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Earthquakes rattled La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands on Monday, as lava continued to flow from vents in the volcano that has been erupting since Sept. 19.
Earthquakes rattle island as La Palma volcano lava flows continue
LA PALMA — Earthquakes rattled La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands on Monday, as lava continued to flow from vents in the volcano that has been erupting since Sept. 19.Officials said they didn’t expect to evacuate any more people from the area, because the molten rock was following the same route to the sea as earlier flows.Spain’s National Geographical Institute said it recorded two quakes early on Monday that measured more than 3.0 magnitude.“It’s not over yet, we don’t even know how long there is to go,” the Canary Islands’ regional president Ángel Víctor Torres told public broadcaster RTVE. “We’re in nature’s hands.”Health is of increasing concern as there has been little let-up of discharge from the Cumbre Vieja volcano since it started erupting.Lava...
October 04, 2021

Earthquakes rattle island as La Palma volcano lava flows continue

At least 18 small ships bearing more than 600 people in total arrived on Lampedusa, a small island south of Sicily.
Hundreds of migrants land on the Italian island of Lampedusa
PALERMO -- Hundreds of migrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean on Sunday after fleeing Libya and Tunisia.At least 18 small ships bearing more than 600 people in total arrived on the small island south of Sicily.In addition, the migrants rescued on Saturday by Italian supply vessel Asso Ventinove were also taken to Lampedusa.The camp on the island is reported to be overcrowded and at least 250 people are being transferred to other Italian localities.Those crossing from Tunisia usually travel in small groups on small boats and often make it all the way to Italy under their own steam.Those fleeing Libya, where migrants and refugees face extortion, abuse, torture, detention, and death, tend to cross the Mediterranean on crowded and unseaworthy boats launched by...
October 04, 2021

Hundreds of migrants land on the Italian island of Lampedusa

Around 12 million people, or roughly 20% of population, are eligible to vote in Italy’s mayoral races.
Italians vote in local elections with key battles in major cities
ROME -- Italy is staging local elections that are being seen as a gauge of the people's views when it comes to the national picture.After the polls close on Monday afternoon observers say a clearer picture should emerge of which way the country is swinging.Almost 1,200 municipalities are involved and there is also the regional election in Calabria. Among the most significant battles are the mayoral elections in Rome, Milan, Naples, Trieste, Turin and Bologna.In the capital and the northern city of Turin, the focus will be on the populist 5-Star Movement -- with Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi and Turin's Chiara Appendino once again standing for the party after success five years ago.But Raggi will face stiff competition from at least four other candidates including Roberto...
October 04, 2021

Italians vote in local elections with key battles in major cities

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the 31st-anniversary ceremony of the reunification of east and west.
Democracy is under attack, says Merkel at German reunification ceremony
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an ongoing commitment to democracy, on the 31st-anniversary ceremony of the reunification of east and west.In a joint service with Christians, Jews, and Muslims, the outgoing Chancellor said "October 3, 1990, stands for the reunification of our country in peace and freedom.""This freedom did not just burst upon us. This freedom was won. The country we celebrate today as a reunified one could become because there were people in the GDR who risked everything for their rights, their freedom, for a different society."Merkel warned that sometimes democratic achievements were treated a bit too lightly.She said democracy must be protected. "But we are experiencing attacks on such high goods as freedom of the press...
October 04, 2021

Democracy is under attack, says Merkel at German reunification ceremony

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
UK ruling party ahead in polls despite economic woes
LONDON -- The UK's ruling Conservative Party has kicked off its annual conference in Manchester with consumers and businesses buffeted by the impact from Brexit, the pandemic, a creaking welfare system, soaring prices, and labour shortages that have seen fuel pumps run dry and supermarket shelves laid bare.Yet nearly two years on from his emphatic general election victory, and despite fierce attacks over his record and personality, Boris Johnson and his party sit comfortably ahead in opinion polls.On Monday the army begins helping to distribute fuel and the government has extended a limited visa scheme for more overseas labor to help in the short term.But the prime minister arrived in the northern English city on Sunday rejecting calls from industry to open the doors to more foreign...
October 04, 2021

UK ruling party ahead in polls despite economic woes

A boy stands on a seawall that protects his family home from the rising seas in Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. — courtesy UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin
7 climate action highlights to remember before COP26
NEW YORK — A September to remember, a pivotal month for climate action commitments. From the United Nations General Assembly week to the final pre-COP meeting, last month was an important time to build momentum before the decisive UN Climate Conference COP26 in early November.UN News has put together a list of the seven most important climate action-related highlights you should know about.1. Billions planned for clean energyMore than $400 billion in new finance and investment was committed by governments and the private sector during the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy, the first leader-level meeting on energy under the auspices of the UN General Assembly in 40 years.More than 35 countries, ranging from island states to major emerging and industrialized economies, made significant new...
October 03, 2021

7 climate action highlights to remember before COP26

Incumbent Rome mayor from Five Star movement Virginia Raggi (3rdL) during a campaign rally in Rome.
Italians go to polls for mayoral elections and all eyes are on Rome
ROME — Mayoral elections take place in over 1,000 towns and cities in Italy on Sunday and Monday, in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Mario Draghi since he took office in February.A low turn-out is expected on both days, but nonetheless the results from major cities such as Rome, Milan, Naples and Turin are eagerly awaited, as well as those in smaller centers.Key questions include whether the center-left can win in some of the more high-profile contests, as well as the performance of the far right.A lot is at stake for Democratic Party (PD) leader Enrico Letta, who is running in a parliamentary by-election in the Tuscan city of Siena.Former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who took over as the leader of the populist 5-Star Movement in August, has been campaigning hard.He's...
October 03, 2021

Italians go to polls for mayoral elections and all eyes are on Rome

Bernard Tapie at the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille, France, May 26, 2013.
Scandal-ridden French tycoon and ex-minister Tapie dies aged 78
PARIS — The former French minister and tycoon Bernard Tapie has died from cancer at the age of 78, his family have told the press group La Provence, which he owned.Briefly a socialist minister under President Mitterand in the early 1990s, he built a sporting and media empire but was known for a string of scandals and legal problems.As owner of the football club Olympique de Marseille he enjoyed success when the club won the French championship and later the Champions League in 1993. But soon after, allegations of match fixing emerged, with Tapie at the center of suspicions.The flamboyant businessman went to prison for six months after being convicted in 1995 for corruption, tax fraud and misuse of corporate assets. He was also banned from running for public office.A long-running fraud...
October 03, 2021

Scandal-ridden French tycoon and ex-minister Tapie dies aged 78

The Alchemist is a 40-meter-high mural which has been painted onto the side of a property in Brussels. — courtesy @superkant for @StreetArtMankind
Brussels mural paints positive picture of ecosystem renewal
BRUSSELS — A Spanish artist is using a giant 40-meter-high artwork painted on the side of a building in the Belgian capital, Brussels, to pose questions about climate change and the effect it’s having on global ecosystems. ‘The Alchemist’ by Lula Goce, has been created in collaboration with the United Nations and non-profit organization Street Art for Mankind (SAM) and is the first in a series of 50 murals which will be painted over the next 10 years in cities across the world to encourage the ecological restoration of damaged or dying ecosystems.Mother Nature protecting her herd“This mural, this lady, is a metaphor of Mother Nature taking care of the environment and trying to preserve a space for all the animals in the herd,” explains Lula Goce. “She is trying to protect it...
October 03, 2021

Brussels mural paints positive picture of ecosystem renewal

A petrol bunk in the UK posts a message that there's no fuel in that bunk. — courtesy Twitter
UK government calls on army and foreign lorry drivers to boost supplies
LONDON — The British government is taking more emergency measures to tackle the fuel distribution crisis which showed few signs of abating on Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of England.Around 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, will be deployed from Monday in a move intended to ease the pressure at the pumps, as long queues continued to be seen at filling stations going into the weekend.The army had been put on standby for such a move at the beginning of the week.The Conservative government has also said that 300 fuel drivers will be able to come to the UK from overseas “immediately” and stay through March.The fuel crisis is the latest in a list of issues linked to labor shortages caused by the pandemic and by Brexit, with supply problems also hitting...
October 02, 2021

UK government calls on army and foreign lorry drivers to boost supplies

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