And relax. Put away the baby blimp, take down the US flags. Donald Trump’s week-long romp around Europe is over. There were fireworks in Brussels, a bombshell in Britain and a blossoming new relationship in Helsinki’s Presidential Palace. With the US president safely ensconced back in the Oval Office, it is time to try and make…
A South Korean salvage team has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship that was sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago and is believed to still contain a trove of gold bullion and coins worth 150 trillion won, or £100 billion. The Russian Imperial Navy cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi was discovered at a depth…
The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, used his alleged lover Princess Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein to buy multiple overseas properties due to her tax residence in Monaco, according to claims made by the German aristocrat in a leaked audio recording. In a 2015 conversation with a former Spanish police officer in London, Princess Corinna…
The claims were unbelievable; almost too good to be true. If their estimates were correct, a South Korean salvage firm was sitting on one of the most valuable shipwrecks ever, with a whopping haul of gold bars and coins worth a little over £100 billion. The Shinil Group claimed on Wednesday to have found the lost Dmitri Donskoii, a…
Israel’s air force carried out the largest daytime airstrike campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war on Saturday, killing two teenagers in an escalation of violence in the region after months of deadly protests. The Israeli air strikes came as Hamas intensified its attacks, firing dozens of mortar rounds at Israel…
The European Commission has increased pressure on Hungary over a package of new laws targeting illegal immigration it believes violate European laws and treaties, and which also poses a threat to the EU’s fundamental values. On Thursday the Commission issued a letter of complaint, the first step in formal infringement procedures against Hungary, in response…
Older diesel cars are to be completely banned from the German city of Stuttgart in a bid to reduce air pollution, authorities have announced. The home city of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche is the second city in Germany to order diesel cars off the streets, following Hamburg which began enforcing a ban on two main roads…
Donald Trump accused Germany of being “totally controlled by Russia” on Wednesday in a blistering attack on an ally that overshadowed the Nato summit. The US president accused Angela Merkel’s country of being “captive” to Russia because of its joint energy deals, including a proposed new gas pipeline. He questioned why America was spending billions…
The father of three children who perished in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine four years ago has condemned Donald Trump for pandering to Vladimir Putin, accusing both leaders of lacking empathy for their fellow human beings. MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. It crashed on July 17, 2014, after…
Drones are scouring the banks of Poland’s River Vistula just south of Warsaw for a 16-foot Indian python authorities have warned could be hungry and aggressive. Police from the town of Piaseczno, which lies close to the Polish capital, have asked people to stay away from the river until the renegade reptile is recovered. The four…