Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Man arrested after smearing Mona Lisa with cake at Louvre

Mona Lisa

Prosecutors said Monday that a 36-year-old man was arrested and placed in psychiatric treatment after smearing cake on a glass screen encasing the Mona Lisa in a supposed protest against artists not focusing enough on “the planet.” Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where the enigmatic portrait holds pride of place, declined to comment … Read more

Dane pleads guilty to murders in Norway knife and arrow attack

Norway

A Danish man pleaded guilty at his trial Wednesday stabbing five people to death and shooting arrows at 11 others in Norway last year. Espen Andersen Brathen, a 38-year-old Dane living in Norway, is accused of using a bow and arrow inside and outside a supermarket before stabbing five other residents to death in their … Read more

Care home fire kills four in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Fire at a retirement home in eastern Bulgaria killed four residents, making it the country’s latest care facility disaster Police confirmed on Sunday. According to regional police spokeswoman Petya Kupova, an 88-year-old woman and three males aged 73-78 died in the nighttime blaze in the city of Varna. An 83-year-old woman was clinging on to … Read more