Wildfire prevention requires ‘nature-based solutions’: Land ‘treating us’ the way we treat the land
Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Alexander Held, Senior Expert of the Resilience Programme for Integrated Fire Management. Held explains how Europe’s escalating wildfire crisis is exposing the limits of a response model built around emergency…
Cameroon’s President Biya reshuffles army amid unease at his long stay in Switzerland
After an unexpected coup three years ago in neighbouring Gabon, which toppled Bongo dynasty sending shockwaves across the continent, Cameroon immediately reshuffled its military leadership. Then, while running for a controversial eighth term in power at…
Amid successive energy blackouts, frustration grows in cut-off Cuba
Some Cubans stood on balconies on August 3, banging pots and pans, to make their frustration known after the sixth nationwide power outage of the year. The national grid had begun to restore electricity across the island when adverse weather conditions…
More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
More than 150 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on Tuesday morning, French authorities have said. The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire, according to the French…
Nigerian judge kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen has been freed
Faruku Hassan Bunza, a Nigerian judge abducted from his home in Bunza town by unidentified gunmen on July 26, has been freed, police said on August 3. Kidnappings are routinely used by criminal groups in Nigeria to secure lucrative ransom payments from…
Ethiopia landslide at Amhara’s Tsadqane Debre Mitmaq St Mary Monastery kills 14
Funerals have been held for some of the 14 people killed in a landslide that hit a mountain monastery hosting an overnight prayer session in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region. Rescue efforts for others feared trapped in the debris after a hillside…
How Israel reduced Iran’s historic Rafi-Nia synagogue to rubble (1/2)
It was still dark when Marjan arrived in Malek Lane, near Tehran’s historic centre, on April 7. A few minutes earlier, at around 3:30am, a friend from the neighbourhood had awakened her. She had called to tell her that the Rafi-Nia synagogue had just…
Five dead in Moscow region as Ukraine continues warehouse strikes
At least five people were killed and 10 more injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a warehouse close to Moscow overnight on Tuesday, the region’s governor has said. The official did not specify what had been targeted but Ukraine has been carrying…
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill at least six, spark fire at Wildberries warehouses
Ukraine’s overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said, while Russian strikes killed and injured people in Ukraine. Read moreUkraine targets…
Watch: Wild police chase in Queensland, Australia ends in two arrests
A police pursuit in Queensland has ended in two arrests, with authorities taken on a high-speed car chase across Ipswich and Brisbane. Fuente: Leer la noticia original