China is playing an increasingly prominent role on the sidelines of Russia's war in Ukraine as the conflict drags on into its second year.. Position paper China has over the last year faced mounting calls from the West to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine.
At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after two trains collided near the Greek city of Larissa, authorities said, as emergency services raced Wednesday to find survivors among the charred wreckage.. He said that 32 people have been found dead, while 53 of the injured were in hospital.
The tragic case of a British woman's disappearance and death has shone a disturbing light on the rise of so-called online sleuths and amateur detectives who believe they can do the police's job.. "People are trying to become more invested in these cases, becoming these amateur sleuths and trying to investigate and provide different takes and lenses on the crime," he told AFP. - 'In the gutter' - The amateur interest has spawned from the true crime phenomenon of the past decade that included the 2014 podcast "Serial" and the 2015 documentary series "Making a Murderer" about wrongful convictions, according to Schmid.
From a makeshift studio in a cramped apartment in North Macedonia's Skopje, Satja Grabuloski has made his mark as one of the top sneaker artists in the world. . All the designs made by his team at Swithadot StudioS are unique, according to Grabuloski, with clients given certifications of authenticity and a short note on the ideas behind the artwork.
Sri Lankan workers went on strike Wednesday in defiance of a government ban to protest a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of hospitals, banks and ports.. Electricity workers and bank tellers were also on strike while dock workers staged lunchtime protests at the capital's port.
The coastline of Cedeno, a fishing village in southern Honduras, looks like it was hit by an earthquake.. Inhabitants of Cedeno and other fishing villages on the Gulf of Fonseca -- shared by Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua -- are at the forefront of one of the more visible symptoms of climate change: sea level rise caused by melting glaciers and ice sheets.
Former US president Donald Trump and his one-time ally Nikki Haley are to give dueling addresses this week as thousands of conservatives gather outside Washington to vet Republican hopefuls weighing bids for the White House.. - 'Balancing act' - "Nikki Haley has to negotiate the very thin line between differentiating herself from Donald Trump and still appealing to -- or not alienating herself from -- his supporters, who still constitute the vast majority of CPAC activists and GOP primary participants," said Margaret Susan Thompson, a politics and history professor at Syracuse University.
Tatiana Bellayar was among tens of thousands of Ukrainians who fled Russia's invasion a year ago, rushing to find a safe haven by crossing into tiny, impoverished neighbour Moldova.. "Here, we are provided with everything we need and... the sky is peaceful, we are not afraid for our children" said Bellayar, 62, who fled with her daughter and two-year-old granddaughter.
President Emmanuel Macron kicks off a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a diplomatic drive to test out a new "responsible relationship" with the continent as anti-French sentiment runs high in some former colonies.. - Distraction - Macron in a speech on France's Africa policy on Monday called for a "mutual and responsible relationship" with the continent of more than 50 countries, including on climate issues.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely" caused by an incident in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan," Wray said in an interview with Fox News.
