‘It’s chaos’: Aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte | Climate News

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Days after Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, residents are still struggling to access water and food, as rescuers race to find those missing. The cyclone devastated entire neighbourhoods and killed at least 31 people, according to France’s interior ministry. Among the damaged and destroyed homes in Mayotte’s capital, Mamoudzou, people […]

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Google Street View catches murder suspect loading body into car: cops

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A Google Street View camera caught the image of a suspect allegedly loading a corpse into his car in Spain — leading to his arrest on chilling murder and dismemberment charges, according to a report. A car shooting the 360-degree map footage happened to be passing through the tiny town of Soria in October 2023,

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Marble tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments auctioned for $5m

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The tablet sold by Sotheby’s is the oldest known inscription in stone of the ancient text in Paleo-Hebrew script. The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has sold for more than $5m at an auction in the United States. The New York-based auction house Sotheby’s said the 52kg (115lb) marble slab was

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Top France court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption conviction

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Sarkozy’s lawyer says the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights. France’s highest court has upheld the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling. The Court of Cassation issued its decision on Wednesday. Sarkozy had appealed against the conviction, for which

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France’s Horrifying Rape Trial Has a Feminist Hero – The New York Times

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France’s Horrifying Rape Trial Has a Feminist Hero  The New York Times How Dominique Pelicot is accused of organizing France’s worst sex crime in a generation  CNN Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero  The Associated Press Decades after a landmark rape trial in France, the Pelicot case

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Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25

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Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in central DRC on Fimi river. An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to officials and residents. The vessel, which was believed to

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In Visit to Territory Seized in Syria, Netanyahu Says Troops Will Stay

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with military officers in territory Israel recently took control of in Syria, and vowed that Israeli troops would remain in the country for the foreseeable future. In a statement issued from Mount Hermon, about six miles from the border of the Israeli-held Golan Heights, Mr. Netanyahu said Israeli

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What’s at stake in Germany’s election at home and internationally? | Politics

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Poll in February triggered after Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote. Germany faces an early election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government. Europe’s biggest economy is in trouble and there are also deep political divisions. So what is of most concern to voters? And why is the outcome so important internationally? Presenter:

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The Lost Souls of Syria: The fight for justice using the ‘Caesar files’ | Bashar al-Assad

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Syrian civilians battle for accountability in court, using smuggled photographs to expose government atrocities. About 27,000 photos of dead and tortured civilian detainees were smuggled out of secret Syrian government archives by a military defector codenamed “Caesar” and made public in 2014. They were presented to the United Nations as evidence of the Bashar al-Assad

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U.S. Cites ‘Indications’ North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia

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The Pentagon has seen “indications” that the North Korean forces who have been sent to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine have suffered their first casualties, according to a U.S. official. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, told reporters on Monday that the North Koreans had entered combat

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