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At least 16 people have died and some 21 were injured in Lisbon after the historic funicular railway Elevador da Glória derailed on Wednesday, authorities reported on Thursday. Earlier reports put the death toll at 17, but state broadcaster RTP said this was due to a counting error. The victims include citizens of 10 different nationalities, it added. It is the first accident of this kind in Lisbon involving one of the city's three funicular railways, which have been operating since the 19th century. The cause of the derailment remains unclear. Experts suspect a cable may have snapped and that...

Afghan citizens in possession of documentation permitting onward travel to Germany have again been detained by the Pakistani authorities, dpa has learned from police sources. Several people had been detained at a guesthouse housing Afghans on Thursday, and seven Afghans had subsequently been taken to a deportation centre, the police sources said. The location of the guesthouse was not clear. They are among more than 2,000 Afghans in Pakistan currently awaiting onward travel to Germany under various admission programmes. Similar detentions took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with at ...

Three unique Chinese porcelain objects were stolen from the renowned Adrien Dubouché porcelain museum in Limoges, south-western France, the museum reported on Thursday. The stolen items include two pieces from the 14th and 15th centuries from the Chinese manufacturer Jingdezhen and an 18th-century vase. The insurance value is stated to be more than €6.5 million ($7.5 million). Media reports based on information from the Limoges public prosecutor, the special departments for organized crime in Limoges and the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Goods have taken over the...

The head of a Japanese university visited the world-renowned cathedral in Cologne on Thursday, almost a decade after two Japanese students caused a national sensation in their homeland by writing their names on the building. The 2016 incident provoked such a reaction in Japan that the students' alma mater, Kanagawa University in Yokohama, donated €10,000 ($11,640) to the cathedral to finance a new gargoyle. The event has led to the growth of ties between the western German city and Yokohama, with the university still organizing German cultural events such as film screenings. Cementing the rela...