MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Russia has freed 24 Filipinos who have been detained for months without charges in a Siberian city, after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raised concern for them in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Philippine officials said Saturday.
The Gold Coast’s iconic beachfront will once again become a stage for one of Australia’s most spectacular fireworks events, with SeaFire 2026 returning to Surfers Paradise this Saturday, June 20. Now celebrating its 13th year, the internationally acclaimed fireworks competition is expected to attract around 40,000 spectators.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A judge on Saturday ordered the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to face trial on charges of influence peddling and corruption, and to surrender her passport. Investigative judge Juan Carlos Peinado issued the ruling, arguing that Begoña Gómez represented a flight risk.
MILAN (AP) – Lewis Hamilton hobnobbed with Colman Domingo in the front row of Ralph Lauren’s Milan Fashion Week show, trading notes on a menswear collection that ran the gamut from bankerly pinstripes to layered festival wear.
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as the sides held talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week.
BERLIN (AP) – Two freight trains collided on a railway bridge in Germany overnight, officials said Saturday, the crash sending two wagons plunging off the bridge and onto the street below. One person was killed.
LONDON (AP) – Nine people were in critical condition on Saturday after a collision between two passenger trains in central England the night before killed the driver of one of the locomotives, police said.
PAVIA, Italy (AP) – Pope Leo XIV encouraged Italians on Saturday to rediscover their lagging Catholic faith during a visit to northern Italy where he prayed before the relics of St. Augustine, the intellectual giant of the early Christian church and inspiration of his religious spirituality.
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) – Australia earned a third convincing win at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup when it beat the Netherlands by 98 runs Saturday. Australia reached 200 in the World Cup for the first time and equaled the highest-ever tournament total, 219-6. The Netherlands was kept to 121-3 at the Rose Bowl.