Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned a Russian missile strike near a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday and accused Moscow of putting the whole world in danger with its actions. The missile landed just 300 metres from the Sou…
Outrage in Israel, US at Iranian president’s comment on the Holocaust
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s recent comments about the Holocaust have sparked outrage in Israel and the around the world. Raisi was asked whether he believed the Holocaust had happened, during an interview with broadcaster CBS. “Look… Historical…
Zelensky: Russian missile hits near southern Ukraine nuclear plant
A Russian missile hit near a nuclear power plant in the south of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Kiev on Monday, accusing Russia endangering the whole world. “We must stop it while it is not too late,” he wrote on social media. The South …
Put your crying baby to sleep in 13 minutes. Scientists show how
Japanese and Italian researchers have proposed a method to get crying babies to fall – and then to stay – asleep in just 13 minutes. The keys, it turns out, are to calm them by putting them in motion, and not to lay them down too soon after they’ve fal…
Arrests after activists block operations at German coal plant
Several climate activists were arrested after their group entered the grounds of a coal power plant in Jänschwalde, about 100 kilometres south-east of Berlin, on Monday. Two units – half of those in operation – that were taken off the grid as a result …
Palestinians burn tyres to demand compensation for 2014 Gaza war
Demonstrators on Monday set fire to tyres outside the Gaza offices of the UN refugee agency for Palestinians as they demanded compensation for homes destroyed during the 2014 war with Israel. The demonstrators also pelted with eggs the building belongi…
Daimler Truck sees no downturn yet in orders despite gloomy outlook
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck said on Monday it had seen no downturn in its day-to-day business so far despite the gloomy global economic outlook. “There is still demand in the market for more trucks,” Karin Radström, head of Europe and…
Bayern icon Matthäus does not believe Nagelsmann’s job at risk
Bayern Munich icon Lothar Matthäus thinks his former club will give coach Julian Nagelsmann time after four Bundesliga matches without a win. The German champions lost 1-0 at smaller Bavarian rivals Augsburg on Saturday having drawn their previous thre…
Eberl signs on as Leipzig sporting director from mid December
Former Borussia Mönchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl will perform the same job at RB Leipzig from mid-December, the Bundesliga club said on Monday. “Max Eberl is RB Leipzig’s new sporting director. The 48-year-old has signed a long-term contract…
Widespread switch to LED street lamps impacting sleep, study says
Both humans and animals are at increased risk of adverse health impacts due to loss of sleep from blue light emitted from the growing number of LED street lamps, research on light pollution in European countries has found. Britain-based scientists used…