Ottavia Piana fell during an expedition to map an uncharted branch of the Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo A huge rescue operation was under way north-east of the Italian city of Bergamo to free a caving instructor who became trapped while exploring a cave. Ottavia Piana, 32, considered an expert spelunker, injured herself after falling…
Bitcoin rallied to a new all-time high Sunday evening as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s final interest rate decision of the year.
Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month Scholz, who has campaigned on a pledge of being a “peace chancellor” against frontrunner Merz’s more hawkish approach to Russia, again stresses his opposition to sending long-range Taurus missiles or German soldiers to embattled Ukraine….
The men were the last Australians still imprisoned in Indonesia for trying to smuggle heroin in 2005, in a case that became a diplomatic flashpoint between the countries.
The official death toll so far is 14, but there are fears that the number killed in the French territory by Tropical Cyclone Chido could be much higher.
Within hours of being appointed, France’s new prime minister Francois Bayrou faced his first upset.
Pentagon also considering redesignating Iranian-backed Houthis as terrorist group The US is seeking global support to give the UN clearer powers to interdict ships in the Red Sea heading for Houthi-controlled Yemen ports, as part of a concerted bid to weaken the Iranian-backed group, according to the US special envoy. It is also considering redesignating…
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will leave the Ecowas group in January but have six months to return.
Calls for government statement or urgent question in Commons on activities of ‘H6’ The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský has been approved by the UK government after a review under national security laws, Jasper Jolly reports. Jim McMahon, the local government minister, was doing an interview round this…
