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Forensics pinpoint DNA of a dozen potential fresh victims of France’s most notorious serial killer

French police are to re-open 30 cold cases potentially linked to self-confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret Credit: BENOIT DOPPAGNE/ AFP France’s most notorious living serial...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Czech’s replacement health minister reintroduces slew of restrictions as policy dramatically unravells following ‘end of Covid’ parties

The Czech Republic was crowned one of Europe’s biggest virus-fighting success stories, but the title has not endured Credit: Shutterstock The Czech Republic, a...

Редактор24.09.2020

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84-year-old Tintin painting expected to fetch record amount at auction

Tintin Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images A 84-year-old painting of Tintin by the Belgian artist Hergé is expected to fetch as much as three...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Germany’s furlough scheme saves firms from freefall

Without Germany’s furlough scheme, called Kurzarbeit (“short work”), Wulf Scheunert’s travel agency BITS would by now be “in freefall”, as he puts it. Rishi...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Spain bans yachts from stretch of sea after orcas damage boats

Small yachts have been ordered to steer clear of a stretch of water off the north-west coast of Spain after at least three boats...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Rishi Sunak could do worse than copy Germany

It all looked so different for Rishi Sunak three weeks ago. After a bleak early spring in which the economy was sacrificed for health...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Revealed: pro-Trump activists plotted violence ahead of Portland rallies

Leaked chat logs show Portland-area pro-Trump activists planning and training for violence, sourcing arms and ammunition and even suggesting political assassinations ahead of a...

Редактор24.09.2020

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England’s Covid regulations: the ‘rule of sex’ and other quirks

The longer the coronavirus lockdown lasts, the more complex the suite of rules governing everyday behaviour seemingly become, despite the government’s efforts to simplify...

Редактор24.09.2020

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California governor orders ban on sale of gas-only cars within 15 years

California’s governor signed an executive order on Wednesday that would ban the sale of gas-only cars within 15 years, in a bid to combat...

Редактор24.09.2020

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Bobcat fire: firefighters start to tame enormous blaze amid calmer weather

Firefighters are finally starting to tame an enormous wildfire burning in the mountains north-east of Los Angeles. Crews battling the Bobcat fire in the...

Редактор24.09.2020

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James Bond, a man interested in ‘women’ and ‘infiltrating bases’, really did spy for Britain in the 1960s

He had an innocuous cover story, a debonair look about him and he was fond of the ladies. Remind you of anyone? Indeed the...

Редактор23.09.2020

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Louisville braces for fresh protests after one of three officers in Breonna Taylor shooting charged with ‘endangerment’

A woman reacts to news in the Breonna Taylor shooting in Louisville, Kentucky Credit: AP The city of Louisville is bracing for fresh protests...

Редактор23.09.2020

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Former eBay employees admit guilt in alleged cyberstalking plot against bloggers

A placard displays photographs of evidence in the case including a bloody pig mask and a book titled 'Surviving the Loss of a Spouse...

Редактор23.09.2020

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EU’s migration proposals draw anger on left and leave questions unanswered

The EU home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, hopes migration will become just another “normal policy area”, even “boring”. Since more than 1 million refugees...

Редактор23.09.2020

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Iran flew surveillance drone over US aircraft carrier near Persian Gulf

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard force has managed to fly a surveillance drone over the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier which last week transited through the...

Редактор23.09.2020