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A Quran burning and a string of requests to approve the destruction of extra holy books have left Sweden torn between its dedication to free speech and its respect for non secular minorities. ...

The St Petersburg palace of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been raided by Russian safety providers.The FSB says it discovered weapons, ammunition, gold bars, a stuffed alligator and a cabinet filled with wigs on the opulent residence the mercenary chief was pressured to desert after his aborted coup try final month. The pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia revealed photos and video of the raid yesterday, which additionally turned up apparently faux passports and a framed picture allegedly exhibiting the severed heads of Prigozhin's enemies. Image: Guns and ammunition discovered through the raid. Pic: Izvestia Image: Several wigs had been present in Prigozhin'...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of protesters on Wednesday blocked Tel Aviv’s predominant freeway and main roads and intersections throughout Israel in a spontaneous outburst of anger following the pressured resignation of town’s in style police chief. ...

A one-year-old toddler is amongst 29 individuals who died after a bus crashed right into a 75ft ravine in southern Mexico, state officers mentioned.Photos distributed by police present the bus flipped over onto its aspect. The bus was travelling from the capital Mexico City by to southern Oaxaca state when it crashed at round 6:30am native time (1:30pm UK time) on Wednesday.The driver misplaced management of the car within the city of Magdalena Penasco within the Mixteca area, state inside minister Jesus Romero mentioned.He informed native tv: "It appears that a lack of skill and tiredness caused the accident." Mr Romero additionally mentioned a one-year-old toddler was amongst those that died.Read extra world informationGreta Thunberg might face jailAt least 16 die in suspec...

MOSCOW — A distinguished Russian investigative reporter has acquired a mind harm and a number of fractures when she and a lawyer accompanying her have been brutally crushed by unidentified assailants within the Russian province of Chechnya, her newspaper stated Wednesday. ...

As I stepped into my native magnificence salon right here in England to have my nails achieved forward of my brother's marriage ceremony, my cellphone pinged.It was a catch-up message from a 23-year-old Afghan girl I've stayed in contact with since we met in Kabul final yr. The irony of the timing of her message wasn't misplaced on me.I had been fascinated with her and the opposite younger ladies from Afghanistan I've met in the previous few years, when the Taliban ordered all magnificence salons in Afghanistan to be shut."Salons, gyms, universities, baths, it is all just an excuse," she wrote, "they just want to destroy us, either to be their slaves like their mothers, or be killed." When we first met in August 2022, one yr after the Taliban's takeover, she was already afrai...

KYIV, Ukraine — A legal suspect died Tuesday when he detonated explosives inside a courtroom constructing within the Ukrainian capital, and two cops had been wounded, officers mentioned. ...

The vacationer who carved his identify into the Colosseum has reportedly claimed in an apology letter that he did not comprehend it was so outdated.The man carved "Ivan + Hayley 23" into the traditional monument utilizing a key and was traced to the UK after an outraged bystander filmed it and put it on-line. Ivan Dimitrov - who was together with his girlfriend and is believed to dwell in Bristol - might be fined 15,000 euros (£12,928) and even be jailed for as much as 5 years.Anger over the incident has been widespread, with Italy's tradition minister calling it "offensive to everyone around the world".Dimitrov has now written an apology to Rome's public prosecutor and to town's mayor, based on Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, during which he affords "heartfelt and honest apolo...

BERLIN — Germany’s highest court docket on Wednesday blocked authorities plans to carry a vote in parliament this week on a contentious plan to encourage dwelling homeowners to exchange fossil gas heating programs with cleaner alternate options. ...

At least 24 folks have died in South Africa attributable to a suspected fuel leak, native media reported.The state-owned broadcaster SABC mentioned the incident occurred within the district of Boksburg, close to the town of Johannesburg. A search operation was ongoing.A spokesperson for the native catastrophe and emergency administration providers, William Ntladi, instructed SABC: "For now the number [of fatalities] is 24."Once the scene unfolds all through the evening we'll include precise numbers by way of fatalities and by way of the casualties which were hospitalised." Mr Ntladi mentioned girls and kids have been believed to be among the many useless. Local reviews mentioned the incident might have been linked to suspected unlawful mining actions, howe...