Four more men freed from flooded Laos cave BBC Four more men rescued after more than a week trapped in a flooded cave in Laos NBC News Map: A visual guide to the Laos cave rescue CNN Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing Yahoo Four more Laos gold … Read more
Will Tony Blair’s intervention change the Labour debate? BBC ‘Worry no longer, I am back’ – Tony Blair’s Why I Have Always Been Right About Everything, digested by John Crace The Guardian Burnham and Streeting accuse Blair of ignoring inequality as they hit back at ex-PM BBC Blair screed uncorks fresh angst over what Labour wants to be, … Read more
Israel issues evacuation order for swathes of southern Lebanon BBC Israel’s military warns residents to leave Lebanese city of Tyre NBC News Israeli strikes follow displacement order for Lebanese city of Tyre Al Jazeera Israeli military tells residents of swathe of southern Lebanon to leave The Guardian Residents Watch as Israeli War Planes Circle Over Southern Lebanon The New York … Read more
Police fire shots in air to disperse angry crowds at DR Congo Ebola treatment centre BBC Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their relatives CNN Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response Reuters Attacks from residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola NPR A second … Read more
Russia’s Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory BBC Death toll in student dorm strike rises to 10, Russian-installed official says Reuters Ukraine war briefing: Putin promises revenge after blaming Kyiv for Luhansk attack he says killed six The Guardian Ukraine: UN alarmed by reports of deadly strike on dormitory in occupied Luhansk UN News Melnyk … Read more
Jailed Vietnamese tycoon’s Birkin bags sell for more than $550K BBC Vietnam sells disgraced tycoon’s Hermes bags to recoup US$27 billion in damages South China Morning Post Jailed Vietnamese tycoon’s handbags auctioned for €460k RTE.ie Two Hermes handbags seized from death row tycoon Truong My Lan auctioned for $536K VnExpress International Two Hermes bags of convicted tycoon Truong My … Read more
Danes try to tow dead whale from island beach after failed German rescue BBC Timmy the Whale Got Stranded Off the German Coast. Then Things Got Weird. The New York Times ‘Timmy,’ humpback whale released in spectacular rescue effort, is found dead off Denmark NBC News Timmy the stranded whale is dead. Please, let’s put animal welfare first … Read more
Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to receive deportees from US BBC Sierra Leone receives first group of West African deportees from US Al Jazeera 9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement PBS Freetown welcomes first US deportation flight under Trump crackdown africanews.com Another African country steps into the controversial US immigration relocation framework Business Insider … Read more
‘Ebola has tortured us’: Fear as DR Congo outbreak spreads BBC Ebola Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) What is the Bundibugyo Virus Involved in the Ebola Outbreak? The New York Times Ebola deaths rise sharply as outbreak’s ‘scale and speed’ worry WHO chief NBC … Read more
At least 131 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, official says BBC W.H.O. Chief Is ‘Deeply Concerned’ By Speed and Scale of Ebola Outbreak As Cases Rise The New York Times Ebola may be spreading faster than first thought, WHO doctor warns BBC Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the … Read more