Advertisement

World

News
Lisbon's Tejo Bar counts Madonna among its fans, and she credits it for having set the scene for her new album "Madame X"
World
06.08.2024
Lisbon nights: the 'melting pot' inspiring Madonna
Opinion polls give Mette Frederiksen's opposition centre-left Social Democrats a comfortable lead of almost 10 percentage points ahead of the ruling Liberal Party, which has been in power for 14 of the last 18 years
World
06.08.2024
Climate in focus as Denmark seen veering left in election
Cardinal George Pell was sentenced in March to six years in prison after being found guilty of historical child sex abuse
World
06.08.2024
Cardinal Pell launches appeal against child sex conviction
The leader of the Church of the Light of the World, Naason Joaquin Garcia, has been arrested in California on charges of human trafficking and child rape
World
06.08.2024
Leader of religious group based in Mexico charged with sex crimes
Advertisement
Mount Everest was first ascended in 1953, but the route to the top is still as deadly as ever: eleven people died during the 2019 climbing season
World 06.08.2024
Nepal looks to limit Everest access after deaths, but doubts linger
Athletics governing body the IAAF is fight a Swiss court decision to suspend rules obliging athletes, including double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, to lower their testosterone levels
World 06.08.2024
Semenya: IAAF to fight Swiss court testosterone ruling
A sacred statue known as Hoa Hakananai'a stands at the entrance to a gallery in the British Museum in London
World 06.08.2024
British visit Easter Island to discuss returning sacred monolith
Cardinal George Pell was sentenced in March to six years in prison after being found guilty of historical child sex abuse
World 06.08.2024
Cardinal Pell launches appeal against child sex conviction
Josu Ternera, shown here during his arrest, who headed ETA from 1977 to 1992. He was later a proponent of peace negotiations
World 06.08.2024
Retrials set for former ETA leader arrested in France
Germany and Britain requested urgent UN Security Council talks amid international alarm over the violence in Sudan's capital Khartoum where security forces broke up weeks of protests against military rule
World 06.08.2024
UN Security Council meets on Sudan crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres is warning that UN finances are in a critical state, with a $1.5 billion shortfall for peacekeeping and nearly $500 million for the regular budget
World 06.08.2024
UN chief weighed selling NY residence to ease budget crisis
A picture released by Interpol shows the seven individuals wanted for alleged environmental crimes
World 06.08.2024
Seven wanted for 'envionmental crimes': Interpol
Urban expansion and hunting have pushed chimpanzees, humanity's closest relative in the animal kingdom, into shrinking islets of wildness
World 06.08.2024
Chimpanzees in the wild reduced to 'forest ghettos'
Advertisement