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Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa, keeping nerves on edge as rivers of volcanic lava continued to flow toward the sea on Tuesday and a new vent blew open on the mountainside.
Fresh earthquakes prompt further evacuations in Canary Islands
MADRID — Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa, keeping nerves on edge as rivers of volcanic lava continued to flow toward the sea on Tuesday and a new vent blew open on the mountainside.After moving downhill across the island’s countryside since Sunday's eruption, the lava is gradually closing in on the more densely populated coastline.Officials said a river of lava was bearing down on the neighborhood of Todoque, where more than 1,000 people live and where emergency services were preparing evacuations.About 6,000 people on La Palma have been evacuated so far and 183 houses damaged, government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez said after a Cabinet meeting in Madrid.“The truth is that it’s a tragedy to see people losing their...
September 21, 2021

Fresh earthquakes prompt further evacuations in Canary Islands

France vowed on Tuesday to continue joint work with India in the Indian and Pacific oceans, as the dispute is escalating between France and the United States and Australia over the termination of the French submarines contract.
France, India vow joint work in Indian, Pacific oceans
PARIS — France vowed on Tuesday to continue joint work with India in the Indian and Pacific oceans, as the dispute is escalating between France and the United States and Australia over the termination of the French submarines contract.In a phone call, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to work in a joint and comprehensive manner in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, according to a statement issued by the French presidency.This took place following Australia's withdrawal from the contract valued at $66 billion to purchase French submarines, as it joined an extended security coalition with the United States and United Kingdom (UK).Meanwhile, EU High Representative Josep Borrell discussed the recent announcement of a security partnership by the...
September 21, 2021

France, India vow joint work in Indian, Pacific oceans

A photo of police personnel wearing masks in Germany.
Man suspected of killing petrol station cashier in Germany after facemask row
BERLIN — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting of a petrol station worker in Germany following a dispute over facemasks.Authorities in the western town of Trier said the suspect told police officers he acted “out of anger” after the 20-year-old clerk asked him to put on a covering. He had gone to the petrol station to buy some beer late on Saturday evening.“He further stated during interrogation that he rejected the measures against the coronavirus,” according to the police statement.A requirement to wear masks is among the measures in place in Germany to stop the spread of the COVID-19.According to police, the suspect initially left the petrol station after the dispute in the town of Idar-Oberstein, but then returned wearing a mask and...
September 21, 2021

Man suspected of killing petrol station cashier in Germany after facemask row

A former refugee and now farmer member of the Somali Bantu Community Association in Lewiston, Maine, tends to a goatherd. — courtesy Hazel Plunkett
US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR
GENEVA — United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the coming fiscal year to 125,000 people, has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).“This plan reflects the commitment of the US government and the American people to help ensure that the world’s most vulnerable refugees have a chance to rebuild their lives in safety,” said UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo, briefing journalists in Geneva on Tuesday.Monday’s move fulfills an earlier pledge to raise a cap that had been cut to 15,000 under his predecessor, Donald Trump; the lowest since the 1980 Refugee Act took effect. Mantoo said the plan emphasizes “the importance of all countries doing their part” in responding to the needs of refugees.Disturbing imagesThe...
September 21, 2021

US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR

UK police accuse third man over Novichok poisonings in Salisbury
LONDON -- A third person has been accused in connection with the 2018 Novichok poisonings in the English cathedral city of Salisbury.Counter-terrorism police have recommended charges against Sergey Fedotov -- an alias for Denis Sergeev -- including conspiracy to murder, attempted murder as well as possession and use of a chemical weapon.Authorities believe he is a member of the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU.British authorities had previously charged two Russian nationals, Anatoliy Chepiga and Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin, over the poisonings of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal.The nerve agent later killed a 44-year-old local woman, Dawn Sturgess, who had inadvertently sprayed herself with a perfume bottle containing the substance.Scores of...
September 21, 2021

UK police accuse third man over Novichok poisonings in Salisbury

Young Swiss Muslims are no longer ready to accept increasing levels of anti-Islam sentiment.
Growing up as a Swiss Muslim in the shadow of 9/11
GENEVA -- Maymunah Ahmed stands out from the crowds as she navigates her way up the cobblestone pathway to the city of Bern's iconic Rose Garden viewpoint in her traditional Islamic attire. The abaya robe and dark green hijab she wears remain an uncommon sight in the Swiss capital.“Go home, take your headscarf off. I've experienced it all” she recalls looking over the red tiled rooftops of the medieval old town during an interview with swissinfo.ch in Bern.“I can imagine that my outward appearance is problematic for some people, but that by no means warrants the everyday discrimination that I face”.Twenty years on from 9/11, young Swiss Muslims are facing rising levels of anti-Islam sentiment, stirred up by political debates and media narratives that create divides between...
September 21, 2021

Growing up as a Swiss Muslim in the shadow of 9/11

 Alexander Litvinenko
Russia behind 2006 London spy murder, rules European court
STRASBOURG -- Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found, according to a BBC report.Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who became a British citizen, died of polonium poisoning in 2006 in London.A UK public inquiry conducted in 2016 concluded that the killing was "probably approved" by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Russia has always denied any involvement in his murder.The UK inquiry said former KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoi and another Russian, Dmitry Kovtun deliberately poisoned Litvinenko by putting the radioactive substance into his drink.Litvinenko's widow, Marina, took the case against Russia to the Strasbourg-based rights court, which has agreed with the UK inquiry's conclusion."The Court...
September 21, 2021

Russia behind 2006 London spy murder, rules European court

Bernd Lange
Submarine row could delay EU-Australia trade deal: MEP
BRUSSELS -- Canberra's decision to scrap a €56 billion contract for submarines with France has complicated the EU's negotiations for a free trade deal with Australia, an MEP has warned.Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, called it a "question of trust".“Now the trust is missing,” he told Aussie broadcaster ABC, and “it is a question of how serious and how reliable Australia is"."Some [EU] members could ask for more safety nets and more safeguards in such an agreement, so I guess the dialogue and the negotiation will take more time,” he added.Although Lange said there was "no clear commitment to stop" negotiations, he ruled out the deal would be struck before the next French presidential...
September 21, 2021

Submarine row could delay EU-Australia trade deal: MEP

A research scientist in Georgia works on COVID-19-related experiments. — courtesy ADB/Tengo Giorbelidze
Innovation continued despite COVID-19: New UN report
GENEVA — Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper last year, the UN’s intellectual property agency said in a new report published on Monday.According to the findings of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) latest Global Innovation Index, (GII) governments and enterprises in many parts of the world scaled up investments in innovation, demonstrating an acknowledgement that new ideas are critical for overcoming the pandemic.“We expected a harsh slump in 2020 of around 3 per cent, however, the GII shows there are reasons to be optimistic... with governments showing foresight and not cutting spending,” Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, WIPO Composite Indicator Research Section and GII co-editor, said at the...
September 20, 2021

Innovation continued despite COVID-19: New UN report

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Pfizer's COVID vaccine works in children aged 5 to 11, according to trial data
LONDON — Pfizer said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek US authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.The vaccine — made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech — is already available for anyone 12 and older. But with children now back in school and the extra-contagious Delta variant causing a huge jump in pediatric infections, many parents are anxiously awaiting vaccinations for their younger children.For children ages 5 to 11, Pfizer tested a much lower dose — a third of the amount that’s in each shot given now.Yet after their second dose, children in this age range developed coronavirus-fighting antibody levels just as strong as teenagers and young adults, Dr. Bill...
September 20, 2021

Pfizer's COVID vaccine works in children aged 5 to 11, according to trial data

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