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Live helicopter footage on TV caught a stranded horse trying to escape the floods in Brazil. Image by Globonews, edited by Global Voices. Footage taken by a helicopter camera was being broadcast live on Brazilian TV, capturing a flooded neighborhood in the city of Canoas, when it caught a stranded horse standing on a rooftop — the only visible part of the building above the water. Estimating the building's height, the height of the tree to the right, or the depth beneath the surface was challenging just by looking. During the brief time he was filmed, the horse stood still — fragile, exhausted...
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Feature image designed using Canva Pro elements. By Matt Bishop, Tumasie Blair, Simona Marinescu, and Emily Wilkinson On May 27, the governments of the small island developing states known collectively as SIDS and their international partners will meet in Antigua and Barbuda. The goal of the meeting is to agree on the fourth decennial UN programme of action dedicated to their “special case for sustainable development,” under the tagline “charting the course toward resilient prosperity.” Known as “SIDS4” to insiders, the summit communiqué will agree on a framework for the Antigua and Barbuda Ag...
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The Greek trial of nine suspected smugglers of hundreds of migrants killed in a 2023 boat disaster in the Mediterranean was abandoned on Tuesday after the court in the port city of Kalamata said it did not have jurisdiction in the case. Only 104 people survived the June 2023 disaster south-west of Greece, which is believed to have killed up to 600 migrants. Greek media on Tuesday said the case, which involved nine Egyptian men between 20 and 40 years old who Greek prosecutors said had been identified by survivors as smugglers, was swiftly dismissed after members of the Greek coastguard told th...
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The trial of nine suspected smugglers held responsible for a 2023 boat disaster which killed hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean began in the Greek port city of Kalamata on Tuesday. Clashes reportedly broke out outside the courthouse between police and several dozen protesters campaigning for migrants' rights. Only 104 people survived the June 2023 disaster south-west of Greece, which is believed to have killed up to 600 migrants. The Greek public prosecutor's office said the accused - nine Egyptian men aged between 20 and 40 years old who were on board the ship - were identified by surv...
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A fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, including children, the local government said in a statement on Saturday. The statement added that thousands of houses, shops, agricultural lands, as well as bridges have been destroyed. The statement added that all roads connecting the provincial capital with the districts in the province have been blocked. “The victims have a severely dire situation with no access to shelter, water, food, and other necessities,” the provincial government statement read. Last week, he...
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Washington (AFP) - The container ship that collided with a major bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it within seconds, suffered two electricity blackouts in the moments before the disaster, a preliminary report by federal investigators released Tuesday said. The Singapore-flagged Dali also lost power during maintenance twice on the previous day, though the report by the National Transportation Safety Board said it was still probing what impact that may have had. It had been clear that the ship had lost power in the seconds before the stunning collapse. But the report is the first detailed examin...
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Washington (AFP) - The body of the sixth and final victim who died after a container ship struck a bridge in the US city of Baltimore has been recovered, Maryland state authorities said Tuesday. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major transit route into the busy port of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 when the Dali container ship lost power and collided into a support column, killing six roadway construction workers. The victim was identified by authorities as 37-year-old Jose Mynor Lopez, a construction worker from Baltimore, Maryland, who had been working on the bridge when it collapsed. "Tod...
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Screenshot from YouTube video by Abhi and Niyu via Zoom.Earth. April 7, 2024. Fair use. A scorching heatwave is ravaging South and Southeast Asia, impacting hundreds of millions with its intense heat. With April temperatures shattering previous records, the region is witnessing extreme weather patterns, wildfires, and tragic heat-related deaths. Schools have been forced to close, agricultural production and storage of perishable foods have been disrupted, and the risk of heatstroke and other health problems has risen significantly. Climate scientist Roxy Koll tweeted: The entire Indo-Pacific i...
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The symbolic Ferris Wheel, part of the Pripyat amusement park which was scheduled to open May 1, 1986. Image by Keith Adams via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. On April 26, 1986, a catastrophic accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A planned shutdown of the reactor, lasting 20 seconds, seemed like a routine check of electrical equipment. However, a few seconds later, a chemical explosion released about 520 types of dangerous radionuclides into the atmosphere. Thirty-eight years later, Belarusian officials say 12 percent of the country's territory is still contaminated. The ...
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There is outrage in Greece after the conclusion of a trial in connection with the deaths of 102 people who lost their lives in a catastrophic fire in a town near Athens in 2018. Initially, a suspected arsonist was charged in connection with the fire in Mati, along with the town's mayor, firefighters, police officers and politicians - 21 people in total. Six of them were sentenced in Athens on Monday to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. However, they can avoid jail by paying a fine of around €38,000 ($40,680) each. On July 23, 2018, a local resident lit a fire to burn dried gar...
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