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The roads through northern Israel along the border with Lebanon are empty of cars.It is unnervingly quiet. Since the 7 October attacks by Hamas the area has been under bombardment from Hezbollah militants and tens of thousands of people have left following the government’s evacuation rules.Ariel Frish, the deputy head of security in Kiryat Shmona, a frontline city, shows me the damage in a residential area.Middle East latest: Iran warns Israel it knows where its nuclear sites are The house is gutted from fire caused by the explosion from the strike.”We got attacked by a great wave of missiles, one…

Danish emergency services on Thursday said that the facade of Copenhagen’s former Stock Exchange building had collapsed after a devastating fire weakened the structure on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, there has been a collapse of the facade,” Copenhagen’s rescue service said in a post to X, formerly Twitter. Officials said no one was injured and that all workers on site had been evacuated. Restoration ahead of 400th anniversary Half of the structure was destroyed Tuesday, and its 54-meter (1,800-foot) tall spire toppled after the fire broke out during restoration work being carried out before the building’s 400-year anniversary. The spire, it was later repoted,…

The United Arab Emirates struggled on Thursday to bring life back to normal, after an unprecedented flood inundated its futuristic Dubai city, flooding roads and highways and rendering its airport inoperable. Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, partially resumed flights on Thursday, for the first time since the major storm hit the city and other UAE areas on Tuesday. Some major roads and highways in the city remained closed due to the flooding, including partially the road connecting Dubai to the capital Abu Dhabi.UAE reels from unprecedented stormTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a…

A French construction worker who confronted the Sydney mall attacker has been made an Australian permanent resident as a reward for his “extraordinary bravery”.Damien Guerot, 31, used a bollard to ward off killer Joel Cauchi, 40, at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre last Saturday. Cauchi stabbed six people to death and injured 12 others, including a nine-month-old baby, before he was shot dead by a police officer.Mr Guerot was seen on CCTV at the top of an escalator with a plastic bollard, confronting Cauchi who was standing a few metres lower, and keeping people on his floor safe. Image:…

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich’s birth. Under the title “Caspar David Friedrich: Infinite Landscapes” a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the milestone anniversary of the artist’s birth can be seen at the Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin from Friday. One of his most famous works shines in blue: a huge sky that stretches across almost the entire picture surface, darkens towards the horizon and finally merges into the night-black blue of the sea. At the very bottom of the picture, as if lost, stands a tiny human being. And this is Caspar David Friedrich’s “Monk by the Sea.” Contemporaries were fascinated. It…

Despite all the talk of the English Premier League’s seemingly bottomless riches and the Bundesliga struggling to compete financially, two German sides are in the men’s Champions League semifinals and England’s finest are instead licking their wounds. “I don’t think anyone thought we’d progress against Arsenal,” admitted Bayern Munich President Herbert Hainer after their quarterfinal triumph. Bayern will face Real Madrid on April 30 and May 8, while Borussia Dortmund take on Paris Saint-Germain on May 1 and May 7 for a place in the Wembley final on June 1, where UEFA bosses probably expected an English side to help supplement the…

04/18/2024April 18, 2024’Urgent need’ for Congress to pass aid package — US and Ukraine foreign ministersUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba have both stressed the need for the US Congress to pass a new military aid package for Kyiv as it fights against a Russian invasion. “At this moment, it is urgent that all of the friends and supporters of Ukraine maximize their efforts to provide … Ukraine with what it needs to continue to effectively defend itself against the Russian aggression,” Blinken said, speaking on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting on the…

In July 2022, thousands of people who had invested money in juicyfields.io, an internet platform advertising profitable investments in medical cannabis, suddenly couldn’t access their accounts anymore. The damage was significant. According to recent estimates published by Europol, around 186,000 investors had deposited a total of €645 million ($688 million) with JuicyFields. After July 2022, the case looked like a classic exit scam. From one day to the next, JuicyFields deleted its social media accounts and its management and representatives disappeared. More than 400 police officers Now, one year and nine months later, police have taken action in a major…

In case of an extended armed conflict between Israel and Iran, Israel would have to reckon with factors that are difficult to assess. The most pressing aspect is whether Iran’s non-state allies would take part in such a conflict. Iran’s most important ally in the Middle East is the Hezbollah in Lebanon. Furthermore, the Houthi militia in Yemen and a number of Shiite militias in Iraq could also become involved or be recruited by Iran as military supporters. “Israel has been long preparing for the risk of such a multi-front war,” Arye Sharuz Shalicar, a spokesperson for the Israeli army, told DW. The…

The deaths of 48 people in the worst fire in the history of Ireland have been ruled by a jury as unlawful killing.A jury at Dublin District Coroner’s Court delivered majority verdicts on the victims of the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire in the city on Thursday. The venue in Artane, north Dublin, was packed with around 800 people when the fire broke out in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. Image: The Stardust fire took place in Dublin in the early hours of 14 February 1981. Pic: PA More than 200 people were injured in the disaster.Fresh inquests into the…