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China says US should stop ‘threats’ against Cuba after ex-leader charged
It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding.(Image credit: Dan Kitwood) Article Attribution | Read More at...
Aid cuts may have slowed identification of current Ebola outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa was announced last week, then quickly declared an emergency by the WHO. It's likely cuts in U.S. aid to the DRC contributed to a delay in identifying the outbreak. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Netanyahu scolds Israeli security minister for videos taunting flotilla activists
Israel's national security minister triggered a backlash after releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists who tried to breach the blockade of Gaza, telling them they should be imprisoned.(Image credit: Ohad Zwigenberg) Article Attribution | Read More at...
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most vulnerable places.(Image credit: Moses Sawasawa) Article Attribution | Read More at...
Liberal U.S. mayors team up with European counterparts to fight authoritarianism
Ten U.S. mayors from cities such as Chicago and Cincinnati have joined a pact with European mayors to defend democracy and progressive values and fight right-wing populists and authoritarianism.(Image credit: Courtesy of the city of Bratislava) Article Attribution |...
Cuba’s Raúl Castro indicted over 1996 fatal downing of two aircraft
Miami prosecutors have prepared an indictment against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 downing of two NGO planes that killed four people onboard. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
US charges Cuba’s Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes
Speaking at Freedom Tower in Miami, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the US would also charge Castro with destruction of aircraft, and four individual counts of murder over the deaths of Armando Alejandre Jr, Carlos Alberto Costa, Mario Manuel de la...
US threatens to revoke the Palestinian UN ambassador’s visa
Leaked State Dept memo shows US threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they push for senior UN post(Image credit: Angelina Katsanis) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
U.S. grand jury indicts Raul Castro, ex-Cuban president
The 94-year-old former leader of Cuba faces several charges, including four counts of murder for an attack on a humanitarian group more than 30 years ago.(Image credit: Alexandre Meneghini) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Greetings from Bali, where a kecak dance shows the triumph of good over evil
The kecak dance involves a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. At the story's climax, there is an eruption of fire as tufts of dried coconut husks are set aflame. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Lithuania’s leaders take shelter during drone air alert
Flights were suspended and people were urged to take shelter after a suspected drone was detected near the Belarus border. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Rosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi’s Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal
Russia is keen to push ahead with plans for a new pipeline, Power of Siberia 2, and had hoped for progress in Beijing. The pipeline would bring additional volumes of Russian gas from Western Siberia to Northern China via Mongolia and, for Moscow, help make up for the...
Final two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave
"Monica [Montefalcone], according to many, is the person who has the most scientific literature on those corals in the world," he told La Repubblica newspaper. "There are hundreds of graduate students writing theses on the Maldives using the data they gather together...
Whale to be removed from Danish island after failed German rescue
It gave no update on Wednesday, and no timeline for when or how the whale would be removed. However, it said earlier that work was under way for a solution that would allow for both "a post mortem examination and for valuable scientific samples to be secured for...
Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists
In the afternoon, Ben-Gvir – an ultra-nationalist who, as national security minister, oversees Israel's police force – posted a video on social media, captioned "Welcome to Israel". It showed him visiting a detention facility at the port of Ashdod where the activists...
Murder or accident? Mystery of Mango tycoon’s hiking death after son’s arrest
When Jonathan Andic, son of the late founder of one of Europe's biggest clothing empires, posted €1m (£865,000) in bail shortly after being arrested in connection with his father's death, it was the latest twist in a saga that has gripped and mystified Spain. Article...
US military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions rise
Mark Cancian, a retired US Marine Corps colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told BBC Verify the recurrent flight paths of the surveillance aircraft "indicate an intention to spot ship arrivals from the south,...
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