Croatia braces for horse-trading after tight election
The ruling party falls short of a majority, with a messy post-election period likely to follow. Source link
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Climate change could cut global income by 19% in 25 years, finds study
Image of people watching a sunset for representation | Photo Credit: AP The global economy is expected to lose about 19% income in the next 25 years due to climate change, with countries least responsible for the problem and having minimum resources to adapt to impacts suffering the most, according to a new study published … Read more
Mount Ruang Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Lava Thousands of Feet Into the Sky
Mount Ruang, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted on Tuesday, spewing fiery lava and ash thousands of feet into the night sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people in the North Sulawesi province, according to the authorities and local news reports. The volcano erupted at about 7:19 p.m. local time, Antara, the national news … Read more
Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms
Software engineer Kanish Kumar Deb Barman, who is stuck at the airport on his way home to India, told Reuters: “There are hundreds and thousands of other passengers just like me in this airport who have been waiting for 10 hours, 16 hours, some even for 24 to 30 hours.” Source link
Hezbollah says targeted Israel base in retaliation for fighters’ killing
Emergency response forces work after it was reported that people were injured, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel April 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it attacked an Israeli army base on Wednesday, with Israeli medics reporting the strike wounded 14 people, … Read more
Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87
Daniel Robert Graham, who never used his given name, was born on Nov. 9, 1936, in Coral Gables, Fla., to Ernest R. “Cap” and Hilda (Simmons) Graham. By a previous marriage, to Florence Morris, Ernest Graham had three children, Mary, Philip and William Graham, half-siblings of Robert. Phil Graham and his wife, Katharine (Meyer) Graham, … Read more
Cubana Chief Priest: Nigerian socialite charged for throwing money in air
Cubana Chief Priest is the latest celebrity to fall foul of a crackdown on “abusing” banknotes. Source link
‘Ghus ke marenge’ comments from Rajnath | U.S. encourages India, Pakistan to find resolution via talks
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on April 16, 2024. Photo: YouTube/@StateDept Quizzed about reported statements by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on crossing borders to kill terrorists, the Biden administration said the U.S. would not involve itself on the matter but “encouraged India and Pakistan to avoid any escalation and … Read more
Looking for a Fight
There are many reasons a foreigner might enlist to fight a war that has nothing to do with him. One, of course, is money. The open-ended contracts in Ukraine pay, on average, about $2,500 a month, a tempting sum for some of the men who came there from countries with few good economic opportunities for … Read more
Russia’s meat grinder soldiers – 50,000 confirmed dead
In the second 12 months on the front line the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year. Source link