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Alexander Zverev brushed aside Karen Khachanov in straight sets on Sunday to seal the Olympic men’s singles title. The fourth seed, who ended Novak Djokovic’s Golden Grand Slam bid in the semi-finals, produced a dominant display to win 6-3, 6-1 after just 79 minutes on court. Zverev becomes only the second German to win an Olympic singles gold after Steffi Graf in 1988, while Boris Becker and Michael Stich took the men’s doubles crown four […]
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Four people were reported dead and more than 180 injured as thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes spreading across the mediterranean resort regions of Turkey’s southern coast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvrMTg7zols
Greenland’s ice sheet has experienced a “massive melting event” during a heatwave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according to Danish researchers. Since Wednesday the ice sheet covering the vast Arctic territory, has melted by around eight billion tonnes a day, twice its normal average rate during summer, reported the Polar Portal website, which is run by Danish researchers. The Danish Meteorological Institute reported temperatures of more than 20 degrees […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjlgGa1PKo In Paris, demonstrators march against the extension of the ‘health pass’ along the Boulevard de Clichy and in front of the Moulin Rouge. France will from August 9 enforce new legislation that will make a health pass compulsory to visit a cafe, board a plane or travel on an inter-city train, the government’s spokesman said Wednesday. The legislation passed by parliament at the weekend has sparked mass protests in France but the government is […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — The global economy’s business-as-usual approach to climate change has seen Earth’s “vital signs” deteriorate to record levels, an influential group of scientists said Wednesday, warning that several climate tipping points were now imminent. The researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists who have signed on to an initiative declaring a worldwide climate emergency, said that governments had consistently failed to address the root cause of […]
by Anne-Laure MONDESERT TROOZ, Belgium It has been two weeks since the torrents of water trapped Nadia Neqrat on the first floor of a house in Belgium’s eastern Trooz district, and she still has nightmares. Now — with the help of relatives, neighbours and volunteers — she is among the residents trying to rebuild their lives. The devastation from the worst floods here in living memory, which left at least 41 dead in Belgium and […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said Monday it aimed to start trialling a malaria vaccine next year using the same breakthrough mRNA technology. If successful, the vaccine could be a crucial step in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease, which kills more than 400,000 people a year — mainly young children in Africa. “We will do whatever it takes to develop a […]
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AFP) — One person died and 16 people were injured Tuesday following an explosion at a chemical park in Leverkusen, Germany, the site operator said as residents were urged to stay indoors because of black smoke rising from the area. The blast happened at around 09:40 am (0740 GMT) “for still unknown reasons”, Chempark operator Currenta said. At least two of the injured were in a serious condition, and four workers were missing, […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A fire scorched forests at the base of Mount Penteli north of Athens Tuesday and was approaching the surrounding suburbs, firefighters and local authorities said. Authorities have sent alerts to mobile phones of residents of the affected area, warning them to “be ready to follow instructions,” but had not issued any evacuation orders. “No one is in danger,” a spokesman for the firefighters, Vassilis Vathrakoyannis, told Skai radio. Earlier, the mayor […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — UK property prices hit a record peak last month as Britons sought more space during the pandemic, data showed Tuesday, with demand stimulated also by temporary tax cuts. The average sale price rose by 5.4 percent to a record £230,700 (270,000 euros, $320,000) in June from a year earlier, lifted also by a supply shortage, property listings website Zoopla said in a statement. That was almost a third higher than […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Two people were seriously injured Tuesday in an explosion at a chemical park in Leverkusen, western Germany, the site’s operator said, as police urged residents to shelter indoors. “Several employees were injured in the incident, at least two of them seriously,” Chempark operator Currenta said in a statement. “Five employees are currently missing.” The blast happened at around 09:40 am (0740 GMT) “for still unknown reasons”, it said. The explosion could […]
