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German police reportedly removed 20-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg from the site of a mass protest over the demolition of an abandoned village for the expansion of a coal mine.  Thunberg, a self-proclaimed Swedish “autistic climate justice advocate,” joined thousands of demonstrators who showed up Saturday to protest the …

German police said Monday that a man has died after crashing a car into Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Images from the scene show the mangled wreck of the dark-colored sedan between two pillars of the capital’s popular sightseeing spot. Poland’s consul in Berlin, Marcin Krol, tweeted that he could confirm …

A London police officer on Monday admitted to the rape and sexual assaults of a dozen women over a 17-year period, having used his position to coerce and control his victims, authorities said. David Carrick, 48, pleaded guilty to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape and charges that included …

Italy arrested Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, the country’s most wanted fugitive, on Monday at a health clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, according to Italian paramilitary police. Messina Denaro, 60, was apprehended at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for a medical condition, Carabinieri …

Police in the United Kingdom arrested a man on terrorism charges Saturday after trace amounts of uranium were discovered in a cargo package at Heathrow Airport in London two weeks ago.  The suspect, a man in his 60s whose identity has not been released, was arrested at a home in …

Four Chinese military aircraft and several vessels were detected near Taiwan early Monday morning in the latest provocation of Beijing against the island nation.  Taiwan’s Dense Ministry said four People’s Liberation Army and three People’s Liberation Army naval vessels were detected around Taiwan around 6 a.m. Monday morning.  Taiwanese Armed …

Rescue workers in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro confirmed the deaths of at least 30 people on Sunday from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building.  Russia launched a barrage of 33 cruise missiles on Dnipro, Kharkiv, the capital of Kyiv, and other cities on Saturday following a …

The World Health Organization is urging China to keep releasing COVID-19 data after Beijing on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths since Dec. 8.  Beijing’s announcement was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped antivirus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani says he supports an indefinite presence of U.S. troops in the country to combat ISIS, putting him at odds with his supporters and Iranian-backed officials.  In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sudani said U.S. and NATO troop contingents were necessary to train …

The prime minister of Nepal has declared Monday a national day of mourning, and the country’s government has set up a panel to investigate the cause of the plane crash that killed at least 68 of the 72 people aboard on Sunday, according to reports. “I saw the plane trembling, …