France to build high-security jail in Amazon to isolate drug traffickers from gangs
The country’s Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday. Read more at Read More
Kentucky tornadoes leave trail of devastation with more storms to come
More than two dozen people were killed and hundreds left homeless after powerful tornadoes and storms tore through parts of Kentucky and Missouri over the weekend. Read more at Read…
Kremlin outlaws Amnesty International amid ongoing crackdown on dissent
Russian authorities branded the leading human rights NGO an “undesirable organisation,” criminalising cooperating or supporting the group. Read More
Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over allegations of migrant smuggling
Vilnius claims Belarusian authorities orchestrated flights from the Middle East and escorted migrants to the border, forcing them to cross illegally. Read More
Romanian ministries accuse Russia of interference in Sunday’s presidential runoff
The three ministries pointed to a fake video that falsely claimed that French troops stationed in Romania had been dressed in Romanian gendarmerie uniforms to interfere in the country’s tense…
Scientists use special ‘squeezing’ and electrical probes to collect sperm from endangered kākāpō
The kākāpō was the first wild bird to be successfully artificially inseminated in 2009, but it’s taken years to repeat the feat.Read More
International sand masters transform Danish coastline
A troupe of world-class sand sculptors has descended on Hundested, Denmark, as the town prepares to open its 14th annual sand sculpture festival this week. Read more at Read More
Can glaciers regrow if global warming is reversed? Not in our lifetimes, scientists warn
“The longer we delay emissions cuts, the more we burden future generations with irreversible change”.Read More
Bust of The Doors’ Jim Morrison, stolen from Père Lachaise cemetery, found 37 years later
The mythical bust that once sat on top of Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris has been found by accident during a search linked to a case of fraud. It remains…
15 EU countries call for ‘renewed’ ties with Russia’s closest allies to secure ceasefire
In a joint letter led by Austria, 15 member states pitch a “renewed, targeted and joint global diplomatic outreach effort” to strengthen leverage on Russia. Read More