Nepal flood relief vehicles trapped as heavy rain turns roads to mud
Heavy rain has hampered relief efforts in Nepal where thousands remain missing after flash floods hit its border with Tibet. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
France: Far-right and far-left lead polls
On April 18 and May 2 next year, France will vote to elect a new president to replace Emmanuel Macron. The outgoing president, who has served two terms, cannot run again, while the latest opinion polls are predicting a victory for Marine Le Pen of the…
Grand Canyon flash flooding sparks search for missing hikers
More than 20 people are thought to be missing or unaccounted for after flash flooding swept through parts of the Grand Canyon. It hit at around 14:30 local time (22:30 BST) on Saturday in Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area, according to the…
Week in pictures: devastating floods in Nepal, death of Dolly Parton and a tornado in France
Home Asia / Pacific A look back at some of the week’s key news stories and the most striking images: a devastating flood tears through Nepal and Tibet, the death of global icon Dolly Parton, a tornado devastates a village in southern France and the…
US strikes launchers on Iran’s Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
Larak Island is just offshore from the key port of Bandar Abbas and sits right on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global shipping. Iran is currently making tanker traffic pass by this island for checking and reportedly forcing vessels to pay…
US forces strike Iranian launchers on Larak island in Strait of Hormuz
The US military struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said Sunday, in the first military action in a month. Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island in the Strait of Hormuz.…
British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station
A British woman has died after being stabbed at a railway station in southern Germany in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have said. The 31-year-old woman was attacked at the station in Rosenheim, Bavaria, shortly before 01:00 local time (00:00…
Iceland rejects EU accession talks
Iceland has voted against resuming membership talks with the European Union. The “No” camp won with nearly 53% of the vote, while just over 47% backed the “Yes” side, with only 9,500 votes separating the two. The Nordic island nation is already part of…
Nasa launches Nancy Grace Roman telescope to explore Universe’s mysteries
Nasa says its «crisp, sweeping surveys will help scientists investigate dark energy and dark matter, discover and characterise exoplanets, map billions of galaxies, study black holes, and explore objects from our own solar system to the edge of the…
NASA launches new space telescope
NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope reached orbit just 10 minutes after liftoff and is now beginning its mission to shed light on some of the universe’s biggest unsolved…