To nine-year-old Zenaida, it wasn’t Dolly Parton’s storied country music career that made her so great. It’s the entertainment icon’s beloved Imagination Library book donation program that has had the biggest impact on the young girl’s life.”These are the first books I learned how to read,” Zenaida told AFP late Wednesday, flipping through Parton’s “Coat […]
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To nine-year-old Zenaida, it wasn’t Dolly Parton’s storied country music career that made her so great. It’s the entertainment icon’s beloved Imagination Library book donation program that has had the biggest impact on the young girl’s life.”These are the first books I learned how to read,” Zenaida told AFP late Wednesday, flipping through Parton’s “Coat […]
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Catastrophic flooding and landslides on the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed waves of water and debris that killed more than 360 people and left more than 1,400 missing. Here is what we know so far:- What happened? -The exact sequence of events is still unclear, but on Wednesday morning, a tsunami-like wall of freezing water and mud […]
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Das größte Atomkraftwerk Europas im nordfranzösischen Gravelines ist erneut Opfer einer hitzebedingten Quallenplage: Zwei Reaktoren wurden vom Netz genommen, weil zahlreiche Quallen das Filtersystem zu verstopfen drohten, wie der Energiekonzern EDF am Donnerstag mitteilte. Zwei weitere Reaktoren wurden deswegen gedrosselt. Damit funktioniert derzeit keiner der insgesamt sechs Reaktoren des Atomkraftwerks zwischen Calais und Dünkirchen normal. Ein […]
Read MoreOn a lush island in the Gulf of Finland, workers are toiling to protect the coastline from oil-spills — a risk heightened by Russian shadow fleet shipments and Ukrainian drone attacks. Special bolts were drilled in the ancient cliffs off the city of Kotka, less then a hundred kilometres (62 miles) from the Russian border, […]
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Iran has executed over 500 people so far this year after a new surge in hangings in recent days, despite President Donald Trump urging the Islamic republic to halt executions, a rights group said on Thursday. At least 511 people have been executed so far in 2026, according to Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, including […]
Read MoreRatko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday. Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity […]
Read MoreSrebrenica became a symbol of ethnic cleansing after its men and boys were massacred by Bosnian Serbs following a three-year-long siege during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. On Thursday, Serbian state media reported the death of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the massacre […]
Read MoreThe Zambian opposition leader who was runner-up in this month’s disputed presidential election surrendered to police on Thursday after two weeks in hiding following a summons over an alleged national security threat, state media reported. President Hakainde Hichilema won 60 percent of the vote and is due to be sworn in for a second term […]
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