This year, it’s drones featuring thermal imaging and robots handing out religious advice.A decade ago, it was all about the miracle of the mobile phone. And a century or so ago, the motor car was the highest of high-tech used during the annual…
Category: 4. World
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Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law
Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday.
It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps to verify their users’ ages.
An Aylo…
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Police Renew Searches in Madeleine McCann Investigation in Portugal
New searches are being carried out in Portugal as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British child who went missing while on vacation with her parents more than 18 years ago.
Police officers were combing an…
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Dutch Government Collapses After Geert Wilders Withdraws Right-Wing Party
The governing coalition in the Netherlands collapsed on Tuesday after the populist leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party over a dispute about migration policy, ending a rocky 11-month rule by the country’s first far-right government and…
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Caribbean beaches blighted by record masses of stinking seaweed | Caribbean
A record amount of sargassum has piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new study.
The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines from Puerto Rico to Guyana and beyond, disrupting…
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Terrifying Footage Shows Tourists Fleeing Epic Volcanic Eruption
Running Down That Hill
A terrifying video that’s making its rounds on social media shows dozens of tourists fleeing a massive volcano eruption by running down an ash-covered hill.
The footage was recorded on the hills next to Mount Etna on the…
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Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
They will serve through the end of 2027 on the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
They will join the five non-permanent members elected last year – Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia – who will…
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ESA – Mount Etna erupts
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe’s largest active volcano. According to news reports, the blast…
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Journalists in Serbia pessimistic about pledged media reform – DW – 06/03/2025
For Zoran Strika, a journalist at the Novi Sad-based portal 021.rs, workdays have become almost unbearable.
Protests have not let up since the collapse of the canopy at the entrance to Novi Sad railway station killed 16 people last…
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