‘My heart is on fire’: Fontainebleau forest blaze leaves community reeling
Wildfires have scorched roughly 2,050 hectares of the famed Fontainebleau forest southeast of Paris since breaking out Sunday, forcing around 1,000 people to evacuate as some 850 firefighters work to contain the two ongoing blazes, backed by water-bomber…
Israeli strike on police post in Gaza kills seven, officials say
An Israeli air strike on a post belonging to Gaza’s Hamas-run police force has killed at least seven people, including a senior officer and a woman, health and police officials say. Witnesses told the BBC that an Israeli drone fired four missiles…
Firefighters battle flames in Fontainebleau historic forest
Wildfires are tearing through parts of France, with authorities pointing to suspected arson. Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the massive blaze in Fontainebleau, which has already scorched over 1,900 hectares, sending the small…
Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold
The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby’s in New York. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
What the Lviv draft riot tells us about Ukraine’s struggle to send men to fight
A draft riot broke out in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv last week. On Wednesday evening, territorial recruitment officers – the official name for the military personnel charged with conscripting military-age men – stopped a man in the street they…
Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal
A woman who held the legs of her husband as he was nearly sucked head-first out of a Ryanair cabin window on Friday said «half of his body was sticking out of the plane». Svetlana Grković, who was travelling with her husband Ljubisa Karović from…
Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s tourist jewel tested by development and climate change – Focus
In just a few decades, the Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote mountainous region of northern Pakistan, has undergone a dramatic transformation. Expanded access to education, improved healthcare and strong local development have reshaped the area,…
Yemen’s Houthis launch missiles at Saudi Arabia after strikes on Sanaa airport
Yemen’s Houthis said they launched missiles at Abha airport in south-western Saudi Arabia on Monday in response to air strikes on Sanaa’s airport that they blamed on the kingdom. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which backs the…
Police investigate Jayden Adam's death after he was found in CapeTown property
The South African international football player Jayden Adams has died at the age of 25. He was in all three of his side’s group stage games in the World Cup. No cause of death has been given. A police investigation is underway in Cape Town.…
India v England: India’s women’s Test cricket win at Lord’s an ode to the country’s pioneering women cricketers
The 37-year-old was playing only the eighth Test of her 17-year-long international career, a reminder of the few opportunities her generation has had in the longest format. At the pre-match press conference, she had reflected on what it meant to still be…