Perez fastest in 1st practice for F1 Styrian GP
Racing Point driver Sergio Perez posted the fastest time in the first practice session for the Styrian Grand Prix on Friday. He was .096 seconds quicker than Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and .222 ahead More...
3rd person found dead after rockfall in Baerenschuetzklamm
A third person has been found dead after a rockfall earlier this week in an Austrian gorge popular with hikers, police said Friday. The accident happened on Wednesday, when a boulder struck a trail in the More...
Coronavirus slams Poland’s already-troubled coal industry
The coronavirus has ripped through Poland’s coal mines, where men descend deep underground in tightly packed elevators and work shoulder-to-shoulder to extract the source of 75% of the nation’s electrical power. Of More...
Bachelor party ends with snake-bitten tongue
A German man’s bachelor party in the Austrian Alps ended with a snake bite on the tongue and a trip to a hospital. The Austria Press Agency reported Monday that the local Red Cross said the 38-year-old was More...
Czech volunteers develop functioning lung ventilator in days
Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators — he’s an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically ill More...
Russian shot dead in Gerasdorf, police probe political motive
Police in Austria say they have detained a Russian man after one of his compatriots was shot dead in Gerasdorf near the Vienna late Saturday is being considered a possible political assassination. Austrian More...
Hamilton is again fastest in final practice for Austrian GP
World champion Lewis Hamilton made it a sweep when he posted the fastest time in final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday, where he will aim for a record-extending 89th More...
French-Dutch police bust encrypted criminal communications
Dutch and French police cracked an encrypted communications network used by organized crime gangs, allowing them to covertly watch “over the shoulder” of criminals in real time as they planned drug trafficking, More...
Scandinavian Airlines gets $1.5 billion to survive crisis
Scandinavian Airlines said Tuesday it is getting an aid package worth 14.25 billion kronor ($1.5 billion) after an agreement with its main shareholders, securing the carrier’s survival amid the COVID-19 crisis. The More...
Paris police react to report of armed man at shopping center
Paris police say checks are being carried out at a popular shopping center near La Defense business district after a witness reported seeing a man carrying a gun. Police said that they could not immediately More...
