Nearly 4,000 residents in the region have been moved to safety and six arrested for alleged sabotage, authorities said. Wildfires have engulfed swaths of western Turkey triggering the evacuation of nearly 4,000 residents, the disaster management agency said. Helicopters and water bombers, which were grounded due to strong winds, were…
Medan, Indonesia – Nusantara, the future capital city of Indonesia, will be inaugurated on the country’s Independence Day on Saturday, as the country looks to replace Jakarta, which has served as the capital since Indonesia declared independence from the Dutch in 1945. A heaving metropolis of at least 11 million…
Katy Perry’s record label has responded to claims that the singer filmed a music video for her new song “Lifetimes” on ecologically sensitive sand dunes without permission. The Spanish government launched a probe earlier this week into Perry, 39, and her team’s decision to film some beach sequences at the…
Torrential rains trigger deadly landslide at a Kampala landfill, burying homes in Uganda’s capital. A landslide at a rubbish dump in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed at least 18 people, authorities have reported as they continue to search for survivors. Police announced the death toll on Sunday, two days after…
Protesters say they fear project by mining giant Rio Tinto would pollute water sources and endanger public health. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital power source in Europe’s…
Phnom Penh says $1.7bn project economic as Vietnam worries it could be used by Chinese warships. Cambodia has launched a controversial canal project to link the Mekong River to the sea. Work on the $1.7bn project kicked off on Monday. Phnom Penh hopes the canal will boost the country’s economy….
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – Joseph Oleshangay’s theory is that government officials in his country, Tanzania, see people from his community as less than human. The 36-year-old human rights lawyer and member of the Indigenous Maasai group is one of several at the forefront of a long-running fight to stop the government…
EXPLAINER Eating insects may be healthier, cheaper and better for the environment than consuming meat – what’s not to like? The Singapore Food Agency announced last month that it has approved 16 insect species as fit for human consumption. The agency has permitted some species of beetle, locusts, grasshoppers and…
NewsFeed A series of landslides caused by relentless rain have hit a hilly region in India’s southern state of Kerala, leaving dozens of people dead with hundreds more feared trapped. Published On 30 Jul 202430 Jul 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source
Gofa Zone, Ethiopia – For days, retired teacher Meaza Tadelu has been holding on to hope that his missing wife may still be alive. Barefoot and distraught, the frail 66-year-old looked on as younger volunteers dug through mud and earth in search of survivors in his village in Ethiopia’s Gofa…
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