Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The…
Morocco is blaming last week’s massive surge of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on various factors, including “malicious exploitation of digital platforms” and the spread of misleading information. Most of the migrants were sent back home by Spanish officials after the sudden — and deadly — border rush. A Moroccan official said late Sunday that…
Drone hits crowded Russian beach, killing 7 people – CBS News Watch CBS News A drone hit a packed beach in southern Russia on Monday on the Black Sea coast. Russian officials say seven people were killed and dozens were injured. Holly Williams reports. Source link
In Gaza City, row after row of human remains — 112 people in all, and hauntingly from the same extended family — were laid in the morning sun, each draped in a Palestinian flag. This large family group, including dozens of women and children from the Hassayna and Abu Sharia clan in Gaza City, died…
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted again Monday, prompting authorities to order evacuations in nearby communities. The eruption started Monday morning and had intensified by nightfall. Photos show lava and huge plumes of ash spewing nearly 4 miles into the air. Live images Tuesday morning showed big clouds of gas and ash over the volcano. Guatemala’s Fuego volcano…
A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four people and wounding four, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said Tuesday. The shooting occurred in the village of Khmelnytske, which is part of Sevastopol, said Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev, without specifying when exactly it happened. The serviceman initially opened fire at fellow…
Beneath two now-deserted villages in western Ukraine — the site of World War II-era massacres — archaeologists are uncovering the bones at the heart of a dispute that has strained relations between Warsaw and Kyiv for years. Disagreements over what happened and who is responsible for the Volyn massacres have long cast a shadow over…
A huge forest fire near Bordeaux in southwestern France has revealed World War II shells in the village of Le Porge, where all residents returned to their homes on Monday after days of demining operations. Around 400 shells and pieces of ammunition have been recovered in the area where over 180 homes were destroyed by…
Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity. Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40 degrees Celsius in recent weeks, qualifying for the…
The funeral of five members of the same family who were killed in a Russian airstrike last week was held in central Ukraine on Monday, as Moscow again pounded the region. According to the Ukrainian authorities, a direct hit by an Iskander ballistic missile struck the family’s house in Kryvyi Rih — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s…
