Venetians call for help as Italy’s “pride” copes with flood damage
Venice authorities have called on people around the world to help restore the stricken lagoon city following a series of devastating [...]
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Israel inflicts new attacks on Hamas Gaza
Israel has carried out new strikes on Gaza after rockets were fired overnight from the Palestinian enclave, breaking a shaky truce agreed this [...]
On top of the world: Europeans believe they are happier than ever
Europeans are happier with their lives than they were five years ago, according to a survey in 32 countries that hints at broad levels of satisfaction despite one of the most turbulent periods of postwar [...]
Pro-Beijing legislator slaughtered in Hong Kong
The pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho has been attacked in an apparent stabbing in Hong Kong. Ho, who is running in the upcoming district council election, was out campaigning in his constituency on Wednesday when he was [...]
Flights to Delhi redirected as toxic smog reaches worst 2019 level
Pollution in Delhi has reached its worst levels so far this year, at almost 400 times the amount deemed healthy, causing planes to be diverted away from the [...]
Argentina could become ‘sacrificial country’ for plastic waste, say activists
Argentina has changed its definition of waste in a move that could allow it to import millions of tonnes of plastic waste discarded in the [...]
Vietnamese migrants are not “lured” by traffickers. All that they want is a better future.
Thirty-nine bodies found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in an Essex industrial park. Apart from shock and rage, this tragic news feels like deja vu. Almost two decades ago, in 2000, 58 Chinese people were found suffocated to death in Dover, in similar horrific circumstances. Those men and women banged on doors [...]
Turkey accused of using threats and deception to deport Syrian refugees
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey have been compelled to return to their war-torn home country, some in handcuffs, after receiving threats of violence or being tricked into signing “voluntary return” [...]
Kurdish militants leave Syrian border town, giving Turkey control
Kurdish officials say their fighters have evacuated Ras al-Ayn, giving Turkey and its allies control of one of the border cities that has borne the brunt of fighting since Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from north-eastern [...]
Fighting on Syrian-Turkish border continues despite ceasefire
Fighting is continuing on the border between Syria and Turkey, according to witnesses, despite an announcement from the US vice-president, Mike Pence, that Ankara had agreed to a five-day ceasefire to allow the US supervision of the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from the [...]