(Adnkronos) – Russia declared today that it has seized 820 kilograms of cocaine hidden under a load of bananas, calling it the largest drug seizure from Latin America this year. Cocaine smuggling into Russia has increased dramatically in the last two years,

(Adnkronos) – The United States Department of Homeland Security has resumed deportation flights to third countries by sending five detainees, all from different countries, to the small nation of Eswatini in southern Africa. This was announced in a post on X by

(Adnkronos) – Un nuovo raid israeliano su Damasco ha preso di mira la sede dello stato maggiore delle forze siriane nella capitale, rendono noto i media israeliani dopo che il ministro della Difesa israeliano Israel Katz aveva anticipato una intensificazione dei bombardamenti

(Adnkronos) – Nuovi raid di Israele in Siria. Il ministro della Difesa israeliano, Israel Katz, aveva anticipato un’intensificazione dei bombardamenti se le forze siriane non si fossero ritirate da Sweida, la città a maggioranza drusa in cui sono in corso scontri. Le

(Adnkronos) – A huge gas cloud has sprung from the eruption of the Sundhnukur volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, and is heading towards the nearby towns of Vogar, Reykjanesaer, Sandgeroi and Garo. Icelandic media report this, explaining that in

(Adnkronos) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 National Guard troops who were mobilized last year following protests in Los Angeles in response to raids to arrest migrants in Los Angeles. “Thanks to our troops who answered the

(Adnkronos) – At least 37 Palestinians have been killed since dawn today in the Gaza Strip. This was stated by the broadcaster al-Jazeera. Among the victims, 20 were killed near a Ghf food parcel distribution point in Khan Younis, in the south

(Adnkronos) – A helicopter crashed in the Russian region of Khabarovsk, in the far east of the country, the Ministry for Emergency Situations reported. There are no survivors. The bodies of five people were found at the point of impact. The helicopter,

(Adnkronos) – An eruption is underway in the Sundhnuk volcanic chain in Iceland, for the ninth time since 2023 and the twelfth since 2021. Police officers decided to evacuate the inhabitants of the village of Grindavik after more than 130 seismic tremors

(Adnkronos) – Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. Kurdish forces said this after a similar attack yesterday halted operations at a US-operated field. “At 6 and 6:15 a.m., two explosive-laden drones attacked” the Peshkabir oil field, operated

(Adnkronos) – The death sentence issued against Michael Bell, 54, was carried out in Florida in the past few hours. This is the 26th inmate executed this year, marking a record number of capital executions in the United States since 2015, when

(Adnkronos) – It was a phone thrown over the North Lawn fence that triggered the brief lockdown of the White House. This was reported by spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, according to Al Jazeera journalist Kimberly Halkett.  The security measure was triggered at 11:30

(Adnkronos) – French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has proposed eliminating two public holidays – Easter Monday and May 8, the anniversary of the victory in Europe of the Second World War – as a measure to reduce public spending in the 2026

(Adnkronos) – Starting in September, English schools will introduce new lessons to help students aged 11 to 18 recognize and counter misogynistic content and toxic masculinity models spread online by influencers like Andrew Tate. The initiative, presented by the British Department for

(Adnkronos) – The crimes committed by David Fuller, a killer who also abused the corpses of dozens of women and girls in English mortuaries, could happen again, a British inquiry has found.  The final report of the inquiry, which concerns the crimes

(Adnkronos) – Only 90 meters separated an Airbus A350-900 passenger plane from a Boeing 767 cargo plane in the skies over Siberia, narrowly avoiding a mid-air collision. It happened on July 6, when Air China flight CA967, which departed from Shanghai and

(Adnkronos) – At least 21 people have died and several others have been injured by lightning strikes in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar in the past 48 hours. According to local authorities today, most of the victims were working

(Adnkronos) – Italy backs the European Union’s trade chief Maros Sefcovic in his work on tariff negotiations with the United States and is looking “to offer good ideas” which are also in national industries’ interests, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday 

(Adnkronos) – Italy and the United States have a “super-positive” relationship and the US is “our best friend in the world,” foreign minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview with Fox Business at the start of a visit to Washington on Tuesday. 

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani is “optimistic” that the United States and the European Union will clinch a deal on tariffs, he told the Fox News TV network at the start of a visit to Washington on Tuesday.  “I think

(Adnkronos) – The oldest marathon runner has died at the age of 114 after being hit by a hit-and-run car in his native village in Punjab, India, police said. Fauja Singh, a dual Indian and British national, had become a global icon.

(Adnkronos) – Recognizing dolphins with the same legal status as human beings, that is, as “legal persons”, in order to confer on them the same rights as humans and make their protection easier by guaranteeing their safety. This is the objective of

(Adnkronos) – The lower and upper houses of parliament’s foreign and European affairs committees are set on Wednesday to question ambassador to Italy Peter Taksoe-Jensen on Denmark’s priorities for its six-month rotating European Council presidency from July to December.  The hearing will

(Adnkronos) – Members of Italy’s NATO Parliamentary Assembly met exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, underlining the Italian parliamentary delegation’s solidarity with her and the fight to regain freedom and democracy in her country, the parliament said in a statement on Tuesday. 

(Adnkronos) – Israel’s over-20-month-old war in Gaza against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is on the agenda during a visit by Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani to Washington on Tuesday centred on bilateral and transatlantic ties, according to a foreign ministry statement.  “The

(Adnkronos) – Heavy rains and flooding are affecting New York, where basement residents have been warned of the possibility of having to evacuate, while New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared a state of emergency after flash floods occurred. In particular, Western

(Adnkronos) – Australian aborigines living on a series of islands threatened by climate change have lost a landmark court case to hold the government accountable for missed emissions targets.  “Any additional greenhouse gas that may have been emitted by Australia as a

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(Adnkronos) – The two crew members and two passengers of the small plane that crashed yesterday shortly after takeoff at Southend Airport, south of London, turning into a “ball of fire”, have died. Airport authorities announced this today, explaining that the airport

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign under-secretary Maria Tripodi on Monday took part in the European Foreign Affairs Council in its trade configuration, where EU-US tariff negotiations, free trade and EU-China trade relations topped the agenda.  “Great unity among partners, Italy supports the efforts