DJ sets and debris: Volunteers hold cleanup ‘raves’ to rebuild Ukraine
Issued on: 10/08/2022 – 14:08Modified: 10/08/2022 – 14:09
With electronic beats blaring in the background, volunteers sweep, scrub and haul debris. It’s not a…
Tobias White-Sansom: Brother pleas for answers over Spanish nightclub death
Dramatic and controversial images have emerged after the death of a British citizen in a club in Mallorca on July 26th. A brawl with the club security guards, who called the…
Beluga whale stranded in French river dies after failed rescue mission
A beluga whale stranded in France's River Seine has died after a failed rescue mission. The 800-kilogram cetacean was found stuck in shallow waters northwest of Paris, around 100km…
EXPLAINED: The German cities where rents are rising fastest this year
Real estate platform ImmoScout24’s recent ‘WohnBarometer’ shows the development of asking rents for the second quarter of 2022 in Germany as a whole, and the seven largest city…
Live: Russian authorities raid home of TV journalist who denounced Ukraine invasion
Issued on: 10/08/2022 – 06:50Modified: 10/08/2022 – 12:01
Russian authorities on Wednesday raided the home of a former state TV journalist who quit after making an…
Stranded beluga whale lifted out of France’s Seine river
Issued on: 10/08/2022 – 04:35
The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of a rescue…
VENEZUELA INDIGENOUS DAY – Venezuela’s largest indigenous group struggles against poverty, neglect
Some of the Wayuu indigenous inhabitants of San Vicente de Mapuey, a community of northwestern Venezuela, make a living from salt mining, while others depend on the sale of yucca…
Meanwhile, Howick War Memorial Hall lies idle
It is worth noting, with local body elections looming, that the only reason that the Howick War Memorial Hall lies idle and unused is the inability of the local board and Auckland…
CUBA FIRE – Cuban firefighters make some headway against massive blaze
The crews battling the fire at an oil storage facility in this Cuban port city reported some progress Tuesday while cautioning that the situation remains “complex and…
LATIN AMERICA INDIGENOUS DAY – Indigenous people in Latin America: a history of neglect and violence
The abuse and mistreatment of indigenous communities in South America remains one of the most significant social problems facing the continent, where little progress has been made…