Thirty-two people were injured in the crash that happened at 5:40 a.m. (0340 GMT) on the highway between Varazdin, in northwestern Croatia, and the capital, Zagreb. Croatian Health Minister Vili Beros said 19 people were in serious condition. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Marcin Przydacz, deputy head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, who traveled to the site on Saturday, said the injured were being treated in five hospitals in Croatia....

At least seven people have been killed in Lviv, where black smoke has risen over a city that has seen only sporadic attacks during nearly two months of war and has become a haven for civilians fleeing fighting elsewhere. To the growing anger of the Kremlin, Lviv has also become an important gateway for weapons supplied by NATO and foreign fighters involved in the Ukrainian cause. The attacks came as Russia continued to concentrate troops and artillery in the east and south for the expected launch of a new ground offensive in Donbass, the Russian-speaking industrial heart of Ukraine....

Accumulating further pressure on the besieged government of Vladimir Putin, Moody’s said that without a return before May 4 to make dollar payments as agreed on the terms of Russia’s loans, Moscow could default, allowing creditors to default. claim insurance payments and tarnishing the country’s reputation as a credible counterparty. Moody’s warning of imminent bankruptcy is expected to be met with an angry response from the Putin administration, which has denied that its lending rules prevent Russia from paying interest in rubles....

In his last video address to the people of Ukraine on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelensky referred to the situation in the besieged port city of Mariupol and promised a better future as soon as the hostilities end. “The situation in Mariupol remains as serious as possible. It is simply inhumane,” Zelensky said. “Russia is deliberately trying to destroy everyone there in Mariupol.” An estimated 100,000 people remain in Mariupol and its environs, which are largely under Russian control, with Ukrainian troops confined to pockets of resistance....

Drowned by the loss of its flagship in the Black Sea and outraged by the alleged Ukrainian aggression on Russian soil, the Russian military administration had warned of new rocket attacks on the Ukrainian capital. Officials in Moscow said they were targeting military bases, a claim that was repeated – and denied by witnesses – during the 52-day war. Trumpchaninova mourns her son, who she says was shot dead the day before Russian troops withdrew from Bukha, on the outskirts of Kiev....

On Saturday, Vitaly Gur, the Moscow-based deputy head of the town of Nova Kakhovka, near Kherson, was shot as he left his apartment building. He died on the way to the hospital in Crimea, according to Russian media. Investigators reportedly found spent shell casings from a Makarov semi-automatic pistol near Gur’s home. The trusty Makarov pistol was the standard sidearm for the Soviet military, KGB agents and police. “He is dead, as far as I know,” said Vladimir Leontiev, head of the pro-Russian collaborationist government of the Kherson region....

Teil einer Artilleriegranate, die in Charkow im Boden steckt. Russische Truppen hatten die Innenstadt bombardiert. – Alex Chan Tsz Yuk / SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire / dpa ein D die Grundlagen kurz Die Ukraine kündigt den Beginn einer russischen Offensive im Osten an. Die Straßenkämpfe sollen in der Stadt Kremina stattfinden. Auch um die Städte Rubishne und Popasna brachen heftige Kämpfe aus. Seit einiger Zeit werden Vorbereitungen für einen neuen russischen Großangriff auf die Ostukraine befürchtet....

“On the edge of the impossible, in an operation against the clock, with rough seas, at night, 15 miles from the coast and in the middle of nowhere,” was how the Spanish coastguards described the dramatic rescue. The sailor, who has not been named, sent a distress signal on Monday at around 20:30 local time from the slowly sinking 12m Jeanne Solo Sailor. Tracking data showed he had set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday morning and had reached about 23 kilometers from the Sisargas Islands off Spain’s northwest Galicia region when he ran into problems with his boat....

Wiegman had returned to the Netherlands for a week during warm-up camps for the tournament after her sister’s death and the team rallied behind their coach, wearing black armbands for their match against Belgium. The 52-year-old was seen kissing a bracelet on her wrist during the celebrations after the final whistle. “I kiss this little armlet [bracelet] — It was my sister’s and she died during the preparation for the tournament,” Wiegman said....

Minor leaguers Noelvi Marte, Levi Stoudt, Edwin Arroyo and Andrew Moore are headed to Cincinnati, the teams announced. Marte, a shortstop, has the highest grade of the group, with ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel ranking him the 12th best prospect in baseball heading into the season. The Mariners, led by rookie Julio Rodriguez, entered Friday at 54-46, 11 games behind the AL West-leading Houston Astros and holding onto the second wild-card spot....

Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Announced the trip by email Sunday night, but said additional details about the program could not be made public due to security concerns. Other senators traveling with Kelly include Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.), Cory Booker (DN.J.), Ed Markey (D-MA), along with MP Mondaire Jones (DN.Y.), the lonely House member. “This strong congressional delegation will have the opportunity to meet with the US military leadership and troops in Poland to learn how the US can continue to support Ukraine and our NATO allies against Russia’s unprovoked and unwarranted war....

Environment Canada warned that the storms were capable of producing strong winds, heavy rain and tornadoes. As of just around 3 p.m., the federal agency issued several weather warnings for a cottage area, including a tornado warning for the Barrie, Collingwood and Hillsdale areas. All tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings and advisories were later lifted and changed to rainfall warnings Wednesday afternoon. Environment Canada said those areas could see up to 40 millimeters of rain....

Li Moyin, 34, was among those confined to their homes. She lives with her parents, both in their 70s, in the Putuo district of Shanghai, where she has been restricted since March 27, working as a part-time translator and trying to provide enough groceries for their household. For Lee, who grew up in Shanghai, seeing the once-bustling financial hub – once thought by residents as a model for balancing Covid prevention with normal life – turn into a ghost town was troubling....

A local journalist who interviewed Soham killer Ian Huntley has recalled the moment he became suspicious – and reported his concerns to the police. Twenty years ago, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells left a family barbecue to buy sweets in their Cambridgeshire town. They never returned home. Former carer Huntley killed the 10-year-olds and then dumped their bodies in a ditch near an air base at Mildenhall in Suffolk. The 48-year-old is currently serving a life sentence for their murders....

Sonnig, teilweise bewölkt, trocken: So wird das Wetter laut Meteorologen am Montag. Die Temperaturen erreichen 24 Grad im Mindener Land und bis zu 29 Grad im Rhein-Sieg-Gebiet, 21 bis 23 Grad in den Bergen. Zu Schulbeginn sind bis zu 33 Punkte möglich Auch am Dienstag viel Sonne. Am Himmel erscheinen bestenfalls lose Wolken. Es werde “sehr warm bis heiß mit 26 bis 31 Grad”, sagt die WDR-Wetterredaktion. Und am Mittwoch, wenn die Schulen in NRW nach den Sommerferien wieder starten, kann es in Teilen des Landes sogar bis zu 33 Grad heiß werden....

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem spoke out to Fox News on a new requirement from the USDA that will essentially tie federal school lunch funding to adherence to the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination. Noem told “Life, Liberty & Levin” on Sunday that her state has the “strongest” legal protections against biological men competing in women’s sports, going on to discuss how President Biden is now trying to punish her state if it does not agree with his view of Title IX....