The ‘magical’ advent calendar that’s as big as a town hall : NPR

The ‘world’s largest’ advent calendar attracts tens of thousands of people from all over the world to a small town in Germany. The town of Gegenbach, Germany, turns its town hall into a giant advent calendar each December. Hubert Grimmig/Kultur- und Tourismus GmbH Gegenbach hide caption toggle caption Hubert Grimmig/Kultur- und Tourismus GmbH Gegenbach Advent … Read more

Iceland holds parliamentary election after government’s collapse | Elections News

The legislative election takes place after the collapse of a fragile coalition, with the economy being a top concern. Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over the economy, immigration, and the fallout from volcanic eruptions forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. … Read more

Ireland votes in close-run election dominated by housing crisis | Elections News

Polls show centre-right incumbents Fine Gael and Fianna Fail running neck and neck with leftist-nationalist Sinn Fein. Ireland is going to the polls in a tight election race that has two centre-right coalition parties running neck and neck with the former political wing of a republican parliamentary force. Irish voters began casting their ballots on … Read more

Putin threatens Ukraine and praises Trump in press conference : NPR

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin talks to the media after attending a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Astana on Thursday. Ramil Sitdikov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ramil Sitdikov/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin made a series of military … Read more

Game evoking Oct. 7 Hamas attack pulled after police appeal, creator says | Entertainment

A computer game that allows users to recreate aspects of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel has been removed from the popular gaming platform Steam in the United Kingdom at the request of counterterrorism police, according to emails and the game’s creator. Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, released in 2022, lets gamers … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,008 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These were the key developments on the 1,008th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Thursday, November 28: Fighting Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Nova Illinka, close to the embattled Donetsk region town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence. A Russian drone attack … Read more