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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit opened in Tianjin on 31 August, gathering leaders from across Eurasia and the Global South....
In a disturbing incident on Monday, a vehicle reportedly drove into a crowd of pedestrians in Mannheim, leaving several injured and potentially claiming at least one life, according to eyewitnesses and local media reports.
Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos on Planken, the city’s main shopping street, where a black SUV reportedly struck a group of people during a busy period marked by carnival festivities. Emergency responders were seen assisting casualties, with some reports indicating that two individuals were receiving immediate aid while at least one fatality was suggested by local outlet Mannheimer Morgen. However, authorities have yet to confirm any deaths.
Heavily armed police officers have been deployed in Mannheim’s central square, Paradeplatz, and bridges near neighboring Ludwigshafen have been closed to traffic as security measures intensify. A spokesperson for Mannheim police stated, “There is currently a police operation in Mannheim city center, in the area around Wasserturm/Plankenkopf. Police and rescue services are on their way.”
The incident unfolded during a bustling carnival season, with a vibrant market in the city center featuring 60 food stalls and rides. One stall holder was quoted by local media as saying, “It is terrible here, nobody knows what happened, you only see injured people and the dead, and you don’t know what to do.”
In response to the unfolding situation, the interior ministry of Baden-Württemberg has issued a warning via a mobile app, advising residents to avoid the city center as authorities work to secure the area. The incident comes just weeks after a similar car attack in Munich, which resulted in the deaths of a 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter and led to the arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of the attack.
Police investigations are ongoing, and further details are awaited as authorities continue to assess the situation in Mannheim.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Sunday for a regional security summit, Chinese and Russian state media reported.
China’s largest city and global financial hub, Shanghai, has set a new heat record, state media reported on Saturday. Temperatures in the city exceeded 35°C (95°F) for 25 consecutive days, breaking the previous record set in 1926.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Japan on Thursday to meet his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba, with trade and security high on the agenda.
Spain has condemned the U.S. decision to revoke visas for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials, calling it “unacceptable” and urging the European Union to take a leading role in defending Palestinian representation at the UN.
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