The accident in California, US comes shortly after a similar incident in Florida on Saturday A police helicopter crashed into the water in Newport Bay, California on Saturday evening – the same day that another helicopter crashed into the ocean in Miami Beach, Florida. Following the latest accident in California, both pilots were rushed to […]
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Nuclear watchdog will get Fukushima water checked
Scientists in Austria and Monaco are to verify if samples from Japan’s nuclear facility are safe Some 50 liters of treated water used to cool down the Fukushima melted nuclear reactors will be sent for analysis to “independent” laboratories in Austria and Monaco, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement on Friday. […]
Minister in hot water after wife-beating advice
Malaysian women’s rights groups have said the nation’s deputy minister for family is “abhorrent” and not fit for the job Malaysian women’s rights groups on Monday called for the deputy minister for family and women to resign, after the official sparked outrage by giving advice on wife-beating in an Instagram post. In a two-minute video […]
Greek premier in hot water over snowstorm impact
Natural disaster caught the country off guard despite similar extreme weather conditions occurring last year Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized to his fellow citizens after heavy snowfall paralyzed traffic in Athens, leaving thousands of motorists trapped on blocked highways. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Mitsotakis admitted that “there […]
Drones sprinkle ‘holy water’ on crowds to protect from Covid
Around three million people are expected to attend a religious event in India amid the Omicron surge Massive crowds of pilgrims have been flooding the delta of the Ganges river, desperate to take a dip in its waters. Drones have been deployed to spray water on them and reduce crowding. Up to three million Hindu […]
WATCH: Water cannon, tear gas deployed amid chaotic Covid-19 protests in Brussels
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belgium’s capital Brussels on Sunday, protesting new Covid-19 restrictions. A group of demonstrators clashed with police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Some 8,000 people took park in the street protests in Brussels on Sunday, according to police estimates. The participants condemned the government’s Covid-19 […]
LEAKED documents reveal intense ‘lobby activism’ by fossil fuel players to ‘water down’ UN climate change report – media
Several fossil fuel-reliant nations, including Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, are reportedly lobbying to add “policy neutral” language to a UN report that calls for “urgent and accelerated” efforts to tackle climate change. More than 32,000 comments have been made by governments, corporations and other interested parties to scientists compiling the International Panel on Climate […]
Italian riot police fire tear gas, water cannon at anti-Covid health pass protesters blocking Trieste port (VIDEOS)
Police in northeastern Italy deployed tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters staging a sit-in at Trieste port in opposition to the introduction of the country’s ‘Green Pass’ Covid health document. The Italian government approved a law in September requiring all workers to show a Covid Green Pass, which provides proof of their vaccination […]
Swiss cops deploy water cannon & rubber bullets to break up 500-strong protest opposing Covid-19 health pass (VIDEOS)
Swiss police used a water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an anti-Covid protest on Thursday after a crowd of demonstrators broke through barriers outside the federal capital’s parliament building. The unauthorized protest saw around 500 critics of the government’s Covid-19 restrictions gather for a weekly demonstration, as activists continue to reject […]
Slovenian police deploy water cannon & tear gas against hundreds marching in protest of Covid restrictions before major EU summit
Police in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana clashed with crowds demonstrating against Covid restrictions, deploying horse-mounted officers, tear gas and water cannon to disperse people on the eve of today’s European Union summit there. Hundreds of demonstrators on Tuesday took to the streets of Ljubljana to oppose the government’s pandemic measures, with a video on Twitter showing […]
Slovenian police use tear gas & water cannon as rally against Covid-19 pass mandate gets chaotic (VIDEO)
Tear gas and water cannon were deployed by police in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana after thousands of demonstrators upset over mandatory Covid-19 passes tried to block a major highway and were accused of assaulting the media. The Slovenian government made Covid-19 passes mandatory for almost all shops, services, and workplaces in mid-September, as the nation faced […]
‘Eco-warriors Meghan and Harry’ in hot water for flying private jet… though some wonder how it’s newsworthy
British tabloids and their readers wasted no time lashing out at the rogue royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for using a private jet to return to their home in California after a grand tour to New York. The two were caught by a paparazzo after touching down on Saturday night at a private […]
WATCH: Swiss police use rubber bullets, teargas and water cannons to disperse Bern protest against Covid passports
Police in Switzerland’s de facto capital of Bern fortified the parliament building and used water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets to forcibly disperse a crowd protesting against the government-mandated Covid-19 passports. Thursday’s rally against the coronavirus measures was officially canceled by organizers and banned by the authorities, but a large number of people still turned […]
Beijing blasts Japan over decision to water down textbooks on historic ‘comfort women’ abuses
The Chinese foreign ministry has registered its anger and disappointment over Japan’s decision to revise textbook language on so-called comfort women, victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and other forced workers. Speaking on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing that abuses against comfort women were a serious crime […]
IAEA to send experts to Japan in December to review plan for release of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will travel to Japan in December to look into Tokyo’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, the sides agreed on Thursday. The decision was made during a three-day visit to Japan by the IAEA’s deputy director general and head of […]