Sat 18 May 2024: The widespread effects of the recent dry weather were highlighted by the fact that by Saturday afternoon, Finnish emergency services had responded to 21 wildfire occurrences throughout the country. According to national broadcaster Yle, fires have been reported in several regions, with significant blazes in western Ilmajoki and central Keuruu. In […]
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Sat 18 May 2024: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has cautioned that Russia’s recent offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region might be just the “first wave” of a larger attack. He urged allies to provide more air defense systems and fighter jets. On May 10, Russian forces, which had previously seen limited progress, launched a surprise […]
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Sat 18 May 2024: Stella Assange, the wife of Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, has expressed optimism over his potential release during a hearing scheduled for Monday in the UK. Speaking to Anadolu this week ahead of the hearing in London, she addressed the challenges her husband faces in Belmarsh Prison, where […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career. Spanish golfer Jon Rahm climbed to second place following his impressive move to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Ronaldo achieved the top spot after joining Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, with Forbes estimating his total earnings […]
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Hidden Roman city found in Zaragoza. — Express/File Thu 16 May 2024: At the La Cabañeta archaeological site in Spain, researchers have discovered the remains of a vast 2,000-year-old Roman plaza. According to a statement from the University of Zaragoza, this is the oldest public square found in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula. […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: New Zealand is experiencing a record exodus of citizens as a sluggish economy reduces job opportunities. Some 78,200 citizens departed in the year through March, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday in Wellington. That’s up from 74,900 in the year through February. Adjusting for citizens returning home, net departures rose to a […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been wounded in a shooting and taken to hospital. Fico was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova on Wednesday afternoon, Slovakian media reported. Police sealed off the scene, and Fico was taken […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how they interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture online data from users at a large scale and low cost. Policymakers have reacted by enforcing mechanisms to mitigate the risks inherent in tech companies storing and processing their citizens’ […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, as a growing wildfire nears the community at the heart of Canada’s tar sands region. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on Tuesday afternoon gave residents of the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Thousands of people in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia (BC) have been evacuated from their homes as authorities warn that a enormous wildfire continues to grow. In a video shared online late on Sunday, Cliff Chapman of the BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake Wildfire has exhibited “fast growth and high […]
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