People in the city burst crackers late into Monday night, defying a court order to use only ‘green’ fireworks.
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US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies aged 29
The young prodigy’s “unexpected passing” was announced by his family on Monday.
Amazon outage ‘resolved’ as Snapchat and banks among sites impacted
Platform outage checker Downdetector said the issues have impacted more than 1,000 different businesses.
French ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail for campaign finance conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.
Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist
The world-famous museum in Paris is still closed on Monday after a masked gang raided one of its galleries.
Hamas is a pale shadow of what it was – but it could yet reinvent itself
After governing with an iron rod for so many years, is Hamas really prepared to relinquish control in Gaza
White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom
Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump’s new event space.
Catholic clergy sex abuse survivors hopeful after Pope Leo meeting
The Pope acknowledged “resistance in some parts of the world” to permanently remove a priest who abuses a child, the group said.
Former NFL player Doug Martin dies in police custody in California
His former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said they were “deeply saddened” by the ex-player’s death.
Lisbon funicular crash initial report reveals litany of failings
A preliminary report says a cable that broke on the Glória funicular last month had never been certified, and mentions other failures.