A ship carrying a giant crane was en route Thursday to the scene of the catastrophic bridge collapse over Baltimore harbor, as authorities warned of extensive work before the major US port can reopen. The machinery will be deployed in a tricky operation to clear the twisted steel remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge […]
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a man to six years in jail for online messages denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow clamps down on public criticism of the conflict. Nikolai Farafonov, 35, was found guilty of “public incitement to commit terrorist acts” by a military court in Russia’s northern Komi region, local media […]
French President Emmanuel Macron blasted the long-stalled free trade agreement between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc Wednesday during a visit to Brazil. The deal “as it is negotiated today is a really bad agreement, for you and for us,” Macron told an economic forum in Sao Paulo. “Let’s build a new agreement… […]