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Kenya's celebrated coffee under threat as farmers hit by climate change
Growers find that the changing climate is having a big impact on the size of their harvests.
6 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Peru's Navy rescues dozens of fishermen stranded at sea as giant waves pound shore
Peru's Navy says it has rescued about 30 fishermen who had been stranded for two days at sea as giant waves pounded the country's northern coast. Many of them had struggled to bring their boats back to Acapulco beach in the Tumbes region. Jaime Yacila, the mayor of the province of Contralmirante Villar, which lies in the Tumbes region 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) north of capital Lima, said Saturday that some fishermen could not wait any longer to be rescued at sea, which accelerated the opera
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Israel bombs Gaza hospital and refugee camp, causing further deaths
The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a hospital in the eastern part of Gaza City, while a strike on a refugee camp killed nine people, Palestinian media and officials reported on Sunday. Among those killed in the shelling of Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp were women and children, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. A further 15 people were reportedly injured in what was the latest of a string of aerial attacks on the central Gazan camp housing displaced Palest
3 min read - WorldLive Science
10 stunning ancient Egyptian discoveries made in 2024, from hidden temples to hallucinogenic rituals
Every year brings new discoveries from ancient Egypt and 2024 was no exception. In this countdown, Live Science takes a look at 10 fascinating discoveries from the past year.
5 min read - WorldBBC
Nigerians take to the streets for Calabar Carnival
Pictures of revellers from the Calabar Carnival marking Christmas in the southern Nigeria.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan and has called for those responsible to be punished. The passenger plane had been fired on from the ground while in Russian airspace over the Chechen capital of Grozny, Aliyev told national broadcaster AzTV on Sunday. He said he did not believe that Russian air defences had shot down the plane on purpose, but that certain Russian auth
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Israel shells Gaza refugee camp, killing nine, Palestinian media say
Israeli shelling of Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp has killed nine people, among them women and children, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Another 15 people were reportedly injured in what was the latest of a string of aerial attacks on the central Gazan camp housing displaced Palestinians in recent weeks. The attack came after a separate Israeli strike killed seven people in Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA An Israeli army spokeswoman said the reports we
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Mexican authorities find 11 clandestine graves with 15 bodies near border with Guatemala
Eleven clandestine graves with the bodies of 15 men were located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels is taking place, local authorities said Sunday. Chiapas Gov. Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar said on his social media channels that the findings came as the result of a raid in the city of La Concordia, near Mexico 's border with Guatemala.
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Singita Grumeti debuts a secluded five-suite villa in the Serengeti
Situated on a serene hillside in the heart of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania, Singita Kilima is a luxurious five-suite retreat. The post Singita Grumeti debuts a secluded five-suite villa in the Serengeti appeared first on The Manual.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Flights temporarily suspended at Halifax airport after airplane landing incident
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating an incident involving a plane at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, which one passenger described as a rough landing that sparked flames. Nikki Valentine, who was on the PAL Airlines flight, said passengers felt a “massive rumble” upon landing Saturday night. “The cabin tilted, we saw sparks and then flames and then smoke started getting sucked into the cabin,” Valentine said Sunday.
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Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of 'absurd' plane crash cover-up, says flight was 'shot down'
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says Russia shot down one of his country's passenger planes "by accident" last week.
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
Azerbaijan's president said shots from Russia caused the deadly plane crash, after Putin apologized but didn't take responsibility
Ilham Aliyev's comments came after the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin "offered his apologies that the tragic incident had occurred in Russia's airspace."
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TikTok humanitarian Dora Moono Nyambe dead at 32
Dora Moono Nyambe passed away on Christmas after spending the last 5 years helping kids in Africa.
2 min read - WorldFox News
Netanyahu to undergo major surgery after UTI diagnosis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday amid multiple conflicts across the Middle East.
2 min read - WorldFox News
Eyewitnesses to South Korea plane crash recount sparks in engine, bird strike before collision
Witnesses to a deadly plane crash in South Korea said they observed flames in the engine of the aircraft, heard explosions and noticed birds colliding with the plane.
3 min read - BusinessInteresting Engineering
North America’s first autonomous electric loaders begin operations in Canada mine
Canada's New Afton mine becomes the first in North America to deploy autonomous loaders, marking a new era in mining.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
South Korea's impeached Yoon again ignores summons to appear
South Korea's suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has for the third time in a row failed to heed a summons to appear before the country's law enforcement authorities, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. The Corruption Investigation Office said that Yoon had failed to appear at their offices south of Seoul when summonsed, Yonhap reported. Yoon had ignored previous summonses on December 18 and 25. The likelihood was rising that office would issue an arrest warrant against Yoon, Yonhap said.
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Report: 120 dead after South Korea plane crash, two in hospital
At least 120 people died in a plane crash at Muan Airport in South Korea, the local fire brigade said, while two survivors have been brought to hospital, according to a report. A total of 181 people were on board the aircraft. The fire brigade fears that, apart from the two survivors, the remaining 179 passengers and crew members are dead. The survivors were crew members, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the authorities. The report said one of the two discovered smoke coming from one of the e
1 min read - Worlddpa international
More than €615,000 donated after Christmas market attack
People have donated more than €615,000 ($641,000) for the victims and relatives of the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, the city administration has said. More than 5,600 donations had been made to the cause so far, it added. On December 20, a man - a doctor originally from Saudi Arabia who came to Germany in 2006 - drove a large BMW car through crowds at the Christmas market, killing five people and injuring as many as 235. Magdeburg's Mayor Simone Borris said people's willingness to do
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Official warns German military needs thousands more soldiers
Germany needs to focus on recruiting personnel for its defence forces, the parliamentary commissioner for the country's armed forces has said. Eva Högl told dpa the country needs about 20,000 more soldiers to meet the target size of 203,000. She said many vacant positions remained unfilled, adding that operational readiness in numerous units was only around 50%. "That is clearly not enough," Högl said, especially in view of the tense security situation after Russia's war in Ukraine. "I consider
1 min read - WorldInteresting Engineering
179 die as plane crash-lands in South Korea after landing gear glitch
Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, carrying 181 people, went off the runway and crashed into a wall while landing at South Korea's Muan International Airport.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Putin apologises over Azerbaijan plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
Russia's leader apologises over the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.
3 min read - WorldFox News
Plane veers off airport runway in South Korea and crashes, killing 179: reports
A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
2 min read - WorldFox News
Plane veers off airport runway in South Korea and crashes, killing at least 167: reports
A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
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Plane veers off airport runway in South Korea and crashes, killing at least 177: reports
A Jeju Air flight drove off the runway in South Korea and collided with a fence, leaving dozens of passengers dead, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
2 min read - WorldThe Hill
White House: Russia, North Korea treating troops as ‘expendable’ in conflict with Ukraine
White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as “expendable” by sending them on impractical ground operations in its war against Ukraine. “It is clear that Russian and North Korean military leaders are treating these troops as expendable and ordering them on hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defenses,” Kirby…
2 min read - WorldDeseret News
Deseret News archives: Earthquake-tsunami whammy struck Italy in 1908, Indonesia in 2004
On Dec. 28, 1908, holidays turned deadly following tremor, tidal wave off coast of Italy, Sicily.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Russia's Gazprom ends deliveries to Moldova after Ukraine transit ban
The Russian gas company Gazprom on Saturday said it will no longer supply natural gas to Moldova in the new year, blaming the country's alleged debts. Gazprom said the country's gas company Moldovagaz "regularly fails to fulfil its payment obligations under the existing contract, which constitutes a material breach of the terms." The Moldovan government has denied it owes Gazprom a debt of $790 million. The announcement by Gazprom comes weeks after Ukraine said it would no longer allow the trans
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WHO chief 'escaped death narrowly' in Yemen airport attack
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
German LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven to maintain deliveries in 2025
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northern German port of Wilhelmshaven is set to keep supplying Germany with gas in the first quarter of 2025, its operator said on Saturday. The state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) confirmed a report in the Nordwest-Zeitung newspaper that all available capacity at the Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven terminals had been sold at an auction on December 23 for the first quarter of the new year. It had previously been reported that the capacity of t
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Italian parliament adopts 2025 budget
The Italian parliament finally passed the 2025 budget on Saturday. The financial plans of the right-wing three-party coalition of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with a total volume of €30 billion ($31.3 billion), was also approved by the upper house of parliament in Rome, the Senate. The Chamber of Deputies gave its approval shortly before Christmas. The budget provides for a reduction in Italy's national deficit to 3.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) next year. This year, it will probably
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
See aboard China's new massive assault ship that can launch fighter jets or drones
China's new amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, has an electromagnetic catapult system that makes it essentially a light aircraft carrier.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine-Russia talks
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in Ukraine. "If anyone turns to us and is interested in organizing peace talks in Slovakia about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, they can count on our hospitality," Fico said in a video message published on Facebook late on Friday. He said he had discussed the proposal with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent surprise visit to Moscow and was pleased with th
2 min read - WorldInteresting Engineering
World-first electromagnetic catapult-equipped amphibious assault ship can launch jets
China’s Navy has launched a new amphibious assault ship capable of deploying fighter jets, enhancing its operational reach in distant waters.
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Musk justifies call to vote for Germany's far-right AfD
US billionaire Elon Musk has renewed his call to Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the forthcoming elections. "The Alternative for Germany is the last spark of hope for this country," Musk writes in a guest article for the Sunday edition of Die Welt newspaper, seen in advance by dpa. Musk had last week just briefly commented on the online service X, which he owns, "Only the AfD can save Germany." In his article Musk explains that he believes the AfD would t
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Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan that resulted in 38 fatalities, according to the Kremlin. "Vladimir Putin apologized for the tragic incident occurring in Russian airspace," the Kremlin in Moscow announced on Saturday following a phone conversation between the two leaders. Putin reportedly also explained that at the time, Russian air defence was actively countering Ukrainian dro
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Italy demands release of journalist detained by Iran
Italy has demanded that Iran release a journalist who has been in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for more than a week. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that she wanted to bring reporter Cecilia Sala "home as quickly as possible." The 29-year-old, who works for the daily newspaper Il Foglio and runs a podcast, was arrested by police in Tehran on December 19. She was actually due to fly back to Italy the following day. It is not yet clear exactly what she is b
1 min read - WorldThe Hill
Putin apologizes over ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic” Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on board, but stopped short of admitting any responsibility for the incident. Putin apologized to Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace, and once again expressed deep and sincere…
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Italy's far-right government wins final approval for its 30-billion-euro budget
Italy’s parliament on Saturday approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros ($31 billion) — more than half of that in tax cuts and social security benefits for low-income citizens. The measures, pushed by the far-right cabinet headed by Premier Giorgia Meloni, won final approval in the Upper House by 108 votes to 63. Meloni has staunchly defended the budget, stressing its “wide balance” and its aim to support low and medium-income earners and families with children,
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Finland bringing tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable to shore
Finnish police intend to transport the Eagle S, a Russia-linked tanker the authorities seized after suspecting it of intentionally damaging a Baltic Sea power cable, to shore. The tanker is to be moved from the Gulf of Finland to an anchorage near the Finnish port of Kilpilahti to facilitate the investigation, the police said in a statement on Saturday. A one-nautical-mile exclusion zone is being set up around the tanker "to ensure operational safety of the authorities." The statement added that
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See the French AMX-10 fighting vehicle Ukrainian troops are putting to the test
The AMX-10 RC has been referred to as a "light tank," but Ukraine found it wasn't up to the direct attack and repurposed it for another mission.
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Israel says it downed another missile fired from Yemen
Israel's air defence intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early on Saturday, according to the military. The missile was shot down before it could reach Israeli territory, the military said on Telegram. Warning sirens sounded in dozens of cities across the country, including the Jerusalem area and the Dead Sea. On Friday, airstrikes targeted military facilities of the pro-Iranian Houthi militia in Yemen. The Houthi-affiliated television channel al-Masirah reported that a US-British "aggression"
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Germans abroad urged to register early for February election
Germany is urging citizens living abroad to promptly register in the electoral roll if they wish to participate in the upcoming election set for February 23. Applications for registration can already be submitted to local authorities, the Federal Returning Officer's press office confirmed to dpa on request. Germans living abroad are defined as citizens who are not registered in Germany. On Friday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and called for early elections on Feb
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Zelensky urges China to put pressure on North Korea over troops
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on China to exert influence on North Korea in response to the deployment of North Korean soldiers alongside Russian troops in the Ukraine war. "The Korean nation should not lose its people in the battles in Europe. And this can be influenced, particularly by Korea's neighbors, especially China," Zelensky said in his evening video address on Friday. "If China is sincere in its statements that the war should not escalate, it must exert appropriate
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Airstrike on insurgents mistakenly killed 10 civilians, Nigerian military says
An airstrike targeting an armed group in northwestern Nigeria mistakenly killed at least 10 civilians, the West African nation’s military said Friday. The villagers were killed on Christmas Day when the air force targeted a logistics base of the Lakurawa insurgent group in the Silame area of Sokoto state, Edward Buba, Nigerian defense spokesperson, told journalists at a press conference. On Thursday, the Sokoto state government said the air force mistakenly shelled the villagers in the early h
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The WLY Mammoth is a bumper-pull travel trailer built for serious Arctic camping
Mammoth Overland's WLY Mammoth is a cold-weather travel trailer built for serious winter camping in any conditions. The post The WLY Mammoth is a bumper-pull travel trailer built for serious Arctic camping appeared first on The Manual.
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Venezuela accuses an Argentine officer of terrorism as relations deteriorate
An Argentine military officer who was arrested in Venezuela earlier this month has been charged with terrorism, Venezuela’s attorney general said Friday. In a statement published on Instagram, Attorney General Tarek William Saab accused the officer, Nahuel Gallo, of “being part of a group of people who tried to commit destabilizing and terrorist acts (in Venezuela) with the support of international far-right groups.” In a press conference on Friday, Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullric
2 min read - WorldNY Post
Italian journalist arrested in Iran, tossed into infamous Tehran prison, Rome officials say
Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on Dec. 19, according to Italy’s foreign ministry, but her arrest was only made public on Friday.
2 min read - WorldInteresting Engineering
World’s next ‘fastest’ commercial train with 275 mph speed to start operations in 2025
China's CR450, which is 12 percent lighter than CR400 and consumes 20 percent less energy, is expected to start operations in 2025.
2 min read - LifestyleThe Inertia
Seal Pup Rescued From Plastic Bag Wrapped Around Its Neck
There are many heroes in this world, and some of them are involved with Ocean Conservation Namibia. they found a seal pup with a plastic bag over its head.
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