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Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:48:49 +0000One dead after car drives through Christmas market crowd in Germany
At least one person has died after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, police have said, according to local public broadcaster MDR. Between 60 to 80 people have also been injured, fire and emergency services have to...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:52:18 +0000Abeds wooing new customers
Government may not be offering a VAT-free day this Yuletide season, but at least two stores are giving their customers savings of 17.5 per cent, the same rate as the Value Added Tax. Abed’s has been running a “VAT-free week” since Sunday, while...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:14:12 +0000Car collides with utility pole in Bank Hall
Scene of an accident at Bank Hall, St Michael, near the Abundant Life Assembly. Barbados Fire Service and Emergency Ambulance Service on the scene. A lone male occupant in the vehicle which collided with a utility pole. The road has been cordoned off...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:52:10 +0000Ex-IMF Chief gets almost five years in jail for corruption
MADRID – A Madrid court has sentenced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato to almost five years in prison for corruption offences, the court said on Friday. Rato, who has denied any wrongdoing throughout a nine-year probe, sa...
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:06:40 +0000Seven-year-old killed in stabbing at Zagreb school
ZAGREB – A seven-year-old girl has been killed and eight others have been injured in a knife attack at an elementary school in the Croatian capital Zagreb. The 19-year-old attacker, believed to be a former student, entered a first-grade classro...