German tourists were the top spenders in Cyprus in March, up from fifth last year, and dished out €779 per person which, based on an average stay of 7.9 days, works out at a cool €98.66 per day, some €30 per day more than their fellow nationals spent on the island in March 2023. School … Read more
Sihame Denguir enrolled her teenage son and daughter in France’s largest Muslim private school, Averroes, in Lille, which lost government funding due to not complying with secular principles.
Claudia Sheinbaum is set to win a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, with provisional results showing her leading with 59% of the vote.
– In 1940, Belgium’s King Leopold surrendered to the invading Germans in World War Two, and the evacuation of defeated Allied armies from Dunkirk began, saving a total of 224,585 British and 112,546 French and Belgian troops.
Fact: Tourist arrivals for the first four months of 2024 in Cyprus indicate an increase of 1.7% compared to the same period in the previous year, totaling 748,814 arrivals.
Tens of thousands of faithful prayed for peace at Portugal’s Fatima shrine amid wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and other places. The shrine marks the site of reported visions of the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago. The Roman Catholic Church believes she gave three messages to three Portuguese children in 1917. Pope Francis made two of the children saints in 2017. Some pilgrims brought Ukrainian flags in support following Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Italy’s Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on medically assisted reproduction, allowing women who have separated from their male partner or become widowed to proceed with the implantation of an embryo if the partner had previously agreed to the procedure.
Fact: The idea of using silk to make bulletproof vests dates back centuries, with the first proposal made by German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 17th century.
Jose Mujica, former president of Uruguay, announced a cancer diagnosis, with doctors finding a tumor in his esophagus that will be challenging to treat. Chemotherapy and surgery are complicated due to an autoimmune disease he suffers from. Mujica remains politically active and promised to continue fighting for his causes despite the diagnosis. The news of his diagnosis has given a fresh boost to the political campaign in Uruguay.
April 25 has seen a variety of significant events throughout history. In 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli during World War One, resulting in thousands of casualties. In 1945, the U.S. and Soviet armies met in Torgau as World War Two ended in Europe. Other events on this date include Princess Diana meeting Pope John Paul II in 1985, the death of Ginger Rogers in 1995, and the arrest of former Philippine president Joseph Estrada in 2001. Additionally, in 2005, a train derailment in Japan resulted in the deaths of 107 people, marking the country’s worst rail accident in over 40 years. In 2007, Mexico City legalized abortion, and a funeral was held for former Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow. Finally, in 2015, a powerful earthquake struck Nepal, resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives.