BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes committed in Syria, mostly against Kurdish residents in northern Syria.The New York-based watchdog said the abuses were committed by Turkish forces and also armed factions backed by Ankara in areas they control in
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as winds and temperatures dipped but the massive blaze was still untamed and threatening more death and destruction.The Smokehouse Fire is the largest of several major fires burning in the rural Panhandle section of the state. It has charred 1,300
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A freight train hit and killed three people at a railway crossing at a station in central Sweden after they got off another train, police said Thursday.The victims — a 25-year-old man, a woman in her 20s and a third person who was not immediately identified — crossed the tracks without
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least two dozen people died off Senegal’s northern coast and many were injured when their boat capsized, said officials, underscoring the danger of the route used by an increasing number of migrants seeking to reach Spain from West Africa. The boat was bound for Europe and capsized near the town
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Legendary pop icon Cyndi Lauper, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Time After Time” and “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” has entered a partnership with the Swedish masterminds behind the immersive virtual concert ABBA Voyage.The partnership announced Thursday by the Pophouse Entertainment Group co-founded by ABBA
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Thursday successfully put an Iranian satellite into orbit, a launch that underlined increasingly close cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.Russia’s state-run Roscosmos corporation said that a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny launch facility in the country’s far east to carry the Iranian satellite and 18 Russian satellites
Izvori | Izvor: Beta | 28.02.2024 | access_time 15:20 U Evropi su prošle godine izgrađene nove vetroelektrane ukupne snage 18,3 gigavata, od čega je rekordnih 16,2 gigavata instalirano u Evropskoj uniji, saopštilo je danas udruženje u oblasti industrije vetroenergije Vind Jurop (WindEurope).To je, međutim, samo polovina kapaciteta energije vetra koje EU mora da instalira da
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who’s expected to form the government, entered the lower house
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United Nations accused Nicaragua ‘s government of committing “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity” on Thursday in an investigation into the country’s expanding crackdown on political dissent. The government of President Daniel Ortega has gone after opponents for years, hitting a turning point in mass protests
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A helicopter flying between an offshore oil platform and mainland Norway crashed into the North Sea, killing one person and injuring five others, police said Thursday.The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter was on a training mission for state-owned oil and gas company Equinor ASA when it went down late Wednesday off Bergen, Norway’s
