These are extreme temperatures that also occurred prior to 2010, but much lower. Between 1980…
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Petition to change the name of New Zealand: it still bears the name Holland
The Maori party has started a petition to officially change New Zealand’s name to Aotearoa,…
More than $1 billion pledged to help Afghanistan | Abroad
“This conference fully meets my expectations of solidarity with the people of Afghanistan,” Guterres said….
UN commissioner says former government employees may have been killed by Taliban
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has accused the Taliban of…
Spain deploys its army and preemptively evacuates it due to fires: we haven’t seen a forest fire like this in years | Abroad
In southeastern Spain, the army is deployed in the fight against a large forest fire…
Biden visits disaster sites on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 | Abroad
Biden and his wife Jill arrived Saturday morning (local time) for a memorial ceremony at…
The mayor of Paris is a candidate for the French presidential elections
Anne Hidalgo, the socialist mayor of Paris, has officially announced her candidacy for the 2022…
Taliban fire into the air at a mostly women protest in central Kabul
According to AFP, a group of about 70 mostly women gathered in front of the…
Taliban forces Afghan students to wear niqab
The abaya is a long veil that covers the body. The niqab covers the face…
Dane finds 22 Viking Age gold coins: ‘Like the lid of a can of sour herring’ | Science
An amateur archaeologist in southwestern Denmark has discovered 22 gold coins using a metal detector….