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A 29-year-old American tourist has died after being hit by lightning while hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily. The man was struck on Sunday as a severe thunderstorm swept across the volcano. He was rushed to a hospital in Catania by a firefighter helicopter but was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been made public. An emergency call came in shortly before 8 pm. He had been in the isolated Rocca Capra area of the active volcano, in the Valle del Bove, around 1,400 metres above sea level. According to preliminary information from authorities, the man is believed to…
Dogs and their owners filled San Pedro Church in La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday for a Mass marking the feast of Saint Roch, the patron saint of dogs. The footage shows worshippers holding their pets during the service before receiving Communion and having the animals blessed with holy water. Some faithful also brought photos of pets that had died, including one woman who held a picture of her cat. Priest Sandro Arana said people could learn loyalty and unconditional care from animals, describing them as gifts from God. Saint Roch is traditionally associated with a dog that brought him food…
By Euronews Published on 17/08/2026 – 20:15 GMT+2 The US Supreme Court rejected for a second time President Donald Trump’s request to overturn a jury judgement that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll. In July, Trump and the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to overturn an $83 million (€71 million) defamation verdict won by writer Carroll. Carroll testified twice before New York juries that Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a department store in 1996. The former journalist and columnist first made the allegations public in a 2019 memoir. She later sued Trump for…
POLITICO’s investigation revealed warnings from Egyptian authorities and internal assessments by Rosatom regarding the construction of the El Dabaa nuclear plant. The documents obtained by POLITICO raised concerns ranging from the quality of concrete work to delays and management problems, while an Egyptian agency alleged “deliberate negligence” and violations of “nuclear safety culture.” Nuclear material has yet to be introduced at the site. Rosatom previously defended its safety record at El Dabaa and pointed to regular scrutiny of the project by Egyptian, Russian and International Atomic Energy Agency officials. None of the allegations contained presented to Rosatom by POLITICO, have…
Buckets, hoses and water pistols soak participants carrying portable shrines through eastern Tokyo during the Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri on Sunday, 16 August. The footage shows crowds drenching the bearers while firefighters spray them with hoses. Held once every three years, the main procession featured 54 mikoshi carried along an eight-kilometre route by about 25,000 people. The festival dates back to 1642, when Tokyo was still known as Edo. Participants say the event requires years of preparation and brings people from different social backgrounds together. Its history also includes a tragedy. In 1807, Eitai Bridge collapsed under the weight of crowds…
All three ministers declined to comment on the record. The reference to Streeting’s number online has since been deleted, and officials are working to remove the other two. Ministers are given secure government devices to conduct business for their briefs, in particular for high-risk roles like defense, and are expected to use those for non-personal comms. A government spokesperson said: “The government has robust procedures in place to ensure the security of sensitive information.” But Prerana Joshi, research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank, said that having direct numbers for Cabinet ministers in the public domain is…
Nvidia has recruited Wall Street to bankroll its own customers. The US chipmaker said last week it had signed memorandums of understanding with Wall Street’s largest asset managers, including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR to raise upwards of half a trillion dollars for AI companies to borrow against, money that will buy its chips and build the servers that run them. The six firms will set up what Nvidia calls “compute financing platforms,” drawing on institutional money, insurance funds and private credit. Borrowers can use the proceeds for the chips as well as…
As the trend for digital nomads shows no sign of slowing down, Japan has dominated a new ranking of the world’s best cities for remote workers, with Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya all making the top ten. For modern nomads, finding the right city involves more than just checking whether the Wi-Fi works. Cost, things to do, work-friendly infrastructure and quality of life can all make or break a longer stay. To find out which cities offer the best overall setup, independent VPN review platform vpn.jpn.com ranked 104 of the world’s biggest cities, looking at the factors that matter most to…
Published on 17/08/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2 Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party has vowed to scrap benefits for foreign nationals as part of a proposed overhaul of the nation’s welfare system. The policy would include European Union citizens with settled status in the UK, meaning renewed negotiations would need to take place over the UK’s Brexit withdrawal agreement. Outlining the plan in a speech on Monday, Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economics spokesperson and Member of Parliament for Newark, pledged to put an end to what he called the “foreign welfare ripoff.” “The British taxpayer is acting as the welfare state for the…
Published on 17/08/2026 – 14:56 GMT+2 The UN human rights chief voiced alarm at the rising civilian toll of escalating hostilities in Yemen on Monday, urging efforts to avoid plunging the country back into full-scale war. Yemen, which has been embroiled in more than a decade of civil conflict, became the latest country to be dragged into the Iran war last month as the Tehran-backed Houthi group upended a 2022 truce with the Saudi-backed government, ramping up attacks on areas it holds. The latest violence has raised the spectre of a return to war in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country.…