A 10-meter (33-foot) yacht built in 1974, equipped with two motors, left Tripoli, Lebanon on Saturday with about 60 migrants onboard, including women and children. Six people, including an 18-month-old girl, Taleen Al-Hamwi, and two women died with more than 10 people still missing after the boat sunk.
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The real threat in the Ukraine conflict
I still have forebodings about the manner in which the Kremlin is conducting the Ukrainian operation. There is no doubt that the Russians had to come to the defense of the Donbass republics.
A South African community’s request for its genetic data raises questions
Scientists believe Africa is where modern humans first emerged. For the past decade, our team of genetic researchers from the Henn Lab have worked among the Khoe-San and self-identified “Coloured” communities in South Africa, which comprise multiple ethnic groups in the region, requesting DNA and generating genetic data to help unravel the history and prehistory of southern Africans and their relationship to populations around the world
UK, EU and Biden administration threaten to ban Twitter
LondonOn Tuesday, the UK threatened to ban Twitter just hours after the EU threatened to ban Twitter entirely if Musk allows free speech on his newly acquired social media platform. The Biden administration has meanwhile threatened to use Section 230 which holds social media companies "accountable" for the "harms they cause".
Joint Swedish and Finnish application for NATO membership
HelsinkiAccording to information to Finnish and Swedish newspapers, the Swedish and Finnish governments must agree to submit NATO applications at the same time, something that will take place as early as mid-May. The Swedish people are thus not given the opportunity to choose their fate – instead the decision is made behind closed doors.
Elon Musk buys Twitter
Elon Musk has bought out Twitter for $44 billion. Given that both SpaceX and StarLink are closely affiliated with the Pentagon, it can be expected that this social network will be connected in one way or another with the American military. But Musk said it would guarantee freedom of speech on the social platform.
Italian talk shows detail Azovstal Nazi bunkers… from a game
In recent weeks the attention of Italian TV talk shows has focused on the Russian attack on the Azovstal steel plant, which is located near the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The huge industrial plant has become one of the symbols of a growing Ukrainian dilemma: Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers are huddled in the underground tunnels of the plant.
US food production threatened by mysterious fires in meat plants
More and more food processing plants are going up in flames in the US. Sixteen such incidents have been recorded so far. The background is unclear, but terrorism is being ruled out.
German FM in self-destruction mode
BerlinGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is in self-destruction mode. "Germany is getting out of Russian energy imports completely," she declared.
Macron wins the presidential election
ParisAt the end of the second round of the presidential election in France, Emmanuel Macron was re-elected with 58 percent of the votes, according to the first estimates, against 42 percent for Marine Le Pen.
The real threat in the Ukraine conflict
I still have forebodings about the manner in which the Kremlin is conducting the Ukrainian operation. There is no doubt that the Russians had to come to the defense of the Donbass republics.
A South African community’s request for its genetic data raises questions
Scientists believe Africa is where modern humans first emerged. For the past decade, our team of genetic researchers from the Henn Lab have worked among the Khoe-San and self-identified “Coloured” communities in South Africa, which comprise multiple ethnic groups in the region, requesting DNA and generating genetic data to help unravel the history and prehistory of southern Africans and their relationship to populations around the world
UK, EU and Biden administration threaten to ban Twitter
LondonOn Tuesday, the UK threatened to ban Twitter just hours after the EU threatened to ban Twitter entirely if Musk allows free speech on his newly acquired social media platform. The Biden administration has meanwhile threatened to use Section 230 which holds social media companies "accountable" for the "harms they cause".
Joint Swedish and Finnish application for NATO membership
HelsinkiAccording to information to Finnish and Swedish newspapers, the Swedish and Finnish governments must agree to submit NATO applications at the same time, something that will take place as early as mid-May. The Swedish people are thus not given the opportunity to choose their fate – instead the decision is made behind closed doors.
Elon Musk buys Twitter
Elon Musk has bought out Twitter for $44 billion. Given that both SpaceX and StarLink are closely affiliated with the Pentagon, it can be expected that this social network will be connected in one way or another with the American military. But Musk said it would guarantee freedom of speech on the social platform.
Italian talk shows detail Azovstal Nazi bunkers… from a game
In recent weeks the attention of Italian TV talk shows has focused on the Russian attack on the Azovstal steel plant, which is located near the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The huge industrial plant has become one of the symbols of a growing Ukrainian dilemma: Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers are huddled in the underground tunnels of the plant.
US food production threatened by mysterious fires in meat plants
More and more food processing plants are going up in flames in the US. Sixteen such incidents have been recorded so far. The background is unclear, but terrorism is being ruled out.
German FM in self-destruction mode
BerlinGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is in self-destruction mode. "Germany is getting out of Russian energy imports completely," she declared.
Macron wins the presidential election
ParisAt the end of the second round of the presidential election in France, Emmanuel Macron was re-elected with 58 percent of the votes, according to the first estimates, against 42 percent for Marine Le Pen.
