BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Tens of thousands of supporters of HungarianPrime MinisterViktor Orban and his right-wing government marched Saturday in Budapest demonstrating unity behind his contentious policies that have led to challenges to his power both in Hungary and the European Union... .
The ancient Egyptians were carrying out sophisticated mummifications of their dead 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence which could lead to a rewriting of the history books ... It has been dated to the Old Kingdom, proving that mummification techniques some 4,000 years ago were highly advanced ... She added ... Photograph ... .
Police secure a road leading to the scene of an explosion in the Komamboga suburb of the capital Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 24 (local time). AP-Yonhap. An explosion at an eatery in Uganda's capital was an apparent terrorist act, PresidentYoweri Museveni said on Sunday ... The eatery is a normally busy place, frequented by commuters ... (AP). .
Air pollution is a global health crisis and tackling it is a crucial part of our response to the climate emergency. Toxic air is leading to premature deaths, making people sick, harming the health of our children and inflicting profound and lasting damage on our precious natural environment ...Sadiq Khan is mayor of London ... Reuse this content. .
BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, DairoAntonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said on Saturday (Oct 23). Presidential adviser Emilio Archila praised "the capture in Necocli of Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias 'Otoniel', head of the Gulf Clan," in a message on Twitter ... ....
Poorer countries are to be offered billions of dollars more in funding in an effort to break the impasse between developed and developing countries at the UN Cop26 climate summit ...Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who will act as Cop26 president, said. “Developed countries must deliver on the $100bn a year promised to developing nations ... They said.
Barnaby Joyce came back to the leadership of the National party in the middle of the year believing that he was the leader to stop Scott Morrison landing a net zero commitment. Joyce said as much publicly shortly after regaining the top job. In mid-July, he declared there would be zero chance of the Nationals party room agreeing to net zero ... .
PALERMO. Italy’s former interior minister and far-right leader Matteo Salvini went on trial on Saturday for allegedly illegally blocking over 100 migrants in dire sanitary conditions from disembarking from a rescue ship ... The hearing was largely procedural and lasted less than three hours before Murgia set the next hearing for December 17 ... .
A United Nations humanitarian flight to the Ethiopian region of Tigray, epicenter of a year-old war that threatens to cause deepening famine, was ordered to abort a landing Friday as government airstrikes hit the area for a fourth day. The flight by the U.N ... anti-hunger agency that manages the air service. It was the first time a U.N ... Read .Ethiopia... .
Taiwanese and US officials have discussed how Taiwan can “meaningfully” participate at the United Nations just days before Chinese president Xi Jinping will give a speech to mark his country’s half century since accession to the global body ... Fearful but defiant. life goes on in Taiwan despite China’s threats. Read more ... Read more ... Reuse this content. .
The news that China had tested a new nuclear-capable hypersonic missile was described by some as a game-changer that stunned US officials. So how big a deal is this, asks JonathanMarcus of the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter... What are ICBMs and FOBS? ... "A reusable space plane is a hypersonic glider. It just lands ... But why? ... .
Scavengers, trophy hunters and “metal pirates” are looting the treasures under the seas – and there are fears Australia’s first submarine could be next ... The 726-tonne submarine was travelling in hazy weather off the coast of what is now Papua New Guinea when it disappeared, and it was declared lost at sea on 14 September 1914 ... Read more ... Photograph ... .
Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan moved to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western countries who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader ... He did not set a firm date. Kavala has been in prison since late 2017, charged with financing nationwide protests in 2013 and with involvement in a 2016 failed coup. He denies the charges ... .