Bogotá (AFP) – Members of the Colombian Army and volunteers use hoes, rakes and machetes to try and contain wildfires that broke out on a hill next to Colombia’s capital Bogota. The fires have been sparked by high temperatures from the El Nino phenomenon, according to authorities.
Bogotá (AFP) – Members of the Colombian Army and volunteers use hoes, rakes and machetes to try and contain wildfires that broke out on a hill next to Colombia’s capital Bogota. The fires have been sparked by high temperatures from the El Nino phenomenon, according to authorities.
Montreal (AFP) – After a Christmas without snow across much of the country and seesawing temperatures throughout January, Canada’s winter sports season has been drastically reduced to the great dismay of locals who are experiencing more and more such effects of climate change. N°34G49BV
Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) – In the centre of Kahramanmaras, a city in southeastern Turkey battered by the earthquake of February 6, 2023, local entrepreneurs are trying to revive their businesses almost a year on. Many lost their homes and workplaces when the 7.8-magnitude quake levelled parts of the city and now operate in container units provided by local authorities.
Washington (AFP) – Yemen’s Huthi rebels fired three missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding, “one missile missed by something like 200km and the other two were shot down by a US Navy destroyer.”
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian rescuers retrieve the body of an eight-year-old girl from the rubble after a late-night Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on January 23. The attack came hours after a missile barrage across the country which claimed more than a dozen lives. The new Russian bombardments struck Kharkiv late Tuesday, hours after Moscow’s missile attack killed at least 18 and wounded around 130 people.
Riyadh (AFP) – A pop-up bar in Saudi Arabia serving non-alcoholic bellinis and spritzes in cocktail glasses was a daring bet in the dry Gulf kingdom where alcohol has been prohibited since the early 1950s.
Achocalla (Bolivia) (AFP) – As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys. Now a 34-year-old engineer, he 3D prints limbs for Indigenous compatriots scarred by life-changing accidents. One of their beneficiaries is 59-year-old Pablo Matha, who lost his vision and right hand seven years ago in a mining accident involving dynamite. Matha says the prosthesis “is a great gift.” He now plays the guitar to earn a living.
Jerusalem (AFP) – “This is a war for our home. It must end, and it will end, with the eradication of the aggression and evil,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech on the war in Gaza at Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, during which he compares Hamas to the Nazis.
Le Relecq-Kerhuon (France) (AFP) – Around a hundred farmers, aboard 65 tractors, are blocking the four-lane Iroise bridge at the entrance to Brest in western France, to protest against the excessive regulation imposed on them by the government and their challenging work conditions.
