Tunisia court upholds prison sentences of up to 45 years for opposition figures
Tunisia‘s Cassation Court on Thursday upheld prison sentences of up to 45 years imposed on opposition leaders, lawyers and businessmen on charges of conspiracy, their lawyers and families told Reuters. The opposition said the ruling, which is the…
Nepal: Tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and drone
Eight days on from the deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, rescuers were still looking for survivors who are thought to be trapped inside tunnels along Nepal’s Trishuli River. At least 1,200 people have died and thousands more are…
El Niño weather phenomenon set to deliver massive blow to global economy
The UN warns El Niño is a «supersized» phenomenon that will hit the global economy. UK cider producers are feeling the impact of drought. Plus, Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
ICE agent charged with lying about shooting Venezuelan man during crackdown
In Minnesota, Castro faces separate charges of assault and false reporting of a crime related to the shooting. Castro was one of thousands of federal immigration officers deployed to the Midwestern state during Operation Metro Surge, which sparked fierce…
Shady surgeons and Nigeria organ harvesting – Eye on Africa
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Australia is becoming a data centre capital – but at what cost?
On a rainy Monday night during a town hall event led by Greenpeace Australia Pacific at the Lane Cove library, locals say they were never consulted on their area becoming a data centre hub. One of the proposed centres from the cluster is 16m from the…
WMO chief says El Nino could be strongest in four decades
El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the «danger zone of extreme weather». The naturally-occurring weather phenomenon is…
Liechtenstein MPs vote to legalise abortion despite threat of veto
Liechtenstein’s parliament has narrowly backed a citizens’ initiative to legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The initiative, led by a group of women, would also lift a nationwide ban on providing information about…
‘Fight through darkness, water’: Nepal survivor recounts escape from flood-hit tunnel
Dhan Bahadur Tamang was at work in a hydropower project near Nepal‘s border with China when he sensed a sudden air pressure change in the underground tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 1 Hydropower Project. Under the industrial floodlights, dust…
Indonesia fires: Toxic haze spreads across South East Asia amid ‘super’ El Niño
A blanket of toxic haze is enveloping parts of Indonesia and spreading into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as weeks-long wildfires continue to burn. Millions of people across large swathes of South East Asia have been exposed to the smog, which…