Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as the leader of Germany’s governing Christian Democrat party yesterday, leaving the protege of Angela Merkel as the German Chancellor’s presumptive heir. After winning a nailing-biting vote at a party conference in Hamburg yesterday the 56-year-old career politician known as “AKK” saw off the challenge of the millionaire lawyer Friedrich Merz…
Italy’s highest court has ordered the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return an ancient Greek bronze statue that was found off the Adriatic coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964. The ruling by the Court of Cassation in Rome is the latest round in a decade-long, acrimonious dispute between the museum and Italy over…
Pope Francis is "concerned" about what he described as the "serious issue" of homosexuality, saying in an interview published Saturday that being gay was a "fashion" to which the clergy is susceptible. "The issue of homosexuality is a very serious issue that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates," the pontiff said…
The Indonesian authorities have vowed to hunt down the killers of 31 construction workers who were building a major road in the restive Papua province. The men were murdered in the remote mountainous district of Nduga, allegedly by members of the Free Papua Movement, reported the Associated Press. Most of the victims were shot at…
Angela Merkel’s enthusiastic endorsement of France’s call for a European army last week has left Germany wondering if her decision to name a date for her departure has freed the notoriously cautious chancellor to speak her mind. Mrs Merkel has spent the past year remorselessly deadbatting all Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for European Union reform — to…
Franceshould change heritage law to facilitate the return of thousands of African artworks pillaged or bought during the colonial era, a government-appointed report is to advise President Emmanuel Macron. If approved, it would amount to a radical policy shift that could pile pressure on Britain and other ex-colonial powers to hand back long-held artifacts to…
Nintendo has finally detailed the Switch’s online subscription service – and it comes with a feature many hoped would arrive for free. The ability to back up your Switch game saves to the cloud has long been requested. Right now, if your Switch is lost, stolen or damaged, your 100-hour Zelda save goes with it….
The brother of Australian test cricketer Usman Khawaja has been charged after allegedly faking a terror plot to frame a university colleague who was a rival for the affections of a student. In a “horrible” case that has proven embarrassing for police, Arsalan Tariq Khawaja, 39, allegedly crafted a notebook detailing plans to kill then prime…
Warmind, Destiny 2’s second and latest expansion, offers a short but sweet helping of new story which will last you around three hours. The campaign is spaced across five missions where you fight our old friends the Hive, meet characters previously teased in obscure lore files, and which moves the overall Destiny story along… if…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the destruction of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, a vital lifeline for millions of starving civilians, could trigger a "catastrophic" situation. Medics and military sources say at least 149 people have been killed in 24 hours of heavy clashes as government loyalists, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, fight…