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Colombia's bull fighting custom under fire for animal abuse

Eliecer Molina climbs the stands to receive his monetary prize after excelling in a corraleja in Colombia's Caribbean north.. Petro has asked mayors to suspend events in which "there is animal abuse" but in 2018 Colombia's top court recognized corralejas as a cultural tradition.

US 'object' shootdowns: the end of UFO sightings?

Is the US military's decision to shoot down four objects that suddenly showed up in US airspace the beginning of the end of UFO speculation?. They realized there have been at least four other instances when Chinese surveillance balloons entered US airspace since 2017 -- some possibly classified as UAPs. One week later, three more objects, none resembling the Chinese balloon, were also detected in US airspace.

Storm-battered N. Zealand declares national state of emergency

The New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday after a tropical storm lashed the North Island in what officials have described as an "unprecedented" natural disaster.. "This is a significant disaster with a real threat to lives of New Zealanders," warned McAnulty, adding that the national state of emergency will last seven days.

High-tech jets take on balloon, other objects in N.America skies

The stealthy, highly maneuverable F-22 fighter jet raced to 58,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean and launched a missile at... a huge balloon.. - Designed for aerial combat - The F-22 is the supercar of American jets, featuring stealth technology to shield it from enemy radar, the ability to fly above the speed of sound without the use of afterburners and "thrust vectoring" nozzles on its engines to make it highly maneuverable.

Israeli officer killed in Jerusalem after Gaza and West Bank violence

An Israeli policeman was killed Monday in a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian boy in annexed east Jerusalem, police said, triggering a raid on a refugee camp amid a spike in violence.. The border policeman was stabbed on Monday afternoon while searching a bus at the entrance to east Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp, officers said, who arrested a 13-year-old Palestinian from the camp.

Ukraine troops train on Leopard tanks in Poland

Ukrainian soldiers, who arrived at a Polish military base straight from the frontline, on Monday praised the Leopard battle tanks whose ins and outs they have been learning under the watchful eye of allied instructors.. "And what I like is that our soldiers like it very much," he added of the 105 Ukrainian troops who have been learning from Polish, Canadian and Norwegian instructors. 

Colombia peace talks with ELN rebels resume in Mexico

Colombia's government on Monday resumed peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, seeking to lay the foundations for a bilateral ceasefire despite recent tensions.. Colombia resumed peace talks with the country's last recognized armed rebels in November after Gustavo Petro became the South American country's first ever left-wing president in August.

Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night

Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.. In another part of the tunnel, workers in orange safety jackets pump resin into the sides of the tunnel to avoid any water filtering through.