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Emma De Ruiter

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Louvre and French museums introduce higher prices for non-Europeans

The Paris Louvre has introduced a new €32 (+45%) entrance fee for non-European individual visitors; guided groups will have to pay €28, capped at 20 people per visit to preserve quality, according to museum authorities.

Greenland

Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland

Tensions with NATO members escalated after the White House said Tuesday that the “US military is always an option.” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned earlier this week that a US takeover would amount to the end of NATO.

North Korea

North Korea launches ballistic missiles into sea in new weapons test

Sunday's launches came hours before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung departed for China for a summit with President Xi Jinping, for talks expected to cover North Korea's nuclear programme.

Syria

UK and French warplanes strike suspected IS weapons facility in Syria

The strikes occurred Saturday evening on an underground facility in the mountains just north of the historic town of Palmyra in Homs province.

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USA

Captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York

Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.

Switzerland

First four victims identified in Swiss Alps bar fire that killed 40

Regional police said on Saturday that the bodies of four victims — two aged 16, an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old, all of them Swiss citizens — had been identified and handed over to their families.

Ukraine

At least two people killed in Russian strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv

Authorities said the body of a three-year-old boy was recovered from the rubble of a destroyed apartment building after the attack.

Venezuela

Trump says Maduro was 'captured' amid US strikes on Venezuela

US President Donald Trump says Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been captured after US conducted a "large scale strike" on the South American country.

USA

New US strike on alleged drug boat kills four in eastern Pacific

The US military said Wednesday that it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people on the same day the House rejected efforts to limit President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels.

USA

Trump claims successes in national address despite growing disapproval

In a televised speech to the nation, US President Donald Trump insisted on political and economic successes amid eroding popularity.

Australia

Suspect in Sydney Bondi Beach massacre charged with 59 offences

24-year-old alleged Bondi attacker Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder, after waking from his coma on Tuesday.

USA

Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include 20 new countries

The Trump administration has issued a full travel ban on five more countries as well as people traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. It also imposed new limits on 15 other countries.

USA

Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela

Trump's escalation comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region.

Ukraine

Russian strike hits Zaporizhzhia apartment block and injures three

Separate strikes targeted Odesa's warehouses and energy infrastructure, while Ukrainian forces continue their counteroffensive in Kupyansk, where up to 200 Russian troops remain encircled.

USA

Trump sues BBC for $10 billion for defamation over edited documentary

The lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump," calling it an attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.

China

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Jimmy Lai, 78, was found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious articles. The former Apple Daily founder faces life imprisonment.

USA

Rob Reiner's son arrested after deaths of Hollywood director and wife

Nick Reiner, the younger of Rob Reiner's two sons, spoke publicly of his struggles with addiction and by 18 had cycled in and out of nine treatment facilities.

Gaza

Hamas confirms killing of top commander in Israeli strike on Gaza

The Israeli military killed Raed Saad, commander of Hamas' military manufacturing unit, in a strike outside Gaza City on Saturday. He was the most senior militant killed since a ceasefire agreement came into effect in October.

West Bank

Video shows Israeli army kill two Palestinians on apparent surrender

Israel claims the two men were terrorists, while Palestinians allege the incident represented extrajudicial killing.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian government withdraws budget draft after mass protests

Wednesday's protest in Sofia against Bulgaria's draft budget plan for 2026 drew an estimated 20,000 people, who demonstrated against a potential increase in social security contributions and the doubling of the dividend tax.

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