PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board at an upcoming hearing. The Titan submersible imploded in the North Atlantic in June 2023, killing all five people on
Politika | Izvor: Beta | 09.09.2024 | access_time 14:50 Direktorka Inicijative mladih za ljudska prava (YIHR) Sofija Todorović, koju je policija Srbije od 6. jula čak devet puta zadržala i pretresla na graničnim prelazima, rekla je danas u emisiji “Iza vesti” Televizije N1 da se ne oseća kao žrtva sistema. Ona je ocenila da je
Životna sredina | Izvor: Beta | 09.09.2024 | access_time 13:20 Ministarstvo Srbije za zaštitu životne sredine je objavilo poziv za učešće javnosti u procesu konsultacija u vezi s izradom desetogodišnje Strategije zaštite životne sredine koje će trajati do 3. oktobra. Ministarstvo je pozvalo predstavnike svih organa javne vlasti, zainteresovane građane i građanke, privredna društva, organizacije
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends. But activity ground to a near standstill on one stretch of sand. People held up their phones to record athletic feats they’d never before witnessed, or even imagined. The game? Footvolley, a combination of soccer and beach volleyball. The
TUNIS, Tunisa (AP) — Election officials in Tunisia doubled down Monday on their decision to deny accreditation to some election observer groups, who said the move shows that the October presidential contest in the North African country won’t be free and fair. The Independent High Authority for Elections, or ISIE, said in a statement that
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer is responsible for the 2019 deaths of a couple during a raid of their home because his lies on a search warrant wrongly portrayed them as dangerous drug dealers, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday. An attorney for the former officer, Gerald Goines , admitted her client
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Police in Guinea-Bissau seized 2.6 tons of cocaine from a plane that arrived from Venezuela in the West African country’s capital, Bissau, over the weekend, judicial police said Monday. The agents confiscated 78 bales of drugs that were smuggled in on a Gulfstream IV aircraft during a raid on Saturday afternoon
TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced Monday in a Toronto courtroom to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women. The judge called the 83-year-old a “sexual predator.” Justice Robert Goldstein said Nygard showed no empathy for his victims, who were all attacked in his company’s offices. The judge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Edward B. Johnson, who as a Central Intelligence Agency officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the CIA confirmed on Monday. He was 81. Johnson’s identity for decades had been hidden from the
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Dozens of inmates escaped from a maximum security prison outside Liberia’s capital over the weekend, authorities said Monday. The 47 inmates were able to escape because of a breach in the prison security system, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. The prison is in Kakata, a town 55 kilometers (34
