Category: 2025-05-14

• 2025-05-14 Europe Switzerland Western Europe

  Speeding Duck Caught on Camera in Swiss Town: A Quacking Repeat Offender?

  

  Local sources from Switzerland: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Spiegel. UK coverage: The Guardian. In an extraordinary twist of fate, the Swiss municipality of Köniz has once again been the setting for a peculiar traffic violation, involving none other than a speeding duck. Captured by a radar trap on April 13,…

  14th May 2025
• 2025-05-14 Asia India South Asia

  India-Pakistan Ceasefire: A Tale of Two Responses

  

  Local sources from India: bbc.com, aajtak.in. UK coverage: Financial Times. In a significant development that has drawn international attention, India and Pakistan, two neighboring countries with a long history of conflict, have once again found themselves at the brink of war only to pull back following a ceasefire agreement on…

  14th May 2025
• 2025-05-14 Europe France Western Europe

  Rising Trend of Crypto-Related Kidnappings: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement in Europe

  

  Local sources from France: Le Parisien, RTL.fr. UK coverage: The Telegraph. In a string of alarming incidents that have shaken the cryptocurrency community in Paris and across Europe, the daughter of Pierre Noizat, CEO and co-founder of the French cryptocurrency exchange Paymium, has narrowly escaped an abduction attempt by kidnappers.…

  14th May 2025
• 2025-05-14 Europe Greece Southern Europe

  6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Crete, Tsunami Warning Issued

  

  Local sources from Greece: Flashnews.gr, ekriti.gr. UK coverage: The Sun. In a significant seismic event, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Crete, with the tremors being felt across the island, in Rhodes, and as far away as Israel. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens, the earthquake had…

  14th May 2025