Regional authorities

German police contacted suspect weeks before Christmas market attack

December 23, 2024

The alleged perpetrator of the deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market last week in Germany had been contacted by police just weeks before the incident, authorities said on...

One dead as flooding hits Italy’s northeast flatlands

October 20, 2024

An "avalanche of water" in northeast Italy claimed one life and left swathes of the Emilia-Romagna region under water Sunday, local officials said.Heavy overnight rain and flooding swept through...

‘Out of control fires’ in Brazil wetlands spark state of emergency

June 24, 2024

Regional authorities in Brazil on Monday declared a state of emergency as the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands, faces "out of control fires," according to a decree.The surge...