after 11.30am local time. “A firearm was used against the attacker,” police said in a statement.German news site Bild showed a video in which the knifeman is shot as he stabs a police officer in the neck from behind.The officer was bent over and appeared to be helping another person at the time. Image: Pic: AP Moments before, the video shows the attacker wrestling with a man on the ground…

The men’s UEFA Champions League final is the most watched annual sporting event on the planet. Around 450 million football fans are expected to tune in on Saturday as record winners Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund — a team even their own supporters never expected to get this far. The contrast between the 14-times champions Madrid and a Dortmund team who have won it just once — back in 1997 — extends to the coaches. Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, 64, has lifted the famous trophy twice as a player and four times as a manager. He has coached fellow European heavyweights such as…

After an assassination attempt put Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in hospital for over two weeks, the 59-year-old politician is now continuing his recovery at home. The head of the clinic in Slovakia’s Banska Bystrica, Miriam Lapunikova, confirmed on Friday morning that Fico had been released. “I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank him for being a disciplined patient,” Lapunikova said, according to a post published by the hospital on social media. Lapunikova previously said Fico expressed wishes to receive nursing care at home. Police were deployed in front of Fico’s apartment in Bratislava, Slovakian national broadcaster RTVS reported.…

Many European consumers today find themselves having to replace broken household appliances, such as hand-held mixers or white goods like fridges and dishwashers, even though they are technically fixable. This is because spare parts are often either prohibitively expensive or simply unavailable. Additionally, some products are designed in ways that complicate or prevent repairs altogether. Ian Williams from the University of Southampton says many manufacturers are “deliberately” building products that are “designed for replacement, not repair.” Rüdiger Kühr, head of the United Nations’ Sustainable Cycles Programme (SCYCLES), also thinks that “some prominent brands are trying to avoid repairs altogether, or easy repairs, because they…

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the November 2024 US presidential election, is no stranger to the courtroom. In January 2024, a jury in New York ruled that he would have to pay writer E. Jean Carroll millions of dollars in damages for sexually abusing and then defaming her, a decision that Trump is appealing. That was a civil case. Now, Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of criminal charges. The case centerd on whether he paid hush money to bury stories about an alleged extramarital sexual encounter with a porn star to protect his 2016 campaign for the White House.…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been released from hospital after he was shot in an assassination attempt.Mr Fico, 59, was shot at close range as he greeted supporters at a government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova on 15 May. The attack left him in a serious condition and needing a five-hour operation. He underwent surgery again two days later.Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the clinic in the central city of Banska Bystrica, said Mr Fico was taken to his home, where he continues to recover from the attack.In recent days, the hospital said Mr Fico’s condition…

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun on Friday, on the sidelines of the the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Austin expressed concern about Chinese military activity near Taiwan, adding that China should not use Taiwan as a pretext for “coercive measures,” a Pentagon spokesperson said after the meeting. He also underscored the importance of respect for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. In recent years, the annual forum has become a barometer of US-China relations. Defense chiefs from around the world are in attendance. What did the Chinese defense minister say? Meanwhile,…

05/31/2024May 31, 2024Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in Kharkiv: Ukraine officialsRussian missiles hit three sites in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, killing at least three people and injuring 16, officials said on Friday.  Bystander accounts of the strike said the missiles hit a five-storey apartment block, a shop, a three-storey building and a sewing factory, around midnight local time.  Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that S-300 missiles were used. He further said the attacks were in the “double tap” format seen of late, in which a second strike is delivered soon after the initial one on the same site.  “All…

British and US forces have struck Houthi targets in Yemen in the fifth combined operation since January.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the strikes took place on Thursday as part of a response to Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The MoD said intelligence confirmed two locations near Hudaydah were involved in the anti-shipping attacks, with buildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and storage for long range drones.Surface-to-air weapons were also believed to be on-site.A set of Houthi facilities at Ghulayfiqah, further south on the Yemeni coast, were also identified as being involved…

Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be criminally convicted.In a historic decision, a New York jury has found him guilty of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. He was found guilty of all 34 counts he faced. Unanimity was required for any verdict.Follow live:Trump found guilty on all countsThe former president is set to be sentenced on 11 July – days before the start of the Republican National Convention on 15 July where Trump is expected to be formally nominated for president. The verdicts plunge the country into unexplored territory ahead of the election on…