PORR secures railway contracts across Europe

Austrian construction company PORR has secured significant contracts in the railway sector across Europe. In Poland, a €400m ($465m) project involves extending a high-speed tunnel in Łódź, linked to the country’s central airport initiative....

Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car

Tami Laird and her son Stirling – supplied by Tami Laird Despite a 2-day ordeal lost in deep woods, a mother and her son “did everything right,” stayed safe, and used a clever trick to help rescuers find them. The story began when Tami Laird and...

German backpacker Carolina Wilga leaves hospital in Perth

German backpacker Carolina Wilga has been discharged from Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital after spending five nights recovering from her outback ordeal. Police said on Saturday she was exhausted, dehydrated, suffering from sunburn and had an...

Germany’s climate action path faces policy and reforms challenge

‘While there have been some advancements, sectors like steel and chemicals have not moved quickly enough toward low-carbon solutions like green steel,’ says Bill Hare, CEO and senior scientist at the Berlin-based Climate Analytics institute ATHENS...

Brit mum arrested with son, 6, for ‘smuggling £1.6m of drugs in Mauritius’ launches fundraiser & claims ‘I was coerced’

A BRIT mum-of-two accused of trying to smuggle £1.6million of drugs into Mauritius inside her son's suitcase has claimed she was coerced. Natashia Artug, 35, allegedly stuffed 24 packages of cannabis weighing 14kg inside her six-year-old son's...

Ringo Starr—Inside the Making of “Look Up,” Part 3

Don’t Pass Up Part 1 and Part 2! Once the basics had been recorded for the nine songs, during the week of January 22 through 26, the group spent a number of days over at East Iris Studio A, fleshing out the demos—just enough to allow Ringo to...

OBITUARIES for Thursday, July 24, 2025

JOSEPH BROWN JEFFERSON- Joseph Brown, 87 passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, June 29, 2025 following a long illness. Having a reputation for his “honest cord of wood”, Joe was well known in the surrounding communities. A hard worker,...

US Resumes Airborne Nuclear Operations Over UK Airspace

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The United States has once again sent nuclear weapons to England for the first time since 2008. According to a report by the UK Defence Journal on July 20, 2025, several B61-12 thermonuclear bombs have been moved to the Royal...

Trade Deal News May Lead To Initial Strength On Wall Street

The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a higher open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to move to the upside after ending the previous session mixed. The upward momentum on Wall Street comes after President Donald Trump announced...

N3 breaks ground on logistics centre in Arnstadt

N3 Engine Overhaul Services (N3), the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce, has officially begun construction of a state-of-the-art logistics centre at its Arnstadt, Germany site. The new facility forms a key part of the...

Frustration over a Qantas upgrade changed the way I travel

But the post-COVID hoops to leap through in order to actually snag one for myself and another for my daughter proved beyond my patience, though the process is said to have improved over the past year. First Class on European trains is often not...

City Launches 'Downtown Dinners' Food Truck Series Starting July 24

The City of Lincoln is launching a new evening food truck gathering series called “Downtown Dinners at the Food Truck Zone.” The first event in the series is set for Thursday, July 24, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in the official Food Truck Zone located at...

“They Weld Better Than Humans”: Hyundai Stuns Industry by Deploying German Humanoid Robots in Shipyard for Precision Welding Tasks

IN A NUTSHELL 🤖 Neura Robotics partners with Hyundai subsidiaries to introduce intelligent humanoid and quadruped robots in shipbuilding. 🔧 The 4NE1 robot is designed for complex tasks, leveraging cognitive capabilities and adaptive learning to...

Why summer job seekers should consider aviation in 2025

Although precise statistics aren’t readily available, it is estimated that millions of young Europeans take on temporary employment during the summer season. For instance, according to Eurostat data for 2023, as many as 23.1 million people aged...

Government advisors say extensive subsidies needed to clean up Germany's transport sector

Germany needs purchase incentives and tax breaks for electric vehicles, a subsidy programme for cycling and walking, and a reduction in electricity tax for charging electric trucks to get the sector closer to its climate targets, a group of...

Army MEDLOG leader recognized with O2M3 induction

FORT DETRICK, Md. -- With over 20 years under her belt at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, Kim Dankulich has built a reputation as a subject-matter expert in her field. In recognition of her leadership and strategic medical materiel...

These are the most exciting city breaks in Europe for 2025

Compact, culture-rich and close enough to reach on a Friday and be back by Monday, Europe could have been made for city breaks. The tough part is choosing which of its 800 cities to pick. Our travel experts have pulled together the destinations...

Ukraine is pumping millions of dollars into drones built to kill the Russian ones attacking its cities

Russia is regularly hammering Ukrainian cities with one-way attack drones. Kyiv, however, intends to meet that threat by pouring millions of dollars into interceptor drones designed to engage Russian threats. In a statement posted to Telegram on...

Low water hinders Rhine river shipping in Germany despite rain

Ex-Marine convicted of killing three people released to US in prisoner swap

A Venezuelan American murderer and ex-US Marine, who killed three people in Spain in 2016, was released to the US during last Friday’s high-profile prisoner swap between the US, El Salvador and Venezuela, according to media and NGO reports. Dahud...