Experts say 17,500 tree species are at risk around the world, including magnolias, oaks and maples. Source link
Month: August 2021
A 14-year-old is the latest victim of Marseille’s gang war, prompting a key visit from President Macron. Source link
In July 2020, the oil tanker Gulf Sky vanished from waters off the United Arab Emirates, along with its crew. Days later it turned up in Iran where it’s now suspected to be working as a “ghost ship” – helping the regime ferry oil in breach of sanctions. For the […]
Do running prostheses, also known as blades, give sprinters an unfair advantage over biological legs? And does increasing blade length make sprinters go even faster? US athlete Blake Leeper, a double amputee, is already a Paralympic silver medallist and world record holder, and now wants to compete in the Olympics. […]
The winning image by Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto shows a roadrunner at the border wall. Source link
At times he seemed defensive, noting that Americans were warned 19 times to exit Afghanistan before the August US military withdrawal. He accused Afghan leaders, allies on whom the US had depended, of “corruption and malfeasance”. And he blamed the Trump administration for negotiating what he characterised as an inadequate […]
Joe Biden defends his decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan before all Americans were evacuated. Source link
Beheshta Arghand, an anchor for TOLO News, made headlines when she interviewed the Taliban just days after they took control of Afghanistan. Two weeks later, she has fled the country amid fears for her life. Arghand spoke to the BBC’s Christian Fraser about the fears she has for her country’s […]
নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন: মুকুল রায়ের বিধায়ক পদ খারিজ মামলার নিষ্পত্তি হয়নি এখনও। তৃণমূলে ফিরলেন বিজেপি-র আরও ২ বিধায়ক। তাও আবার ২৪ ঘণ্টার ব্যবধানে! বিশ্বজিৎ দাস ও তন্ময় ঘোষকে চিঠি দিলেন শুভেন্দু অধিকারী। দলত্যাগীদের বিরোধী দলনেতার ‘নির্দেশ’, এক সপ্তাহের মধ্যে ‘অবস্থান’ জানান। এ যেন উলটপুরাণ! বিধানসভা ভোটের ফলপ্রকাশের পর এবার ভাঙন গেরুয়াশিবিরে। […]
Reports suggest the Taliban are searching for, and allegedly killing, people they pledged to leave in peace. Source link