Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The case dates back to 2010, when Mr Alonso was playing for Real Madrid Former Liverpool and Real Madrid star Xabi Alonso is facing a possible five-year jail term after Spanish authorities accused him of tax fraud. Prosecutors say he owes nearly €2m ($2.4m; £1.7m) in tax related to […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to visit Ireland since 1979 Pope Francis is to visit Ireland in August – the first papal visit to the country for almost 40 years. He will arrive in Dublin as the city hosts of the World Meeting of Families, an international Catholic […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The two Olmec statues come from an archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico Germany has returned two 3,000-year-old pre-Hispanic wooden statues from the Olmec civilisation to the Mexican authorities. Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec archaeological site in eastern Mexico. They were seized from controversial Costa Rican […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption It is not clear if Greece will extradite Maria Efimova to Malta or Cyprus A Russian whistleblower linked to the murdered Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia has handed herself in to Greek police. Former bank employee Maria Efimova left Malta for Greece last August and is now at […]
Image copyright Reuters French people have bought more US-style hamburgers than their own classic jambon-beurre sandwich for the first time in history, a study suggests. Some 1.46 billion burgers were sold last year, compared with 1.22 billion baguettes filled with sliced ham, according to Gira Conseil consultants. The results suggest the nation known for its […]
Media captionTrump congratulates Putin and will meet him “in the not too distant future” US President Donald Trump has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his electoral victory two days ago. He said they they would meet in the “not too distant future” to discuss the arms race, Ukraine and […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Sarkozy (left) clinched big trade deals for France with Libya’s Gaddafi in 2007 when he was president Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Police are investigating alleged […]
Image copyright Getty Images Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Police are investigating alleged irregularities over the financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. Police have questioned him previously. A former aide, Alexandre Djouhri, […]
Image copyright John Kingston Image caption Investigators were preparing to search the home of Stanislaw Chrzanowski in Telford when he died A pensioner has become the first person from the UK to be investigated in Germany for his alleged role in the Holocaust in World War Two. Stanislaw Chrzanowski, 96, from Shropshire, was being investigated […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The owner of Xdolls says his sex dolls are like sex toys and do not degrade women (file picture) Paris councillors are due to decide on the future of a business where clients are charged €89 ($109; £78) to spend an hour with a silicon sex doll, local media […]
