- Alternate Lee seizes opportunity to grab LPGA Americas Open lead
- Swiatek to face Sabalenka for Rome title and Serena record
- Mystik Dan goes for Triple Crown 2nd leg in Preakness
- 'Grand Theft Auto VI' release set for late 2025
- Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists
- US Republicans confront Biden over pausing arms to Israel
- Lopez double earns Barca win at relegated Almeria
- Weather eases Canadian oil sands city wildfire menace
- Messi's record $20.4 million salary dwarfs entire MLS teams
- Jarry stuns Tsitsipas to reach Rome Open semi-finals
- US ends leasing in its largest coal-producing region
- Chad junta chief officially wins election
- Florida slammed for bill striking climate change from state law
- Exhibition traces Jewish origins of Hollywood
- 'I'm ready': Fury to pray for Usyk before heavyweight clash
- Murray's French Open build-up suffers Bordeaux glitch
- Ethiopian legend Bekele returns to Olympics after 12 years
- McIlroy passes emotional test to stay in hunt for PGA win
- Coppola's long-awaited epic 'Megalopolis' divides Cannes
- Ukraine battles to hold back Russia advance
- Kante returns from wilderness as Deschamps announces France Euro squad
- Superb Schauffele plays his best with hunger to end win drought
- Paraguay leader to attend Taiwan inauguration
- Military rank affects medical care, offering societal insights: study
- US proposes reclassifying marijuana as low-risk drug
- Cannes film shocks with fairy-tale horror on abortion
- Schauffele equals major record low round with 62 to lead PGA
- Schauffele ties record-low major round with 62 for PGA lead
- Slovak PM speaking but serious after shooting, suspected gunman charged
- Ten Hag warns England's Shaw doubtful for Euro 2024
- Swiatek into Rome Open final as trophy record beckons, Paul battles through
- US bank regulator grilled over 'toxic culture' at agency
- Nigeria lawmaker's plan for mass wedding of orphans sparks uproar
- Ukraine trying to 'stabilise' front as Russia pushes northeast
- 'Fighter' Alaphilippe back winning in Giro 12th stage, Pogacar holds lead
- Demirtas: Erdogan's Kurdish nemesis condemned to prison
- Juve's Allegri suspended two matches after cup final red
- Hamilton says struggling Mercedes have found 'North Star'
- Trump lawyers vie to discredit key witness Cohen at trial
- England centre Slade signs new Exeter deal to end talk of France move
- Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
- Resilient Schauffele grabs PGA lead as McIlroy's emotions tested
- 'I was trying to take a picture' with Slovak PM when he was shot: witness
- F1 design guru Newey will 'probably' join new team after Red Bull exit
- Walmart profits rise on strong sales from wealthier shoppers
- 100 years of British royal photography goes on display in London
- Alaphilippe wins Giro 12th stage, Pogacar holds race lead
- Nigerian women's rights pioneer celebrated in new biopic
- Israel vows to 'intensify' operations in Rafah
- Slovak PM 'able to speak' after shooting, suspected gunman charged
Riesiges Feuer in historischer Börse von Kopenhagen
In Kopenhagen ist ein riesiges Feuer in der historischen Börse ausgebrochen. Meterhohe Flammen und dichter schwarzer Rauch schlugen am Dienstag in der dänischen Hauptstadt aus dem Gebäude aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. Der Spitzturm des 54 Meter hohen Gebäudes brach zusammen und stürzte auf die darunterliegende Straße im Stadtzentrum. Als der Brand ausbrach, hatten gerade Bauarbeiten an dem Gebäude stattgefunden.
Die "Börsen" war von 1619 bis 1640 im Auftrag des dänischen Königs Christian IV. gebaut worden und zählt zu den bekanntesten Gebäuden der dänischen Hauptstadt. "Schreckliche Bilder von der Börsen heute Morgen", kommentierte der dänische Kulturminister Jakob Engel-Schmidt den Brand im Onlinedienst X. "400 Jahre dänischen kulturellen Erbes gehen in Flammen auf." Arbeiter, Rettungskräfte und Anwohner versuchten demnach gemeinsam, Kunstschätze aus dem historischen Gebäude zu retten.
Das Bauwerk in der Nähe des dänischen Parlamentssitz Christiansborg-Palast diente bis in die 1970er Jahre als Börse, mittlerweile ist es der Sitz der dänischen Handelskammer. Nach deren Angaben war das Feuer gegen 07.30 Uhr ausgebrochen. "Wir bemühen uns gerade darum zu retten, was gerettet werden kann", erklärte Kammer-Chef Morrten Langager auf X.
L.Janezki--BTB