Conflicts
Conflicts
Taliban ban and condemns women's voices
24 August 2024 08:00 The government of Afghanistan has ratified a law on the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice that requires women to wear veils to cover their faces.
Swiss vignette: no need to stick it on the windshield
23 August 2024 18:00 For the past year, it's no longer been necessary to buy a sticker to drive on Swiss motorways. In 2023, the confederation successfully introduced an electronic sticker.
Putin sends his army to slaughter
23 August 2024 17:59 According to the New York Times, the Russian army has been losing more than 1,000,either people killed or wounded, every day. Record losses.
Russian soldier attacks own commander then defects to Ukrainian army
23 August 2024 17:38 A Russian soldier suddenly threw a hand grenade into the room where his fellow soldiers and superiors were sleeping in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. This can be seen in video footage that has been leaked.
"Some new soldiers refuse to shoot at enemy"
23 August 2024 17:36 Army superiors and fellow soldiers complain about the mindset and skills of new recruits within the Ukrainian army. So reports AP news agency.
Women suffer more from jet lag than men
23 August 2024 17:32 A study at the University of Surrey in England found that women suffer more from jet lag than men.
Here's how to avoid that annoying earache on the plane
23 August 2024 17:29 For some people, going on vacation by plane is really no fun. The difference in pressure causes them enormous earaches. And yes, they already tried everything: chewing gum, earplugs, nasal spray, painkillers ... There are people who for this reason do not even dare to get on a plane anymore. Nose-throat-ear specialist Stephan Vlaminck tells on radio2 what causes this earache and what you can do to prevent it!Latest news
Saturday, Aug. 24: the most gruesome day ever on the battlefield?
The U.S. Embassy in Kiev comes with a remarkable warning. 23 Aug 2024 17:24Orca stares already for 32 years at the exit in tiny concrete swimming bowl (VIDEO)
Orca Kshamenk has been dubbed in the press as "the loneliest orca in the world". Indeed, the now 35-year-old animal has been living in poor conditions at aquarium Mondo Marino in Argentina for 32 years. 23 Aug 2024 17:21Enraged herd of cows kills 67-year-old man
A 67-year-old man was killed Saturday while walking in Spaubeek in the Dutch-Limburg municipality of Beek when he was attacked by a herd of cows. 23 Aug 2024 17:18Russians flee occupied region en masse
Zelensky wanted to bring the war to the attacker's territory, and seems to have succeeded as more than 133,000 Russians have fled the Russian border region of Kursk since the invasion by Ukrainian forces. Some 20,000 people do remain behind in the eight districts under evacuation orders. 23 Aug 2024 17:15Ukrainians bomb Russian ferry with weapons
The Ukrainian Navy has sunk a ferry in the Russian port of Kavkaz. On board that Russian ferry were weapons and fuel. So reports army spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk in an interview with Radio Liberty. 23 Aug 2024 17:11Doctors lose “part of his skull” during operation
This story takes place in the United States, in the Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta. In September 2022, Fernando Cluster underwent a delicate procedure after suffering a brain haemorrhage. The problem is, the doctors in charge 'lost' part of his skull. 23 Aug 2024 16:30“Severe blow for Putin”
On X (former Twitter), EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrel, declared that the Kremlin leader’s propaganda had just taken a 'severe blow'. 23 Aug 2024 16:00