A man has been arrested over an explosion in Donegal which killed 10 people in 2022. A man in his 60s voluntarily presented himself at Dundalk police station in relation to the blast at a petrol station on October 7, John J Rice & Company solicitors, the law firm claiming to represent him, said. Gardai […]

One of Germany’s most famous theatres said Thursday it could face bankruptcy due to expected funding cuts by the Berlin city government. The Schaubuehne theatre told AFP that cuts laid out in the city’s latest budget plans “would lead to insolvency by the end of 2025”. Berlin’s cultural scene has been up in arms at [&h

Thousands of angry Volkswagen (VW) workers from across Germany descended on the company’s headquarters to protest threatened mass layoffs at the automaker on Thursday, as labour leaders met with the company for negotiations. The IG Metall trade union said more than 6,000 workers joined the protests from all 10 VW plants in Germany, demonstrat

The notorious German Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck, a well-known figure on the extremist far-right fringes of German politics who was repeatedly convicted in court for her comments, is dead. She was 96 years old. Her attorney, Wolfram Nahrath, confirmed to dpa that she died on Wednesday. At the time of her death, Haverbeck was appealing [&helli

Two lionesses rescued from a Ukrainian war zone have arrived at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian. Luna and Plusza – both aged four – arrived at the zoo on Wednesday night. The sisters were originally rescued in 2022 from an area in Eastern Ukraine that had been affected by heavy bombing. Zoo officials said […]