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Chadian government plays down gunshots in capital
According to an unconfirmed report, 19 people were killed in an incident near the presidential palace.
2 min read - LifestyleSURFER Magazine
Charly Quivrant Gets Very, Very Barreled on French Sandbars
This video below from Charly Quivront is four and a half minutes long. Approximately 99% of it is exclusively French surfers finding wonderfully hollow sand bottom tubes. There’s a running joke surfers use about the fickle nature of scoring waves in southwest France. It’s something along the lines ...
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Israeli army recovers body of Gaza hostage, son feared dead too
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had recovered another body of a hostage in the Gaza Strip. An Arab Israeli, aged 53, was brought out after being found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to a military spokesman, who said he was killed in captivity. Finds connected to the man's 22-year-old son, who had also been kidnapped, raise "serious concern" for his life, too, the spokesman said. Israel had previously assumed that the two were still alive. Both
2 min read - USWMBB Panama City
Security consultant said botched CNN story ruined his career and life
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Nemex Enterprises President Zachary Young claimed a story CNN aired about his security consulting business ruined his career and his life. Young took the stand again Wednesday, accusing CNN reporters of intentionally attacking his business under the guise of wanting to do a generic piece on Afghanistan evacuation models. “It […]
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'How Jimmy Carter kept me alive in Iran'
At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.
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City of St. Louis opens more warming centers
The City of St. Louis opened additional warming centers Wednesday amid the continued Arctic blast. Just a few days after Sunday's snowfall, city leaders said there is still a demand for warm beds.
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Homeless figures rise in Germany but government plays down fears
The number of people registered as homeless in Germany rose sharply to around 532,000 last year, a government report said on Wednesday. In 2022, the figure was around 263,000. But around 137,000 Ukrainians who have come to Germany since Russia's invasion count towards the homeless figures as they are still in temporary accommodation. The government report said the statistics could also be deceptive because many facilities and accommodation for the homeless were closed in 2022 due to the coronavi
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Two men killed in shooting at German firm were brothers, police say
The two employees who died in a shooting attack at a mechanical engineering company in south-western Germany were brothers, police and prosecutors said on Wednesday. One person remains in critical condition following the attack in the town of Bad Friedrichshall, some 100 kilometres south of Frankfurt, on Tuesday. The suspect, a 52-year-old German national who was an employee at the company, was a member of a shooting club and had a permit for the weapon used, police said, Two brothers - aged 49
2 min read - SportsThe Athletic
Celine Haidar, the Lebanon player struck by shrapnel, wakes from coma
Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar has woken from a coma nearly two months after the 19-year-old suffered a serious head injury during an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. On November 16, Haidar was fleeing her home in Al-Chiyyah in Beirut’s southern suburbs after an evacuation order from Israel. She was struck on the right side of her head, leaving her in critical condition. Speaking to at the end of December, Haidar’s father Abbas said: “Celine was beginning her life, building step by step with foot
2 min read - EntertainmentRoad & Track
Hyundai Teases Upcoming Ioniq 5 N 'DK Edition' With Big Rear Wing
Hyundai's YouTube clip of the special edition Ioniq 5 N shows a Keiichi Tsuchiya-endorsed variant with a large rear spoiler. It'll be revealed at the Japan Auto Salon.
2 min read - USUnited Press International
Unusual 911 calls of 2024: 'Mean' cat, broken washing machine, locked phone
Police in Saskatchewan, Canada, released a list of the "top ten reasons not to call 911" based on incidents from 2024, including a person who didn't want to clean their room and a resident's "mean" cat.
2 min read - Worlddpa international
Helsinki to host summit of Baltic Sea NATO member countries next week
Finnish President Alexander Stubb will host a summit in Helsinki of the NATO countries that border the Baltic Sea together with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal next Tuesday. The summit, which will take place at the Presidential Palace, will be attended by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte as well as leaders from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. The topic will be the security of the Baltic Sea region, especially measures required to secure the critical underwater inf
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Turkey insists on two states for ethnically divided Cyprus as the UN looks to restart peace talks
Turkey on Wednesday again insisted on a two-state peace accord in ethnically divided Cyprus as the United Nations prepares to meet with all sides in early spring in hopes of restarting formal talks to resolve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Cyprus “must continue on the path of a two-state solution” and that expending efforts on other arrangements ending Cyprus’ half-century divide would be “a waste of time.” Fidan spoke to reporters afte
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Israeli army brings dead hostage out of Gaza Strip
The Israeli army says it has recovered another body of a hostage in the Gaza Strip. An Arab Israeli, aged 53, has been brought out, according to a military spokesman. Finds connected to his son, who had also been kidnapped, raise "serious concern" for the son's life, too. As well as killing around 1,200 people, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas kidnapped hundreds from Israel in its unprecedented October 7, 2023 terrorist attack. It was unclear if these hostages were from that attack or had be
1 min read - USdpa international
Suspect used legal weapon in deadly shooting at German company
The man who is suspected of killing two people at a mechanical engineering company in south-western Germany had a permit for the weapon used in the shooting, police said on Wednesday. The suspect, a 52-year-old German national who was an employee at the company, was member of a shooting club. One person remains in critical condition following the attack in the town of Bad Friedrichshall, some 100 kilometres south of Frankfurt, on Tuesday. Two employees of the firm were killed after a masked pers
2 min read - WorldThe Conversation
Venâncio Mondlane is Mozambique’s political challenger: what he stands for
Venâncio Mondlane finds himself at the centre of one of Mozambique’s worst political crises.
6 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it
The head of Poland's parliament said Wednesday that the country's presidential election will be held on May 18, with a runoff on June 1 if needed. The election will decide whether the pro-European Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk will gain an ally in the presidential palace at a challenging time for Poland and for Europe, with a full-scale war in neighbouring Ukraine. The incumbent right-wing President Andrzej Duda is at odds with the government, blocking legislation and making stro
2 min read - WorldYale Environment 360
Renewables Supplied Two-Thirds of Germany's Power Last Year
Germany, the largest economy in Europe, got nearly two-thirds of its power from renewables last year, an analysis shows.
1 min read - WorldPOWER Magazine
New Combined Cycle Power Plant in Thailand Features Doosan Škoda Power Technology
Doosan Škoda Power has successfully completed the Rayong project in Thailand (Figure 1). The company delivered a 20-MW steam turbine, including a generator, condenser, and other accessories, to the newly […]
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Report: Israeli attack kills three in West Bank, including children
Two children were among three Palestinians killed in an Israeli drone attack in the West Bank, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday. The Israeli military only said that a "terrorist cell" near the town of Tamun had been attacked. A military spokesman separately said that reports of children killed were being investigated. The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the dead were children aged 9 and 10, as well as a 23-year-old. The Palestinian Foreign Affairs Ministry in Ramallah accused Israel
1 min read - Worlddpa international
Defendant in German Reich Citizens trial denies he wanted armed coup
A man charged with membership in Germany's Reich Citizens extremist movement has denied accusations that he was involved in a conspiracy to violently overthrow the government, according to a statement read in court on Wednesday. The trial at the higher regional court in the south-western city of Stuttgart concerns the military wing of the group linked to Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss, who prosecutors say was a key figure in an alleged coup plot. "I'm a tradesman from the Black Forest," said the
2 min read - BusinessAutomotive News
Canadian public EV charging station installations slowed in 2024
Natural Resources Canada says 6,764 new charging ports were installed at nearly 2,300 stations last year, down from 7,068 ports at about 2,500 locations in 2023.
4 min read - WorldINSIDER
Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet has managed before
Ukraine's air force command said one of its F-16 pilots took out six Russian cruise missiles during one attack in December — a record.
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
A senior Assad aide said a 'trick' by Putin contributed to Syria's collapse
An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
6 soldiers and 34 extremist rebels die in a clash in northeastern Nigeria, military says
At least six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died in a clash in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, the military said Wednesday. The rebels, riding on motorcycles and gun trucks, launched a surprise attack on the troops, who resisted and engaged them in a gun battle, Nigerian military spokesperson Edward Buba said in a statement. Borno has been the center of extremist violence in Nigeria since the Boko Haram extremist group launched an insurgency in 2009 to enforce their interpretation of S
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France's Marine Le Pen mourns death of father Jean-Marie
Marine Le Pen, parliamentary leader of France's far-right National Rally, on Wednesday commemorated the death of her father and the party's founder. Jean-Marie Le Pen. "A venerable age had taken the warrior, but given us our father back," she wrote on the platform X. "Death has come to take him away from us again," she added. The founder of the far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front died on Tuesday at the age of 96. "Many people he loves are waiting for him up there. Ma
1 min read - BusinessJust Food
NZ regulator to study Woolworths’ plan to buy Beak & Johnston assets
Beak & Johnston operates manufacturing facilities in Australia and New Zealand, making chilled and frozen food.
1 min read - USWTVT
More cold weather ahead as arctic air brings chilly temperatures to Florida
The Tampa Bay Area is feeling the chilly air from an arctic blast, and the colder temperatures will stick around at least a little longer.
2 min read - BusinessJust Auto
How long will Genesis be the inconspicuous luxury brand?
It's big and getting bigger in Korea and the USA, yet Genesis is almost the secret premium marque in many other markets. Might that change in 2025?
5 min read - Worlddpa international
Bomb found during demolition of collapsed bridge in eastern Germany
Workers trying to dismantle the partially collapsed Carola bridge in the eastern German city of Dresden have found an unexploded bomb, most likely dating back to World War II, police said on Wednesday. The riverbank around the area has been cordoned off and bomb disposal experts have been requested to remove the ordnance, it said. It's not uncommon for unexploded World War II ordnance to be discovered during construction work in Germany. Dresden, located some 190 kilometres south of Berlin, was
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Body of British hiker found in Italian alps as search continues for second missing since Jan. 1
Rescue crews on Wednesday found the body of a missing British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian alps, but a search for his friend was suspended by poor weather conditions. Experienced hikers Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Sam Harris, 35, had set out on Jan. 1 for a New Year's Day excursion in Italy's Adamello range. After two days of fog, snow and avalanche warnings hampered searches, the service said rescuers guided by the hikers' phone registrations reached the pair's last recorded location Wedn
2 min read - BusinessVerdict
Apple executives discuss potential investment in Indonesia
Indonesia banned iPhone 16 sales in 2024 for not meeting the requirement of 40% locally-made components in smartphones.
2 min read - Businessdpa international
German postal workers aim for 7% pay rise in new negotiations
Wage negotiations for some 170,000 employees at German postal service Deutsche Post were set to begin on Wednesday, with trade union verdi calling for a 7% pay rise. Persistent staggering costs and food prices "can only be overcome with significant wage increases for employees," verdi chief negotiator Andrea Kocsis said in a statement published ahead of the collective bargaining talks on Tuesday. The vast majority of post office employees still earn less than the median income in Germany, she ad
1 min read - WorldNational Geographic
Enchanted Soudah: Nature in the clouds
Remarkably distinct from the rest of Saudi Arabia, Soudah’s nature is an inspiration.
7 min read - WorldAFP
Dashcam footage shows 2024 Japan earthquake, not Tibet jolt
After a powerful earthquake struck China's remote Tibet region and killed at least 126 people, an old video of a cyclist panicking as tremors shook the buildings around him spread globally in social media posts that falsely linked it to the disaster. In fact, the footage was shot in Japan and circulated in news reports about a quake that hit the country on New Year's Day 2024.
3 min read - WorldAFP
Photo shows damage in Yemen's Sanaa airport in 2015, not 2024
After multiple air raids targeted Yemen's Sanaa airport in December 2024, which the Iran-backed Huthi rebels blamed on Israel, a photo of smoke billowing from a runway ricocheted worldwide in social media posts that falsely depicted it as showing the recent attack. It actually shows the airport in Sanaa damaged by airstrikes in April 2015.
2 min read - WorldAFP
Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money
As snowflakes gently settled on his balcony solar panels on a cold winter's day, Berliner Jens Sax checked his smartphone to see how much electricity they were generating.Mirjam Sax, married to Jens, said she would recommend balcony solar panels in spite of Germany's sometimes grey weather.
3 min read - WorldAFP
Clip shows turbulence during flight in September 2024, not from Jeju Air plane before deadly crash
After a Jeju Air plane crash-landed in southwestern South Korea in December 2024, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, a clip was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed footage from inside the passenger cabin before the crash. The clip was taken from a longer video posted months before, in September 2024, by a user who told AFP it showed turbulence on a flight between Mexico and Argentina.
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
Moscow's relationship with Azerbaijan is spiraling in the aftermath of the deadly plane crash Russian air defenses likely caused
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin's latest apology "isn't enough" and that Moscow must take responsibility.
4 min read - WorldBBC
Nigerian atheist freed from prison but fears for his life
Mubarak Bala was jailed for blasphemy in a case that attracted criticism from rights groups.
3 min read - BusinessUnited Press International
Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company
The Toyota Motor Corporation will invest $44.4 million in Japan-based Interstellar Technologies to help the private spaceflight firm develop rockets to launch satellites into Earth's orbit.
2 min read - USNBC News
Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India is fired
Seattle’s interim police chief on Monday fired the officer who fatally struck a 23-year-old graduate student from India with his patrol vehicle in January 2023 while responding to a call.
4 min read - LifestyleConde Nast Traveler
Where in Heaven and Hell and Eastern Europe Was Nosferatu Filmed?
Prague makes a sturdy stand-in for seaside Germany and the depths of Transylvania.
7 min read - Worlddpa international
Venezuela's opposition leader says son-in-law has been abducted
The son-in-law of exiled Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has been kidnapped. "Rafael was on his way to my seven and six-year-old grandchildren's school in Caracas to drop them off at the start of class when he was abducted by masked men dressed in black," González posted on X on Tuesday. He said that they had taken him away in a gold-coloured van. After the presidential election in Venezuela last July, González claimed victory. The US and several Latin American countries recogni
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: a look at key dates
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Tuesday at 96, but the anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades of popularity remain ascendant in the country, across Europe and beyond. Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, transformed the National Front, now named the National Rally, into one of France’s most powerful political forces as she is now eyeing the 2027 presidential election. Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le
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WATCH: The first trailer for “Warfare” directed by a Navy SEAL
Based on Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza's experiences in Iraq, the film’s tagline is, “Everything is based on memory.”
2 min read - LifestyleWealth of Geeks
I Toured European Christmas Markets for 7 Days. Here’s The Gear That Kept Me Warm, And The Bag That Fit It All
Every year, millions of tourists and locals visit the magical Christmas Markets across Europe during the holiday season. This December, I joined the award-winning women-only tour group Sisterhood Travels for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the markets in Germany and Prague. Here are the five items that keep me warm and dry during rainy days and...
3 min read - WorldINSIDER
Russia's naval base problems could be a big blow to its submarine force
Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week.
4 min read - WorldPopular Science
Archaeologists find the 4,000-year-old tomb of an overachieving Egyptian magician
A team of archeologists in Egypt have discovered the 4,000-year-old tomb of a renowned royal doctor who was likely a venom expert. The remains were uncovered in Saqqara, the site of the ancient city of Memphis, about 25 miles southwest of Cairo. While there is evidence that looters have plundered the tomb, the walls were […]
3 min read - Worlddpa international
Scholz blasts conservative rival's stance on German citizenship rules
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has blasted his conservative rival's call for a rollback of recent reforms that makes it easier to obtain German citizenship, as the campaigns for next month's national elections heats up. Scholz, speaking at an event outside of Berlin on Tuesday, said he was "very upset" by Friedrich Merz's suggestion because it represented "a step backwards when Germany has just made great progress." Dual citizenship has been easier to acquire in Germany since last year after Scho
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