How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days | Construction News

How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days | Construction News

EXPLAINER After machines broke down, rat miners successfully rescued 41 workers trapped in India’s Uttarakhand tunnel. Forty-one construction workers. Seventeen days. A nation’s hopes. On Tuesday, rescue workers managed to bring India a dose of good news, saving 41 men who had been trapped under a collapsed tunnel in India’s…

Tunisian film producer Dora Bouchoucha: ‘Free speech is threatened’ | Cinema

Tunisian film producer Dora Bouchoucha: ‘Free speech is threatened’ | Cinema

When she speaks in English, Dora Bouchoucha’s lilting voice still holds traces of her time in the United Kingdom. Leaning towards her camera, she says: “I need to be touched. I like films that reveal the hidden part of a character.” The Tunisian film producer is one of the most…

Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to witness ‘massacres and destruction’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to witness ‘massacres and destruction’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

As Palestinians take stock of the devastation wreaked by Israel’s military, Hamas says the world should do the same. Hamas has invited Elon Musk to witness in person the scope of the violence and devastation heaped upon the Gaza Strip by Israel. The invitation from senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan…

LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

Bangkok, Thailand – Somphat Satanavat has big plans for his wedding day. He has started looking for just the right hotel for the banquet, something in a neoclassical or colonial style. He knows the type of traditional Thai music he wants played and pondered the guest list. But as a…

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Julia Fawzi Saeed Al-Kurd was one year old. She was killed along with several members of her family in an Israeli air raid on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on October 11. Her name appeared in local reports on the day of the bombing and later on…

Hamas releases 12 more captives as Gaza truce holds for fifth day | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas releases 12 more captives as Gaza truce holds for fifth day | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 10 Israeli hostages, according to mediator Qatar. Hamas has released 12 more hostages, the Israeli military and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have said, as a shaky truce continues to hold in Gaza. The ICRC said that it successfully…

Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai climate summit over health issues | Climate Crisis News

Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai climate summit over health issues | Climate Crisis News

The 86-year-old pontiff is recovering from the flu and inflammation of respiratory tract. Pope Francis has cancelled his trip to the United Arab Emirates for a United Nations climate summit on doctors’ orders as he recovers from the flu and lung inflammation, the Vatican says. Francis, 86, was scheduled to…