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Filipino-Austrian countertenor Johannes Pietsch wins Eurovision 2025
by Blaise Gauquelin - May 18, 2025 - 10:24am
With his falsetto voice and an angelic smile, Johannes Pietsch, alias JJ, early Sunday catapulted Austria to its first Eurovision victory since the triumph of bearded drag performer Conchita Wurst 11 years ago....
IS suspect planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift Vienna concert
by Blaise Gauquelin - August 9, 2024 - 7:57am
A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathizer planned a deadly suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday.
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations as envoys seek truce
by Blaise Gauquelin - December 21, 2023 - 1:28pm
Israel has ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza's main city as diplomats pressed on with efforts to secure a pause in the war that Hamas says has claimed 20,000 lives.
Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria
by Blaise Gauquelin - July 9, 2023 - 1:32pm
Austria draws more than 60 percent of its electricity output from the renewable energy source, compared to a global average of 16 percent, with more than 3,100 dams spread across its rivers.
Fairytale abbey library takes online stardom in its stride
by Blaise Gauquelin - December 24, 2022 - 9:02am
Once far from the beaten track, the near 950-year-old Benedictine abbey now struggles on some days in summer to accommodate all the influencers and selfie hunters who want to immortalize themselves amid its frescos...
This Instagramable abbey library is a rare addition on Tiktok lists
by Blaise Gauquelin - December 22, 2022 - 5:28pm
Take a look at the largest monastic library in the world run by social media-savvy monks.
G7 denounces 'war crime' as Russian strike kills shoppers
by Blaise Gauquelin - June 28, 2022 - 7:56am
A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in central Ukraine killed at least 13 people Monday in what Group of Seven leaders branded "a war crime" during a meeting in Germany where they looked to step up sanctions...
Russia claims progress in fight for Ukraine flashpoint city
by Blaise Gauquelin - June 8, 2022 - 8:01am
Russia claimed Tuesday that its forces had taken full control of residential neighbourhoods in eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its outnumbered troops were fighting on in the key eastern hub.
Ukraine president says 'outnumbered' in strategic city Severodonetsk
by Blaise Gauquelin - June 7, 2022 - 9:36am
"We're holding out" in the key city, but "there are more of them and they are stronger," Zelensky told journalists in Kyiv, one day after a daring visit to frontline positions in Lysychansk, which sits across the...
Ukraine says regained ground from Russia in key eastern city
by Blaise Gauquelin - June 6, 2022 - 8:37am
With a see-saw battle for control of the strategically important city of Severodonetsk raging on, a senior Ukrainian official said Sunday that his country's forces now control "half of the city".
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