Divers have been able to confirm that the deceased humpback whale spotted off the Danish coast is the creature that came to be nicknamed "Timmy" as it spent more than a month stranded off the northern German coastline in the Baltic Sea. Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the news on Saturday.
Skip next section Small-town club Elversberg promoted to Bundesliga for first time May 17, 2026 Small-town club Elversberg promoted to Bundesliga for first time Fans invaded the pitch to celebrate their historic promotion with Mokwa, who scored twiceImage: Thilo Schmuelgen/REUTERS Elversberg have clinched promotion to Germany's top flight, the Bundesliga, for the first time.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern." The WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency.
Venezuela's government said Saturday it had deported former Industry Minister Alex Saab to the United States. Saab is a close ally of former President Nicolas Maduro.
Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a UN court said on Saturday. He was 93 years old. The court, the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said it had ordered an inquiry into the circumstances of his death. Who was Felicien Kabuga?
Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest final in Austria's capital, Vienna, on Saturday night with the song "Bangaranga" amid a boycott by five countries over Israel's participation. The song’s infectious beats and tightly choreographed dance routine proved a hit with both national juries and viewers, whose votes together decide the winner.
A man drove a car into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring at least eight people, four of whom are in serious condition, police said. The driver tried to flee after the car crashed into a shop window, Modena Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told local media.