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Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.

Europol has broken up an international gang of thieves of valuable antiquarian books

Europol announced in The Hague that a gang of experienced thieves of valuable antiquarian books had been broken, DPA reported. Nine Georgians have been arrested during actions in Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and France, the...

The Louvre on the threshold of the Olympic Games 2024

By Biserka Gramatikova The whole world is waiting for the Olympic Games in Paris, which are scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11 this year. The French capital is preparing to welcome...

Italy at war with overtourism: Milan bans the sale of ice cream and pizza after midnight

After Venice introduced a visitation fee and the Cinque Terre made the area's tourist routes one-way, now another Italian city is entering the battle against overtourism. Finding the best ice cream while walking through...

Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis: UN humanitarians

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned schools in Khan Younis at the weekend

The watch of the richest man who traveled on the Titanic sold

A gold pocket watch that belonged to the richest man who traveled on the Titanic is being sold at auction, DPA reported. It could be worth up to £150,000 ($187,743). Businessman John Jacob Astor died...

France’s National Library has placed four books from the 19th century under “quarantine”

The National Library of France has placed four books from the 19th century "under quarantine", reported AFP. The reason is that their covers contain arsenic. The discovery was made about five years ago. University scientists have...

Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

“The Gaza crisis is truly becoming a global crisis of the freedom of expression,” said Ms. Khan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and...

Shoigu’s deputy is detained for corruption

The Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia, Timur Ivanov, was detained for corruption, he is suspected of taking bribes in particularly large amounts

The media in Mali are no longer allowed to cover the activities of political parties

The decision rests with the military junta that has seized power The junta in Mali continued with its restrictions on political life in the country and banned the media from covering the activities of political...

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office

Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied

PACE defined the Russian Church as an “ideological extension of Vladimir Putin’s regime”

On April 17, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution related to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The adopted document said the Russian state "persecuted and...

Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering

“Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned,” said UN Women, in a new report.“More than one million women...

Cape Coast. Laments from the Global Christian Forum

By Martin Hoegger Accra, April 19, 2024. The guide warned us: the history of Cape Coast - 150 km from Accra - is sad and revolting; we must be strong to bear it psychologically! This...

Cape Coast. Laments from the Global Christian Forum

By Martin Hoegger Accra, April 19, 2024. The guide warned us: the history of Cape Coast - 150 km from Accra - is sad and revolting; we must be strong to bear it psychologically! This...

The villa where Emperor Augustus died excavated

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have discovered a nearly 2,000-year-old building among ancient Roman ruins buried in volcanic ash in southern Italy. Scholars believe it may have been a villa owned by the...

Why does a glass of red wine cause a headache?

A glass of red wine causes a headache, which can be caused by a variety of factors, one of the main culprits being histamines. Histamines are natural compounds found in wine, and red wine,...

The Estonian interior minister proposed Moscow Patriarchate to be declared a terrorist organization

Estonian Minister of the Interior and leader of the Social Democratic Party, Lauri Laanemets, intends to propose that the Moscow Patriarchate be recognized as a terrorist organization and thus banned from operating in Estonia. The...

Global Christian Forum: Diversity of global Christianity on display in Accra

By Martin Hoegger Accra Ghana, 16th April 2024. In this African city teeming with life, the Global Christian Forum (GCF) brings together Christians from more than 50 countries and from all families of Churches. Of...

$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank

The UN and partner agencies insisted that "critical changes" were needed to provide urgent aid to Gaza and launched an appeal for $2.8 billion

The oldest gorilla in the world turned 67 years old

Berlin Zoo is celebrating Fatou the gorilla's 67th birthday. She is the oldest in the world, the zoo claims. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin...

The EU court excluded two Russian billionaires from the sanctions list

On the 10th of April, the Court of the EU decided to exclude Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven from the Union's sanctions list, Reuters reported. "The General Court of the EU considers that...

A palimpsest of realities and collective memories: The on-going exhibitions of Palais de Tokyo

By Biserka Gramatikova A crisis that is here and now, but begins somewhere in the past. A crisis of identities, positions and morals – political and personal. A crisis of time and space, the foundations...

World News in Brief: $12 million for Haiti, Ukraine airstrikes condemned, support mine action

A $12 million contribution from a UN emergency humanitarian fund will support people impacted by the violence that broke out in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in March. 

Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics

Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing “a true paradigm shift” in lifesaving aid delivery
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