Ebnoutalib’s late strike gives Frankfurt a 1-0 win over Cologne
One week after being humiliated 6-0 in Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt have found a way back. On Friday night at the Deutsche Bank Park, Younes Ebnoutalib scored the only goal against…
Amazon deforestation in Brazil drops to its lowest level since records began
Brazil has cut the destruction of its share of the Amazon to a level not seen in almost four decades of satellite monitoring. Figures from the national space research institute…
Japan’s quake warning system cries wolf with a magnitude 9.9 alert
For about eight minutes on Friday, people across much of Japan, from Hokkaido down to the Tokai region, were told to brace for the strongest earthquake ever recorded. Phones shrieked,…
Five drones crash in Moldova within a day, Chisinau blames Moscow
Moldova has once again become collateral territory in Russia’s war on its neighbour. Between Thursday and Friday, in a window of barely 17 hours, five drones that Moldovan authorities identified…
Putin draws a red line: Russia’s border “security zone” in Ukraine is off the table
Vladimir Putin has spelt out for the first time how far Moscow wants to push into Ukrainian territory along the shared frontier, and he has made clear that this strip…
Hats on the ice again: Brady Tkachuk rescues Panthers with another hat trick
Fans in Sunrise, Florida, may want to bring spare caps to the arena. For the second game in a row, Brady Tkachuk scored all three of his side’s goals, and…
Network fault grounds flights across Italy for hours
Anyone flying in or out of Italy on Friday morning needed patience. A fault in the computer links connecting Italy’s control centres forced controllers to halve the number of aircraft…
Pope Leo seen for the first time since surgery, saying Mass in a hospital chapel
Three days after an operation on his right lung, Pope Leo XIV is back at the altar, at least on the tenth floor of a Rome hospital. On Friday the…
Senators from both parties demand Pentagon probe into Ukraine Starlink slowdown
A short technical restriction on satellite terminals in Ukraine has turned into a political headache in Washington. Nine US senators, Democrats and Republicans alike, want the Defense Department’s internal watchdog…
Paris and Berlin settle their car quarrel: softer 2035 goal, stronger “Made in Europe”
After months of trading barbs over where the European motor industry should be heading, France and Germany have finally found a formula both can live with. Each side gave up…