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Following last week's devastating floods in Nepal, water from the Trishuli River surged through the Gandak and Kosi rivers into the neighbouring Indian state of Bihar, sweeping along debris from collapsed buildings, human remains, and unusu

At the IFA 2026 trade show in Berlin, which still resembled a construction site when it opened, accessory makers were already showing off cases and mockups for upcoming iPhones — even though Apple itself has made no official announcement. T

Prague's city hall has blocked entrepreneur Jaromír Soukup's access to an office complex in Prague's Braník district, where he previously kept an office and a recording studio. The reason is an outstanding debt of roughly 940,000 crowns, wh

US President Donald Trump has proposed renaming the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz in his own honor. "Since it's now under U.S. control, shouldn't we rename the Strait of Hormuz to the TRUMP STRAIT?" he wrote on his social media platf

A fresh opinion poll ahead of elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt has revealed a sharp lead for the far-right AfD over the ruling CDU. According to the survey, 39% of voters would back AfD's 35-year-old candidate Ulrich Siegmund,

On Wednesday, police forensic experts are exhuming the remains of former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk from the family crypt in Lány. According to Seznam Zprávy, modern forensic methods are expected to help clarify the circumsta

A helicopter made a hard landing in the Dolinsky district in southern Sakhalin after both engines failed — according to the Telegram channel Fighterbomber, the aircraft simply ran out of fuel. The incident was reported by the press service

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, speaking on his show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov" on the Russia 1 TV channel, called for denouncing the treaties on German reunification and declared that the country itself "should no longer be c

Residents of the Slovak village of Strániavy near Žilina are afraid to go outside after as many as nine bears were spotted roaming around the settlement. According to local media, this is the first time the predators have come so close to p

On Tuesday evening in the Beroun region, a motorcyclist carrying a passenger refused to stop for a police patrol and instead sped off at high speed. According to police, this is not the first time the same rider has evaded officers in this

In Karlovy Vary, an 18-year-old driver fatally struck a woman on a pedestrian crossing. The accident happened just after 4:00 PM, when the young man, driving an Audi from the direction of Lidická Street, hit a 20-year-old pedestrian crossin

The number of men of fighting age arriving in Czechia from Ukraine has dropped sharply since the country stopped granting them temporary protection. This was announced by Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar (ANO movement)."The influx of arriva