Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said on Friday.
BBC News – World Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.
BBC News – World Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.
NYTimes – World A high-speed passenger train collision south of Madrid, near Toledo, killed at least 68 people and injured more than 100 on Wednesday, with the death toll expected to rise. The moving train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped on the tracks, derailing cars. It was Spain's second deadly rail accident this year on the same busy line, prompting renewed questions about rail safety. Spain's transport minister called the cause an "inexplicable" error.
NPR – World Israel's election has produced no clear winner, with partial results showing neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing religious bloc nor opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's alliance on course for a Knesset majority. Israeli Arab parties made a strong showing, potentially positioning them as kingmakers. The Israeli president is pushing to avert a fresh election as both sides scramble to form a government, a process that could take weeks or months.
Sky News – World Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's Brazilian presidential election, fled Brazil and landed in Miami, United States, after Brazilian police canceled his passport amid an ongoing investigation. Reports describe his departure as clandestine and say his family accompanied him. Brazil's Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender his passports following electoral defeat over fears he would leave the country.
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