(Adnkronos) – With his statements, Elon Musk is trying to influence the election campaign ahead of the February 23 vote in Germany. The accusation comes from the German government after Musk’s interventions on X and Die Welt am Sonntag in favor of

(Adnkronos) – A 63-year-old woman was killed today in her home on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after being attacked by a herd of wild elephants, local media reported. The incident occurred before dawn in Lampung province, near Bukit Barisan Selatan National

(Adnkronos) – German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said she intends to extend border controls beyond March 2025, citing successes in curbing irregular immigration and combating human smuggling. “Our comprehensive measures to curb irregular immigration and combat human smuggling are working,” Faeser

(Adnkronos) – After the death of 179 people on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea’s worst ever air accident, the low-cost carrier announced it had recorded a wave of cancellations. “From midnight on Sunday to 1 p.m. today the number of

(Adnkronos) – For the third consecutive year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not sent New Year’s greetings to US President Joe Biden and the leaders of other major Western countries considered hostile. Tass reported this, recalling that at the end of December

(Adnkronos) – The Taliban have announced the closure of all national and foreign NGOs operating in Afghanistan that employ women. The decision comes two years after ordering NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, presumably for reasons related to the obligation

(Adnkronos) – January 9th will be a national day of mourning for the United States in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died yesterday at the age of 100. The White House announced.  On the same day, the state funeral will

(Adnkronos) – 71 people have died in a road accident in southern Ethiopia. According to a statement by regional police commissioner Daniel Sankura, a bus from the Japanese manufacturer Isuzu, “fell into the Gelana river ravine”. 

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has announced it is planning a “special inspection” of all Boeing 737-800s operating in the country, after 179 people were killed in an incident involving a Jeju Air aircraft.   “101 aircraft in the B737-800 series are currently

(Adnkronos) – The airlines of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have announced the suspension of air connections with some airports in Russia after the Christmas Day plane crash involving the Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny, which crashed a few kilometers from Aktau,

(Adnkronos) – About 31,000 Syrian citizens have returned to their country from Turkey since the ouster of Bashar Al Assad. This was announced today by the Turkish Interior Minister: “The number of people who have returned is 30,663,” Minister Ali Yerlikaya told

(Adnkronos) – Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, in Iran to carry out journalistic services, was stopped on December 19 by the Tehran police authorities. The Farnesina announces it, specifying that on the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Italian

(Adnkronos) – The 62-year-old who ran over and killed 35 people with his car in the Chinese city of Zhuhai last month has been sentenced to death. This was announced by the state broadcaster Cctv.   “The court publicly tried the case

(Adnkronos) – Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, arrested in Tehran on December 19, has been held “in solitary confinement” in Evin prison, “where dissidents are held,” for a week. This was reported by Chora Media, the Italian podcast company for which the journalist

(Adnkronos) – The crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines airliner, which killed 38 people, was caused by “external, physical and technical interference”. This is what emerged from the preliminary results of the investigation, revealed by the airline.  “Preliminary findings of the investigation into

(Adnkronos) – Turkish authorities have announced that they have “neutralized” 14 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in a raid against northern Iraq. The Turkish Defense Ministry announced this in a post on X, specifying that the airstrikes were carried

(Adnkronos) – German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has dissolved the Bundestag and called for new elections on February 23 next year. In difficult times like these for stability, “an able government and reliable majorities in Parliament” are needed, Steinmeier said in Berlin. 

(Adnkronos) – Twelve people died and three were injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in the city of Balikesir, western Turkey. Turkish CNN reports, quoting Governor Ismail Ustaoglu, who adds that “the possibility of a terrorist attack is not being

(Adnkronos) – Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the Christian quarters of Damascus to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama, in central Syria.  “We demand the rights of Christians,” the demonstrators shouted as they marched through the

(Adnkronos) – The Russian merchant ship Ursa Major sank in international waters, between Águilas (Murcia) and Oran (Algeria), after an explosion occurred in its engine room. Fourteen crew members were rescued and transferred to the port of Cartagena, while two crew members

(Adnkronos) – Russia has lost 777,720 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported. This figure includes the 1,630 casualties inflicted on Russian forces in the last

(Adnkronos) – A Dutch court has sentenced five men for last month’s violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, which shocked the world and sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.  The Amsterdam District Court found them guilty of a range of offences, from kicking

(Adnkronos) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education has stated that since the beginning of the Israeli war in Gaza and the West Bank, 12,820 students have been killed and 21,351 injured. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.  In particular, according to the

(Adnkronos) – “For the purposes of national security and freedom around the world, the United States of America believes that ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” US President-elect Donald Trump reiterates on Truth his aspiration, already expressed in 2019,

(Adnkronos) – Last night’s snowfall caused significant disruption to roads and railways in various parts of Switzerland. The A1, the main east-west link in the Confederation, between Bern Brünnen and Mühleberg was closed, due to a vehicle across it, reports the Swiss

(Adnkronos) – The pro-European Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was reconfirmed as Prime Minister today, after reaching a coalition agreement to keep the far right out. “I nominate Marcel Ciolacu as Prime Minister,” said outgoing Liberal President Klaus Iohannis. “I wish him

(Adnkronos) – US President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates, stepping in ahead of the return of Donald Trump, who oversaw a record number of lethal injections during his first term. With less than

(Adnkronos) – The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido, which struck last week, has risen to at least 120 dead and nearly 900 injured. The updated toll was released by local authorities, Radio France Internationale reports. 

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday announced the arrest of at least 18 suspected members of the Islamic State, during a joint counter-terrorism operation with the international coalition carried out the day before in the Syrian city of Raqqa, in