At least one person has been killed and dozens more are believed to be missing after a boat capsized off the coast of the tiny island of Gavdos south of Crete Friday night. Greek authorities said they rescued 39 migrants from the shipwreck and launched a search operation for survivors. Source link
When Katharina Rummenhöller visits her extended family in Peru for Christmas, her uncles, aunts and cousins give her their Christmas wish lists well before she leaves her home in Bonn. There’s one German item in particular that’s always high on their list: Haribo candies. “My family writes to my father to tell him which Haribo … Read more
Thousands of Syrians poured onto Germany’s streets when they heard of the fall of the brutal regime that had ruled Syria for decades under Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assed, before him. But now, a week after rebel forces seized the capital, Damascus, many of the Syrians exiled in Germany are asking themselves what’s … Read more
Cyclone Chido inflicted “catastrophic” damage on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, a senior local official told AFP, battering the archipelago with winds of up to 220 kilometers (137 miles) per hour. Source link
Top Arab, Turkish, EU and US diplomats are holding talks in the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Saturday after Islamist-led rebels toppled the government of president Bashar al-Assad last week. A UN envoy urged foreign powers to work to avoid a collapse of vital institutions after the Russia-backed Assad regime’s downfall. Follow our liveblog for … Read more
🔴 Georgian legislators elect far-right former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as president Source link
An electoral college dominated by Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party elected far-right former footballer and fervent critic of the West Mikheil Kavelashvili as the country’s new president. Opposition parties have boycotted parliament since the October elections, claiming that the vote was rigged. Source link
Will Serbia host what is presented as Europe’s largest lithium (and boron) extraction project? The president and government are doing everything they can to ensure Rio Tinto’s investment goes ahead, even if it means discrediting or smearing opponents. However, resistance from the population, driven by ecological concerns as well as suspicions of political corruption, is … Read more
Washington: Two influential US lawmakers, including Indian-American Raja Krishnamurthy, have written to Google and Apple asking them to remove TikTok from their app stores. Under a bill signed by President Joe Biden in April, Chinese company ByteDance, which owns TikTok, will have to separate from TikTok by January 19, or face US sanctions. Molnar and … Read more
South Korean legislators on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for his failed attempt to rule by martial law last week. Seoul police said at least 200,000 demonstrators had gathered outside parliament in South Korea’s capital ahead of the vote to call for the right-wing president’s removal from office. Source link