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A videograb shows smoke billowing following an explosion at a chemical park in the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday.
Dozens injured, five missing after explosion at chemical complex in Germany
LEVERKUSEN — More than a dozen people have been injured and five more were missing Tuesday after an explosion at a chemical park in the German city of Leverkusen.Sixteen people were injured because of the blast, including four "seriously," the municipality said in a statement released after midday. "Five people are missing," it added.The explosion took place at around 9.30 a.m. CET at a waste incineration plant at Chempark in Leverkusen, a city in the western North Rhine-Westphalia region. The cause of the explosion remains unclear.Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance classified the explosion as “an extreme threat”, German news agency DPA reported.The municipality said that a tank of solvents was on fire at 12:20 p.m. CET,...
July 27, 2021

Dozens injured, five missing after explosion at chemical complex in Germany

The low-lying archipelago, Tuvalu, in the Pacific Ocean is reclaiming land as it fights the effects of climate change. — courtesy UNDP Tuvalu
UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought
ROME — Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report, which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.The assessment comes as record-breaking heatwaves, devastating floods and drought struck across three continents in recent weeks.“This report has been prepared in exceptional circumstances, and this is an unprecedented IPCC approval session,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair, Hoesung Lee, told the opening session of the meeting.The report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, by IPCC Working Group I brings together the latest advances in climate science and multiple lines of evidence to provide an up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.‘Climate...
July 27, 2021

UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought

A locomotive freight train traverses the Absirom Bridge on the Trans-Iranian Railway in Iran. — courtesy UNESCO/Hossein Javadi
Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
GENEVA — An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List.The UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted on Sunday to inscribe in its catalogue Quanzhou in China, Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple in India, Trans-Iranian Railway in Iran, and Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro in Spain.Meeting online in this year’s host city of Fuzhou, China, the world body chose the newly added sites for their cultural, historical or scientific significance.ChinaIn China, Quanzhou’s Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan, thrived during a highly significant period for maritime trade in Asia.According to UNESCO, the site illustrates the “vibrancy of the city” as a maritime center of commerce between...
July 27, 2021

Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List

UK Ambassador Rachel Galloway, left, and the Defense Minister of North, Macedonia Radmila Shekerinska, shake hands after signing the agreement. — Courtesy photo
UK establishes permanent military training team in Western Balkans
LONDON — The United Kingdom has set up a permanent military team in North Macedonia, marking a new level of defense cooperation with partners in the Western Balkans. An agreement was signed on Monday in Skopje, North Macedonia, by UK Ambassador Rachel Galloway and North Macedonia's Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska, establishing a Western Balkans land regional coordination cell, the UK government said in a press statement. The cell will involve a small military team coordinating and channeling UK training into the region. This will focus UK capacity-building efforts and enhance cooperation between UK and partner forces in the region. It will also improve the coordination of partnered military training and enable the UK to better understand and support the training requirements...
July 27, 2021

UK establishes permanent military training team in Western Balkans

Successive lockdowns over the past year have reduced exposure to and the spread of seasonal viruses including the flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), more traditionally observed in the autumn and winter.
COVID-19 cases drop in the UK for sixth consecutive day
LONDON — The UK recorded a drop in new daily COVID-19 infections for the sixth day in a row on Sunday, leading to suggestions it may have passed the peak of the third wave.Official data show that 24,950 new cases were recorded across the UK in the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, down more than 4,000 from the day before and representing the sixth consecutive daily decrease.Overall, new infections fell by 15.4% on Sunday compared to the previous seven-day period.Britain's third wave started in mid-May. Most non-essential shops, as well as outdoor dining and drinking, had been allowed to reopen a month earlier while restrictions on social gatherings were also being eased slightly.By late June, the country was recording more than 20,000 new cases every day, culminating in a peak on July 17...
July 26, 2021

COVID-19 cases drop in the UK for sixth consecutive day

Two and a half million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are facing hunger. — courtesy WFP/Bruno Djoye
Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres
ROME — Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 percent of biodiversity loss, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned, in a call to all countries to transform food systems to speed up sustainable development.Up to 811 million people faced hunger in 2020 — as many as 161 million more than in 2019 — Guterres said, at the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit in Rome beginning Monday.Pointing to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief added that three billion people cannot afford to eat healthily, either.“We are seriously off track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030”, said Guterres, who highlighted how “poverty, income inequality and the high...
July 26, 2021

Together, we must tackle growing hunger, urges Guterres

Armin Laschet, left, and Annalena Baerbock are seen in this file combination picture. — Courtesy file photo
German presidential candidates apologize for inappropriate gestures and comments
BERLIN — Two of Germany's leading candidates for chancellor have faced strong criticism for their behavior, just two months ahead of the federal elections. Armin Laschet, the conservative bloc candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, has apologized again for laughing in public last week while visiting a German town devastated by recent floods. Meanwhile, the Green Party's candidate, Annalena Baerbock, has expressed regret for using the N-word during a recent interview. The gestures could result in serious damage to the public image of both candidates, as Germany prepares for life without Chancellor Merkel for the first time since 2005. According to Europe Elects, Laschet's conservatives remain 10 points ahead of the Greens in the polls, but both parties have suffered losses in...
July 26, 2021

German presidential candidates apologize for inappropriate gestures and comments

Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding across London on Sunday afternoon, sparking major transport delays. — Courtesy photo
Roads, stations submerged in London floods
LONDON — Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding across London on Sunday afternoon, sparking major transport delays. London Metropolitan Police said the flooding had caused "severe disruption" on the North Circular Road, one of the major roads surrounding central London.Several London Underground train stations were heavily flooded, disrupting services. The "significant flooding" affected services across the transport network," a Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said in a statement. Multiple stations on the rail network known as the Tube were closed, according to the TfL website. "With multiple bus routes on diversion and some Tube and rail services affected and stations closed, we strongly advise that customers check for the latest...
July 26, 2021

Roads, stations submerged in London floods

Dieter Brummer, the Australian actor best known for his role as heartthrob Shane Parrish on TV soap
Dieter Brummer, 'Home and Away' star, dead at 45
LONDON — Dieter Brummer, the Australian actor best known for his role as heartthrob Shane Parrish on TV soap "Home and Away," has died at the age of 45. New South Wales Police confirmed to CNN affiliate 9News that Brummer's body was found in the Sydney suburb of Glenhaven on Saturday afternoon after officers responded to "reports of a concern for welfare at a home on Glenhaven Road."His death is not being treated as suspicious, a spokesperson for NSW Police added. Brummer's family said in a statement on Monday: "We lost our handsome, talented, funny, complicated and beloved Dieter on Saturday morning. "He has left a massive hole in our lives and our world will never be the same. Our thoughts go out to all of you who knew him, loved him, or worked...
July 26, 2021

Dieter Brummer, 'Home and Away' star, dead at 45

French lawmakers approved an extension of the COVID health pass requirements to bars and restaurants in the early hours of Monday as tens of thousands of people demonstrated across France against the extension of the health pass and compulsory vaccination for certain professions.
French MPs approve COVID health pass for bars and restaurants despite protests
PARIS — French lawmakers approved an extension of the COVID health pass requirements to bars and restaurants in the early hours of Monday.The health pass — attesting that the holder has either been vaccinated, tested negative over the previous 48 hours or has recovered from the disease during the previous six months — has been mandatory in France since last week to visit leisure and cultural venues.The law will see its use extended to bars and restaurants come early August. It also makes vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for healthcare professionals.However, it will not be required to visit shopping centers, like the government initially planned. Lawmakers also worked in an amendment stipulating that they will have to vote again if the government wishes to extend its use past...
July 26, 2021

French MPs approve COVID health pass for bars and restaurants despite protests

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