Category: World

In 1990, Fried Vancraen visited a German trade show and was captivated by a 3D printer displayed there – so much so that he bought one for his new company, Materialise. Two years later, with the help of EU funding, he took his small Belgian start-up on a journey that would change the world of […]

A TEENAGER who attacked children at a Taylor Swift themed dance class, killing three and seriously injuring 10 other people has today pleaded guilty. Axel Rudakubana  Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to murdering three young girls at the dance class in Southport on July 29 last year. He […]

Authorities in Limerick, Ireland, are continuing their search for 27-year-old Luke Price, who was reported missing on January 14. Price was last seen around 9 p.m. on O’Curry Street, near his home in Mountkennet. His partner, Etty Vaugs, has made an emotional public appeal for help, expressing the couple’s disbelief and distress over the disappearance. […]

Eritrea continues to be a major source of refugees, with many fleeing the country’s harsh political climate and pervasive human rights abuses. In 2023, Eritrea was the fourth-largest source of migrants arriving in the UK on small boats, with 2,662 people seeking asylum. However, the majority of Eritrean refugees remain in East Africa, primarily in […]

In her first major speech since recovering from pneumonia, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, emphasized the European Union’s pragmatic approach to its relationship with the new U.S. administration under President Donald Trump. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, von der Leyen highlighted the importance of safeguarding EU interests […]

A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reveals that at least 67 journalists are currently incarcerated across Africa, underscoring the continent’s ongoing struggle to protect press freedom. This figure contributes to a global total of 361 journalists imprisoned as of December 1, 2024, the second-highest number ever recorded by CPJ. The rise […]

Nigeria has officially been admitted as a “partner country” of the BRICS group, according to a statement from Brazil, the current chair of the bloc. BRICS, originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in 2009, added South Africa in 2010, creating an influential coalition of developing economies aimed at providing a counterbalance to the […]

A Spanish national, Gilbert Navarro, who was kidnapped in Algeria on January 17, 2025, has been released by the Tuareg rebel alliance known as the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), according to multiple spokesmen from the group. The release occurred on Monday, January 22, in northern Mali. Navarro, who had been abducted by the FLA and […]

A 19-year-old man from Menasha, Wisconsin, has been arrested for setting fire to the office of U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman, allegedly in response to the proposed ban of the TikTok app in the United States. The incident took place early on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at around 1 a.m., when fire crews responded to a […]

A tragic fire at a hotel in Turkey’s Kartalkaya Ski Resort has resulted in at least 66 deaths and left 51 others injured. The blaze erupted in the early hours of Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., at the Grand Kartal Hotel, a popular accommodation at the resort. Turkey’s Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, expressed profound grief […]