A businessman awarded a peerage by Harold Wilson had a decade-long relationship with Communist-era spies who considered him so useful that they referred to him as ‘intelligence agency staff’. According to more than 1,000 documents unearthed at archives in Prague, Rudy Sternberg was meeting agents from Czechoslovakia’s Statni Bezpecnost (StB) secret police in the 1960s … Read more
Traffic has fallen more in Britain than in any other European country since the pandemic struck, as motorists choose to stay at home instead of getting back on the road. After comparing data for February with records for March to June in 19 European countries, it was revealed that Britain’s roads are languishing at 67 … Read more
Germany moves forward with $45billion plan to close all its coal-burning power plants by 2038 and eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 The German parliament passed a set of bills eliminating coal-power by 2038 The bills include $45billion to fund the transition to other power sources It’s part of a wider goal of eliminating … Read more
Police arrest former head of Wirecard’s most profitable unit as probe into company’s collapse and Germany’s biggest financial fraud continues German authorities have made a new arrest relating to collapse of Wirecard German media have identified the suspect as Oliver Bellenhaus Bellenhaus ran the company’s most profitable unit before scandal was exposed By Afp Published: … Read more
The CEO of Prince Harry‘s Invictus Games Foundation has revealed the Düsseldorf contest has been postponed to give competitors ‘time to prepare’ after the coronavirus pandemic. In March, organisers said the competition founded by Prince Harry – due to take place at The Hague this year – was likely to be rescheduled to May or June … Read more
Never-before-seen photos of the momentous D-Day landings have come to light after 76 years. The images were taken by Lieutenant Stephen Malenoir-Vickers, of the Royal Engineers, who cleared mines and paths across Juno Beach using an armoured bulldozer. Juno Beach was one of five beaches targeted in the allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings … Read more
Strange ‘cold blob’ in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that is getting cooler as the rest of the world heats up is caused by shifting ocean currents and low-level clouds, study shows The so-called ‘warming hole’ in the North Atlantic was first spotted back in 2015 Past research connected the hole to a weakening … Read more
Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine Prosecutors claim they have … Read more
The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘yet to come’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. WHO director Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus claimed the spread of the virus was actually speeding up, despite lockdowns being loosened around the world. He said countries like South Korea, China, Germany, Singapore and Japan had shown there is a … Read more
Germany extends coronavirus lockdown in district hit by outbreak at slaughterhouse where 1,500 of 7,000 employees have tested positive North Rhine-Westphalia state has extended lockdown in hard-hit district Guetersloh will remain on lockdown until July 7 ‘as a precaution’, premier said Neighbouring district of Warendorf able to exit lockdown as planned on June 30 By … Read more