Source link The substance, known as ‘kush’, has reportedly caused hundreds of deaths in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has declared a “national emergency on drug abuse” amid calls from health services and local communities to stop the spread of a synthetic drug that reportedly contains human bones and has led to hundreds of deaths. The […]
Source link West Jerusalem is outraged at Lula da Silva’s Holocaust comments, while Brasilia has called the reaction “absurd” The Israeli foreign minister has lashed out at the Brazilian president over the latter’s remarks on the war in Gaza and the Holocaust. According to Reuters, Israel Katz said that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was […]
Source link KaDeWe Group, which runs the eponymous retailer in Berlin and two other high-end outlets in Hamburg and Munich, has filed for insolvency under self-administration, the corporation announced this week. The company said that while the stores are operationally healthy, it has been “forced” to restructure due to exorbitant rent costs, which “make it […]
Source link The incumbent president’s party is projected to secure a parliamentary majority Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election in the Balkan country, after exit polls projected that his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win over half of the seats. The SNS won some 46% of the vote, according to […]
Source link The Ukrainian government on Thursday requested emergency assistance from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia as freezing temperatures caused a shortage of power in the electrical grid, the state utility Ukrenergo has said. Demand for electricity grew higher than what the Ukrenergo grid could support as snow fell in Kiev and the thermometers dropped to […]
Source link The Health Ministry of Romania declared a nationwide measles epidemic on Tuesday, after registering almost 2,000 new cases in 29 of its 41 counties. This will help boost vaccination rates among vulnerable children, officials said. The ministry identified children aged 9 to 11 months old, as well as those who have not completed […]
Source link The UK city of Nottingham, home to folklore legend Robin Hood and birthplace of iconic designer Sir Paul Smith, effectively declared itself bankrupt on Wednesday. In a statement, Nottingham City Council announced it has a huge budget gap and is unable to balance the books for the 2023-24 financial year. The authority issued […]
Source link Nearly half a million Crimean residents have been left without electricity after an unprecedented “storm of the century” ripped through the Russian peninsula on Sunday. Authorities have declared a state of emergency across several municipalities, after one person was reportedly killed and ten others injured. According to the scientific director of the Russian […]
Source link The measures in Sierra Leone follow the storming of a military facility in the capital, the president said A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Sierra Leone following an attack on a military facility in the West African country, President Julius Maada Bio announced on Sunday. According to his statement, a group of […]
Source link Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday declaring 2024 the ‘Year of the Family’ and appointing a deputy prime minister to head a government commission that will spearhead the program. The ‘Year of the Family’ initiative aims to “promote state policy in the field of family protection and preservation of traditional […]
Source link Elagabalus will reportedly be referred to as ‘she’, as a classical author claims he asked a lover to call him a lady The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, England, has announced that the Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled Rome from AD 218 until his assassination at the age of 18 in 222, was […]