Parts of the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, were hit by major rail disruption after suspected sabotage to the tracks on Tuesday morning, the country’s railway infrastructure operator said. ProRail said pipes and cables were laid on tracks at multiple locations in the country’s centre and north in more than 35 incidents. It added the acts appeared…
Two sailors are missing and 23 others have been rescued following an attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Oman says. Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said the Panama-flagged El Gaia was being towed to an Omani port on Tuesday after a fire broke out in its engine room, adding that the vessel…
Prosecutors in Colombia have accused former foreign minister Laura Sarabia of abusing her power after she made her nanny take a lie detector test. The scandal erupted in 2023, when Colombian news weekly Semana reported that a woman Sarabia had employed to look after her son had been hooked up to a polygraph and questioned…
The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too. The Thirlwall inquiry’s final report said there was a “complete failure” to protect babies on the neonatal unit where Letby…
About 30% of voters, mostly Democrats, cast postal ballots in the general election two years ago. However, several states like Oregon, Washington, and Colorado rely heavily or entirely on mail ballots for their elections, requiring Republicans to use the system as well. Seven Republican state election officials warned the justices, external that allowing significant changes…
The announcement by the United States that it has deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit has raised questions about what weaponry is actually in space, and what role it could play in efforts by great powers to dominate that arena. Washington has given away little in its announcement. Secretary of the Air Force Troy…
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Denmark has accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at one of its helicopters while it was tracking the vessel in the Baltic Sea. The Danish government has summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident, which it said happened during a “routine” monitoring operation on Monday. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen branded the Russian…
UK Hospitality Cymru director David Chapman said the costs facing the sector made running a business similar to “plate spinning when you’re riding an exercise bike”. Chapman added: “You have massive amounts of taxation coming from all areas. We have a VAT problem besides business rates. We also have high inflation in the industry over…
