Belgium

Fire Can’t Stop the Music: Tomorrowland Festival Reopens with New Stage

Belgium's Tomorrowland, one of the world's largest electronic music festivals, opened its doors as planned on Friday, after the event was thrown into doubt by a fire that destroyed its main stage. Organizers said an "alternative setup" was put in place to replace the "beloved main stage" that went up in flames on Wednesday. The causes of the ...

Europe on High Alert as Surprise Early Heatwave Creeps North

Europe on high alert as surprise early heatwave creeps north Paris, France 01/07/2025 - 19:03 (UTC + 3)   Schools were partially shut in France, iconic monuments closed to tourists, and cities across Europe put on high alert as a record-breaking early summer heatwave spread across the continent Tuesday. Withering conditions that ...

Pope Says Church Must "Seek Forgiveness" for Sexual Abuse

Pope Francis said on Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse during a visit to Belgium, where the Church's dark past looms large. In a speech before political and civil society leaders that opened his three-day visit to the country, Francis denounced the "tragic instances of child abuse" as ...

EU Considers Using Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine

Brussels on Tuesday, suggested diverting profits generated from frozen Russian state assets as a move toward channeling funds amounting to billions of euros to Ukraine, according to EU officials. Brussels proposed hiving off profits earned from frozen Russian state assets Tuesday, a step towards sending funds worth billions of euros to Ukraine, ...