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French police hunt for arsonist who targeted synagogue, injured a policeman

LA GRANDE-MOTTE, France -About 200 police officers hunted on Saturday for a man who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the southern French city of La Grande-Motte, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said, adding that authorities would be ruthless with antisemitism. A policeman was slightly injured when a gas bottle exploded as police secured …

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Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter probe in Lynch yacht sinking

TERMINI IMERESE, Italy (Reuters) -An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy weather off Sicily this week. The head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said that while …

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Italian prosecutors open manslaughter probe over sinking of luxury yacht

TERMINI IMERESE, Italy (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation over the sinking of the superyacht Bayesian, which killed seven people, a senior investigator said on Saturday. The investigation is not yet targeting any individual person, he added. (Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari; Editing by Jan Harvey)

Greta Thunberg, activists block parts of Norwegian gas processing plant

OSLO (Reuters) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and campaigners from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion blocked a small oil terminal that is part of Norway’s gas processing plant Kaarstoe on Saturday. Gas exports from Kaarstoe to Europe were not affected, the plant’s technical service provider Equinor told Reuters. “There are activists trying to block …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy signs law banning Moscow-linked religious institutions

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law banning Moscow-linked religious organisations, the parliament website said on Saturday. The bill approved by parliament earlier this month created the legal tools for the government to ban activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church and paved the way for a historic rupture …

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EU review does not recommend sending military trainers to Ukraine for now, media report says

BERLIN(Reuters) – The EU’s diplomatic service has called on member states to better adapt a military training mission for Ukraine to Kyiv’s needs but stopped short of recommending the bloc send military instructors to the war-torn country, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday. The EUMAM mission, launched in November 2022, has trained some …

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Russia declares emergency in part of Voronezh region after drone attack

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has declared a state of emergency in part of the Voronezh region bordering Ukraine after an overnight drone attack, local governor Alexander Gusev said in his Telegram channel. According to Gusev, Russian forces intercepted five drones. Falling debris ignited a fire, leading to the detonation of explosive materials. The incident damaged …

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US sanctions 400 entities aiding Russia’s war including Chinese firms

By Simon Lewis and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on more than 400 entities and individuals for supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, the State Department said, including Chinese companies that U.S. officials believe are helping Moscow skirt Western sanctions and build up its military. Washington has repeatedly …

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Several people dead in stabbing incident in western Germany, Bild reports

BERLIN (Reuters) -Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man stabbed passers-by at random with a knife at a city festival in the western German city of Solingen, newspaper Bild reported. Bild reported that the event occurred around 9:45 pm local time (1945 GMT). Witnesses said the perpetrator was at large, the paper …

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