Wildfires, floods kill at least five people across Russia
Reuters At least four people have died in flash floods in southern Russia and one woman was killed in a wildfire in the Urals region, Russian officials and state media reported on Thursday, in this summer’s latest severe weather events. Local investigators said the bodies of four people had been recovered in and around Tuapse, […]
Snapshot: Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
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Floods force Indian capital to shut schools, offices, and plan water rationing
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Flooding in parts of New Delhi forced the city government to close all education institutions in India’s capital on Thursday and advise people to work from home, while warning that there would be water rationing after the Yamuna river broke its banks. Since the rainy monsoon season began on 1st June, Delhi […]
UN experts call on Ethiopia to stop deporting Eritreans
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans, as well as the arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The group, who make reports on rights issues on behalf of the UN, also condemned what they called the “summary expulsion […]
Brawl erupts at Kosovo parliament after lawmaker throws water on PM
Pristina, KosovoReuters Fistfights broke out at the Kosovo parliament and water was thrown on the Prime Minister after a heated three-day public debate over an audio recording between a ruling party member and an official from the Serb-majority north. Kosovo’s opposition has long accused nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s handling of tensions in the north […]
Iraq’s water crisis drying up fish farming in Basra
Basra, Iraq Reuters Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of their livelihoods. A view shows the fish pond dried up which was abandoned due to water pollution and shortages in Basra, Iraq, on […]
WHO cancer arm deems aspartame “possible carcinogen”; consumption limits unchanged
London, UKReuters The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization declared on Friday. The rulings are the outcome of two separate WHO expert panels, one of which flags whether there is any evidence that a substance is a […]
AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday. In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV […]
Catholic Church cardinals: Pope Francis’ appointments emphasise unity ahead of synod
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Vatican City…
Spanish volcano victims feel forgotten, want change from election
La Palma, Spain Reuters Living in rows of look-alike makeshift homes as hardened black lava covers the once-bucolic valleys where they used to dwell, many residents of the Spanish island of La Palma feel resentment and yearn for political change in this month’s general election. The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano over three months […]