The German statistics office Destatis has reported another jump in inflation in May as food and energy prices continue to climb. Annual inflation in Europe’s top economy has reached 7.9%, the highest level since the 1973 oil crisis.
The Russian president visited an aircraft plant, inspecting four newly modernized Tu-160M strategic bombers President Vladimir Putin visited the Kazan aircraft plant in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic on Wednesday, inspecting four strategic bombers.
An out-of-control ice cream truck rolled down a slope and crashed into a group of children during a cultural festival in a mountainous area of central Kyrgyzstan on Thursday. Local media have said at least 29 children and one adult were injured, including four who were hospitalized with bone fractures.