The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers from Normandy.The imposing cross, spanning 12 meters and weighing 1.5 tons, is the only element of the choir roof that resisted…

A Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison Friday for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case in Europe.The trial focused on the officials’ role in the alleged arrest, torture…

Nearly 140 migrants have reached Greek shores over the past 24 hours, making the dangerous sea voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, authorities said Friday. One man, who had set off from North Africa, drowned off the southern island of Crete.Greece, along with Spain and Italy, is a key entry point…

Four Russian sources said that the country’s President Vladimir Putin is ready for a ceasefire to halt the war in Ukraine, but he is also prepared to fight on ‘for as long as it takes.’Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not want ‘eternal war.’However, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waded into the European election campaign on Friday by warning that the next president of the European Commission should not seek support from far-right parties hoping to make big gains in next month’s vote.Left-leaning parties across Europe have been heaping pressure on their mainstream conservative and…

German authorities arrested two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Heidelberg.The suspects, aged 24 and 18, were detained during separate police operations in Baden-Wuerttemberg earlier this month.The suspects planned to kill worshipers at the synagogue and then be shot by police, according to…

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Early on May 23, 2024, Estonian border guards noticed that their Russian counterpart had removed 25 of the 50 buoys that Estonia had installed on the Narva River that separates the two countries to prevent boats from accidentally crossing the border.Each year, the placement of the buoys is checked because…

Several Russian defense ministry personnel have been arrested on corruption charges over the last month.Corruption in Russia functions as both a carrot and a stick. If the state has compromising information on key officials, it can cherry-pick whom to target, says Sam Greene, director of Democratic Resilience at the Center…

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