Source link The eruption has begun on the Reykjanes peninsula after seismic activity shook the area for weeks A volcano under southwestern Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula has begun erupting following weeks of earthquake activity that destroyed homes, broke apart roads and prompted evacuations of a nearby fishing village. The eruption started after 10pm local time on […]
Source link Such extreme snowdrifts have not been seen for more than a century, Russia’s senior meteorologist has said A record snowfall has blanketed Moscow and the regions of central Russia. On Thursday night alone, the capital received a fifth of the monthly average, Evgeny Tishkovets, the senior meteorologist at the FOBOS weather center, said. […]
Source link Poland’s parliament quickly slapped the controversial politician with the highest financial penalty allowed A far-right lawmaker in Poland used a fire extinguisher to douse menorah candles during an official Hanukkah ceremony on Tuesday, calling the Jewish holiday a form of “satanic worship.” The stunt was later referred to prosecutors by Warsaw’s parliament speaker. Hosted […]
Source link Local media claim it to be the largest snowfall in Munich since records were first collected in 1933 Extreme snowfall and sub-zero temperatures led to chaos in the Bavarian state capital of Munich on Saturday as a winter storm paralyzed air and rail travel, led to road traffic accidents, and forced the cancellation […]
Source link South Korean demonstrators reportedly planned to release dogs in front of the presidential office in Seoul Hundreds of South Korean dog meat farmers took to the streets of Seoul to protest a proposed ban on their livelihood on Thursday, leading to clashes with police and three arrests, organizers told media on Friday. Dozens of […]
Source link At least one person died and ten have been injured in the disaster, local officials say A massive storm that hit the Crimean Peninsula on Monday night turned out to be the most powerful one in its recorded history, Roman Vilfand, a scientific adviser to the Meteorological Office, told RIA Novosti. The last […]
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 Heavy snowfall that started in the Russian capital overnight is expected to continue into Tuesday Autumn is barely over, and Moscow is already going through its first major snowfall. Meteorologists have described what’s happening in the Russian capital as a “black blizzard” – a phenomenon usually encountered in the Far North, when snowflakes […]
Source link Powerful winds and heavy rain battered the Crimean Peninsula on Saturday, knocking down trees, ripping off roofs, and leaving nearly half a million residents without power. Water supply interruptions have also been reported in multiple settlements. Rescuers were helping residents of several flooded communities along the southwestern shore of the peninsula, including the […]
Source link Police cars and buses were torched after local media identified a man who stabbed multiple children as Algerian Crowds of rioters have set police and public transport vehicles on fire in the Irish capital of Dublin, amid rumors that a man who stabbed three children at a school was a foreign national. Protesters […]
Source link Stuart Seldowitz, who threatened the man with torture, worked on Barack Obama’s national security team Former US State Department and National Security Council official Stuart Seldowitz has been fired from his lobbying job after he was caught on video threatening a Muslim street vendor with deportation and torture, and calling the Islamic prophet […]
Source link The crowd was led by senior politicians holding a “For the Republic, against anti-Semitism” banner Massive demonstrations against anti-Semitism took place across France on Sunday amid a sharp rise in anti-Jewish acts since the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. In Paris, the march was led by senior politicians including Prime […]