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At 10:13 am today (Thursday), Ukraine began shelling central Donetsk. There were five powerful blasts in the space of ten minutes. The last explosion blew out my hotel’s ground-floor glass, including a sitting room – where journalists often congregate before and after going out to do field reporting – and the …

The multinational hotel chain Marriott is suspending all operations in Russia due to Ukraine-related sanctions, the company said in a press-release published on its website on Friday. “We have come to the view that newly announced US, UK, and EU restrictions will make it impossible for Marriott to continue to …

A major explosion ripped through Havana’s Saratoga Hotel on Friday, destroying multiple floors of the building. So far, the cause of the blast is still unclear and there are no estimates of casualties. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron came to the European Parliament in Strasbourg to sell France’s vision for its six-month presidency of the EU. Instead, he had to face harsh criticism from French MEPs, the most cutting of whom was Jordan Bardella from presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s far-right National …

American comedian Bob Saget was pronounced dead on Sunday at the age of 65 after police found him unresponsive at a hotel room in Florida. Following an initial report by TMZ, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Saget had died in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande …

Novak Djokovic supporters have been filmed dancing in Serbia flags outside the Melbourne hotel where the tennis ace is being held by officials, while lawyers have outlined a timeline of his detention and his mother has spoken out. The eyes of the world have been on the unspectacular Park Hotel …

Czech doubles player Renata Voracova flew out of Melbourne airport on Saturday after her immigration clearance was revoked by Australian authorities because of her vaccine status, according to the Czech Foreign Ministry. Unvaccinated Voracova, who had already competed at a warm-up event in Melbourne after initially being granted access to …

“Can you hear that?” asks Mehdi Ali, an Iranian refugee whose laid-back demeanour belies his desperate situation. The loud chants of “Djokovic!” are for the man in an identical room a level below, on the first floor of a Melbourne hotel. The world’s best male tennis player, Novak Djokovic, is …

The blaze engulfed the top floor of the Pacific Hotel in the northeastern city of Cairns on Sunday morning, forcing an evacuation of more than 160 guests. There were no injuries, but the damage to the building was “significant” and forced authorities to relocate people to other Covid-19 quarantine facilities. …

The Trump International Hotel is located in a century-old historic building in downtown Washington, which belongs to the US government but can be leased for up to 100 years. The hotel is said to have become popular with Trump supporters. However, despite Trump’s claim that it brought in around $150 …