Author: Euronews

Police said the children were on their way to kindergarten when they were suddenly attacked. ADVERTISEMENTThree children have been injured in a knife attack that occurred as they walked to kindergarten in the city of Zurich, Swiss police have reported. The three five-year-old boys were taken to hospital for their injuries, according to a police statement, with one seriously injured. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack, for which police have not yet given a motive. Police described him as a 23-year-old Chinese national.The incident occurred shortly after noon on Tuesday in the city’s Oerlikon district.The children…

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Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Saturday that a boat carrying 84 migrants capsized overnight in the Canary Islands, killing at least nine people. ADVERTISEMENTAfter Tenerife’s rescue centre received an emergency call overnight from one of the people on the boat, Spain’s rescue service was deployed and managed to rescue 27 people.Nine bodies were also recovered from the sea.The rescue service said the boat capsized shortly after midnight four miles off El Herrio, one of the islands that make up the Canaries, when the migrants rushed to one side of the boat. The search was hampered however by gusts of…

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On Friday Israel tried to kill the leader of Hezbollah, the Shiite Islamic militant group based in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, in a massive airstrike. ADVERTISEMENTHassan Nasrallah has led the Lebanese militant group for the past three decades, transforming it into one of the most powerful paramilitary groups in the Middle East.On Friday afternoon Israeli airstrikes knocked out six buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, the largest strike on the Lebanese capital in nearly a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.The Israeli military said the strike, which killed and wounded dozens of people, hit the headquarters of Hezbollah…

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Updated: 27/09/2024 – 13:13 GMT+2 The Supreme Court of Tasmania ruled that the Hobart Museum of Modern Art did not violate discrimination laws by banning men from the “Ladies” Lounge,” a women-only exhibition. The Supreme Court of Tasmania ruled that the Hobart Museum of Modern Art did not violate discrimination laws by banning men from the “Ladies’ Lounge,” a women-only exhibition. This decision overturned a lower tribunal’s ruling that required men to be allowed entry. The show’s curator, Kirsha Kaechele, expressed gratitude for the ruling, citing it as a victory for democracy. The court found that a section of Australia’s…

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Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, energy companies providing alternatives to fossil fuels have increasingly come under attack. ADVERTISEMENTRenewable energy sources are under particular threat as part of a growing trend toward hybrid warfare. Cyber attacks from ransomware and disinformation spread by state and non-state groups are now common as a means of doing harm to one’s enemy without direct violence on a battlefield.Cyber attacks in Ukraine in 2014 and elsewhere since then have been a major wake-up call to the renewable energy sector.Some of the technologies used for renewables are relatively new, and therefore more vulnerable. And according…

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