(Adnkronos) – Living under a dictatorship meant “always living on a tightrope”. This is recalled by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her memoir “Freedom”, due out next Tuesday. “Even if a day started off carefree – she writes in the book,

(Adnkronos) – The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as for the head of Hamas’ armed wing, Mohammed Deif.   The three judges decided unanimously based on

(Adnkronos) – Kim Yong-Bok, the highest-ranking North Korean military officer deployed to Russia, is a mysterious figure even in a country that habitually treats its military as celebrities. Kim has rarely been seen – or even mentioned – in public, presumably because

(Adnkronos) – Three Palestinians have been indicted for plotting to kill far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli police and the Shin Bet announced in a joint statement.  The cell, made up of residents of Hebron in the West Bank, was headed

(Adnkronos) – The United States announces the decision to recognize Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect of Venezuela, stressing that it has given Nicolas Maduro, who declared himself the winner of the July 28 elections, time to change his position. “Over the past few

(Adnkronos) – Former British Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died at the age of 86. “He spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment,” his family stressed in announcing his

(Adnkronos) – The United States Senate rejected overnight some resolutions presented by Bernie Sanders to ban the sale of arms to Israel. Only 18 senators (all Democrats) voted in favor – and 79 against – the texts that wanted to block the

(Adnkronos) – La nuova riforma del Codice della Strada, che introduce, tra le altre cose, l’obbligo di targa, assicurazione e casco per i monopattini elettrici; oltre a obbligo di indicatori luminosi per svolta e frenata e l’impossibilità per i mezzi di circolare

(Adnkronos) – The agreement for the appointment of the six designated executive vice-presidents of the next European Commission is now “done”, so much so that the coordinators of the political groups in the respective committees should meet this evening at 6 pm,

(Adnkronos) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has donated dozens of animals to his friend Kim Jong-Un, supreme leader of North Korea, to be displayed at the Pyongyang zoo. The Kremlin announced it, in a new chapter of the rapprochement between the two

(Adnkronos) – Abdelatif Mekki, former leader of the Tunisian moderate Islamist Ennahda party, suffered severe burns in an acid attack and is now hospitalized. Mekki’s party reported it. Former health minister, he had tried to run in the presidential elections on October

(Adnkronos) – The United States has vetoed a draft United Nations resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza, “to be respected by all parties” and “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.” The draft resolution was welcomed

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump has nominated Matt Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general for a few months during his first administration, as ambassador to NATO. “Matt is a strong warrior and a loyal patriot, who will ensure that US interests are

(Adnkronos) – The new course announced by Transport for London (TfL) starts today, which includes a restyling of the orange ‘Overground’ network, which will change its name and be divided into six lines, each with its own name and color. The Evening

(Adnkronos) – “Repeated threats and violence by police forces against staff and patients” have forced Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to temporarily suspend activities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The organization announced this, denouncing how in recent days, police officers have repeatedly stopped MSF vehicles

(Adnkronos) – China calls for “calm” and “restraint” after Vladimir Putin signed the new Russian nuclear doctrine that expands the cases in which Moscow envisages a response with nuclear weapons. “Under the current circumstances, all parties should remain calm and exercise restraint,

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) created with her husband Vince, as secretary of education for the future Administration. McMahon, who had also worked for the first Trump Administration, is currently co-chair of the

(Adnkronos) – The leaders of the German Social Democratic Party are meeting this evening – at 8.15 pm writes the Bild – to discuss the electoral prospects ahead of the early elections on February 23, where the candidate for chancellor for the

(Adnkronos) – If Moscow continues with its acts of sabotage, Poland will close all Russian consulates on its territory. This is the warning launched by the Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, at a press conference in Warsaw, while Germany, Sweden and Finland

(Adnkronos) – Four Brazilian soldiers deployed to Rio for the G20 summit were arrested today on suspicion of planning Lula’s assassination after his election as president at the end of 2022. This was announced to Afp by a police source. The soldiers,

(Adnkronos) – In a climate of strengthening defenses that is involving most NATO members, Sweden and Finland, the ‘new entries’ of the alliance, have updated their survival manuals for wars and crises to be distributed to the population.  Stockholm and Helsinki, which

(Adnkronos) – “There won’t even be talk of mass layoffs, we’ll just tell them they have to go back to the office five days a week from eight to six.” This is how Vivek Ramaswamy, the other tech billionaire who, together with

(Adnkronos) – The Swedish prosecutor’s office has announced the opening of a sabotage investigation into damaged cables in the Baltic Sea, one of which connects Lithuania to Sweden and the other Finland to Germany.  “Sabotage is being investigated. The preliminary investigation is

(Adnkronos) – On the thousandth day of the war in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “the military operation against Kyiv” will continue until the achievement of the “set objectives.” And the aid from the West “will not be able to

(Adnkronos) – Several people were injured in China, hit by a car in front of a school in Changde, Hunan province. This is reported by the official media of the Asian giant. “Several students were injured Tuesday morning after being hit by

(Adnkronos) – There are said to be more than 906,000 casualties, including dead and wounded, recorded among the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is the figure reported by the Russian Defense Ministry and the Tass agency a thousand days after

(Adnkronos) – Sentences of up to ten years in prison in Hong Kong for pro-democracy activists accused of “subversion”. All guilty of violating the controversial “national security” law wanted by Beijing for the former British colony increasingly in the orbit of the

(Adnkronos) – More rumors in the American media about tensions between the inner circle of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who was crucial to the tycoon’s victory and who some say behaves like a co-president. Now it is

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa with an Iskander-M missile has risen to 10 dead and 43 injured, including 4 children, Ukrainian rescue services said, speaking of “preliminary information”. Victims also include