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Category: World
Accusations fly in Spain over who is to blame for flood disaster
A week on, recriminations fly over who was to blame for Spain’s worst natural disaster in living memory.
Algeria silent after civil war book wins top French award
Algerian Kamel Daoud wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel Houris, a searing account of his country’s 1990s conflict.
World’s first wood-panelled satellite launched into space
The tiny satellite built in Japan will test the suitability of timber as a renewable material in space.
Iran says German-Iranian died before execution was reported
The judiciary contradicts state media reports from 28 October that Jamshid Sharmahd was put to death.
Equatorial Guinea VP warns against office sex after viral videos
Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue says that anyone found having sex at work will be suspended.
Netflix Europe offices raided in tax fraud probe
The raid is part of an investigation in France and the Netherlands that began in November 2022.
Germany arrests eight suspected members of far-right militant group
Prosecutors said the group was undertaking training for the collapse of German society
Killers of Ugandan Olympian sentenced to 35 years
Steeplechaser Benjamin Lagat was stabbed to death in Kenya on New Year’s Eve last year.
Israel PM Netanyahu fires defence minister Gallant
Benjamin Netanyahu says there is a “crisis of trust” between him and Gallant, and replaces him with Israel Katz.