Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend to die on mountain-
A climber has been found guilty of gross negligent manslaughter after his girlfriend, whom he left behind on Austria‘s highest mountain after encountering some difficulties on their trek, died. Thomas Plamberger, 37, a chef from Salzburg, received a five-month suspended sentence and was fined 9,400 euros ($15,165) for the death of Kerstin Gurtner, 33, in... Read More
Curling-Switzerland thrash Norway 9-1 to win men’s bronze medal – CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 20 :
Switzerland won all nine of their round-robin matches at the Milano Cortina Games but lost to world champions Britain in the semi-finals on Thursday.I’m just so happy that we got that medal now. We had a truly special week. We played amazing throughout the whole week,” Schwaller said at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium. “It... Read More
Hungary blocks €90 billion loan for Ukraine over damaged pipeline as tensions escalat-
Hungarian foreign minister accuses Ukraine of sabotage and says his country will block financial assistance for Kyiv until transit of Russian oil resumes. Ahead of a key election, Budapest ups its anti-Ukraine rhetoric.Hungary said it will block a €90 billion emergency loan for Ukraine as it accused the war-torn country of “blackmail” over a damaged... Read More
The British government on Friday mulled passing a law to remove former prince Andrew from the line of succession, as police stepped up investigations into his conduct, quizzing the disgraced royal’s former protection officers.
Amid a torrent of often tawdry revelations from the files of late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey. Epstein, King Charles III has already stripped his younger brother of all his titles and ousted him from his home in Windsor.CTVNews Logo U.K. government considers removing ex-prince Andrew from line of successionByAFP Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as... Read More
US military kills 3 in latest strike on ‘narcoterrorist’ boat-
The latest lethal strike pushes the overall death toll from the Trump administration’s deadly campaign to at least 148 across 43 attacks US Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations”. It said the strike on Friday killed... Read More
Trump to visit China from March 31 to April 2, with U.S. trade policy in focus-
The visit would be the leaders’ first in-person talks since an October meeting in South Korea, where they agreed on the trade truce. While the October meeting largely sidestepped the sensitive issue of Taiwan, Xi raised U.S. arms sales to the island when the two leaders spoke this month. Washington announced its largest-ever arms sale... Read More
Seven Chinese tourists and a bus driver are feared dead-
After a tourist bus driving across a frozen stretch of Lake Baikal in Russia’s Siberia plunged into the water when the ice broke beneath it, local governor, Igor Kobzev, said on Friday via his channel in Telegram. One tourist managed to escape, and the search for the others continues, he said. The world’s deepest lake,... Read More
Trump brings in new 10% tariff as Supreme Court rejects his global import taxes-
BBC inside Trump press briefing slamming Supreme Court tariffs rulingUS President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10% global tariff to replace ones struck down by the Supreme Court, calling the ruling “terrible” and lambasting the justices who rejected his trade policy as “fools”. The president unveiled the plan shortly after the justices outlawed most... Read More
Israel says it hit Hezbollah sites in eastern Lebanon
The strikes targeted Hezbollah command centers in the Baalbek area, part of eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, the Israeli military said. They are among the deadliest reported in the region in recent weeks. Middle EastIsrael says it hit Hezbollah sites in eastern Lebanon The strikes targeted Hezbollah command centers in the Baalbek area, part of eastern... Read More
Authorities in Italy accuse man of training dog to illegally dump his rubbish”
Dog trained to illegally dump rubbish, Italian authorities say5 hours agoKerena Cobbina Video footage shows a small dog carrying a bag along a roadA dog owner in Italy has been accused of training their canine to dump bags of rubbish on the side of a road.Local authorities have been trying to step up efforts to... Read More








