French prosecutors are investigating the Vinci construction firm over allegations they used "forced labour" and engaged in "human trafficking" on the building sites of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. French media report that a magistrate has been put in charge of investigating Vinci's activities in Qatar after it was…
A French builder accused of murdering his kids by putting building foam down their throats has gone on trial in Germany. The man, identified only as 55-year-old Laurent F. because of local privacy laws, is accused of killing the two children because he wanted to get revenge on their mother.…
Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@nails.sever.rnd This is the young Russian man who left his shovel carrying on the building site to become a successful manicurist in a shopping centre. Hailed for breaking gender stereotypes, Denis swapped careers to become a manicurist thanks to his now-wife Nadezhda.…
Video Credit: AsiaWire This is the moment stunned workers look on as an under-construction high-rise goes up in flames after a pile of rubble suddenly catches fire. The 25-storey tower block in Teng County, which is in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is among around a dozen building inside…
Story By: Elena Kalioglo, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A Ukrainian politician who is the deputy of Vitaliy Klichko has been hospitalised in intensive care after he was attacked on the street. Former boxer Vitaliy, 48, became a politician in 2005 was elected Mayor of Kiev in 2014, combining his professional boxing career with his political…
