EUROPE FIRES – Fires, drought spread to large parts of Europe
Fires are spreading to large parts of Europe as prolonged high temperatures, low rainfall and drought continued across the continent on Friday.
The latest data from the Copernicus…
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at event in New York after decades of death threats
Issued on: 12/08/2022 – 17:24
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture…
UK government declares drought for swaths of England
The U.K. government's environmental agency officially declared a drought on Friday in eight out of 14 areas across England. In practice, moving to drought status means that the…
Ukraine war: Refugees find solace at a Berlin art collective
Sofiia Yesakova is hard at work, creating a large-scale drawing that represents the Ukrainian soldiers that have died defending their homeland.For a long time, art seemed…
Gerhard Schröder sues German parliament over office removal
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has filed a lawsuit in a local court against the German parliament to get his office back, his lawyer confirmed to local media on Friday. The…
‘Extreme vigilance’ as vast southwestern France fire slows
Issued on: 12/08/2022 – 11:06
A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France was largely contained, but firefighters face another…
PARAGUAY LUGO – Former Paraguay president Lugo ‘critical but stable’ after stroke
Former Paraguay president Fernando Lugo is in a critical but stable condition after surgery as a result of a stroke, legislator and doctor Jorge Querey said Thursday.
Querey, who…
Low, low tides affect sailings
Tides are exceptionally low on the Tamaki River. Photos Reay NebenVery low spring tides have cancelled ferries.
The extremely spring tides – which come as the city enjoys a…
UKRAINE WAR UN – UN presses Russia, Ukraine to avert disaster at nuke plant
The United Nations on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to avoid at all costs a potential catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has come under bombardment in…
Mass fish die-off in German Polish river worries conservationists
Conservationists have called for an investigation following a mass fish die-off in a stretch of river flowing between Germany and Poland. Huge numbers of dead fish have washed up…