I’m in my mid-20s. I had been posting about the protests from the beginning, but 20 July was the first time I attended one. After the baton charge that day and the internet shutdown around the protest site, I went home and started sharing first-person accounts on Instagram. I also helped organise food, aid and…
If you are somewhere in Italy with a natural body of water, or any water feature, plan your activities around it, Armenise says. “Instead of walking, get a boat,” she says. “Sometimes you will see things you cannot access via land.” Instead of hiking a coastline, you can see it from the sea, she explains,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video of a street vendor being hunted by a drone before it exploded. The man in the video verified by the BBC, 52-year-old street vegetable seller Yuriy, managed to survive the attack, but sustained shrapnel wounds and a concussion. Known by some in Ukraine as “human safari”, the…
Several people have been arrested in Egypt over an alleged plot by fake judges to defraud people of their money. Egypt’s Ministry of Interior said the alleged scam involved fabricated scenes in court and impersonating a judge on social media. The main suspects, an unemployed man and a student residing in Cairo and Giza, have…
Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to potentially resume as soon as this week….
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a video on social media of a drone hunting down a man in southern Ukraine, saying it showed an instance of a Russian “safari” attack against civilians. The video shows the drone pursuing a street vendor on a city street in the Kherson region. The man moves away from…
The Fuego volcano, located between the Escuintla, Chimaltenango, and Sacatepéquez regions, registered an increase in its activity on Monday, prompting Guatemalan authorities to declare an “orange alert” – the second highest emergency. Around 400 people were evacuated from communities near the volcano and taken to temporary shelters in Alotenango and Escuintla city. Schools close to…
The Schengen agreement eliminates border checks and now encompasses more than 450 million people and 29 countries in Europe. Finland and Denmark backed Italy’s move, while Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš urged a temporary suspension of Spain’s Schengen membership. Italy, along with Denmark and 20 other nations, later sent a letter expressing their concern over…
In Gaza, the recovery work was carried out by the Civil Defence, which operates under the Hamas-run interior ministry. Its efforts have been supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “We provide material support – literally the gloves, shovels, protective equipment and body bags they use,” said Patrick Griffiths, spokesperson for the…
PC: Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, Julia-Marlen Schiefelbein Construction work in historic city centres often reveals traces of earlier lives, though only occasionally do archaeologists encounter objects that shed light on the personal beliefs of medieval communities. That has happened at Berlin’s Molkenmarkt, where excavations by the Berlin State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments have produced…