NEW DELHI (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency rejected recommendations Wednesday to place Stonehenge on the list of world heritage sites in danger over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument. Stonehenge was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in southern England
Kosovo | 24.07.2024 | access_time 13:55 Vlada Kosova usvojila je na današnjoj sednici izmene i dopune Administrativnog uputstva koje omogućavaju da oduzetu imovinu javne institucije ili državni organi koriste bez javnog nadmetanja. Kako je izjavila ministarka pravde Kosova Aljbuljen Hadžiu imovina bivšeg “vođe terorista” Milana Radoičića, sada je pod upravom Ministarstva pravde, odnosno Agencije za
Politika | 24.07.2024 | access_time 13:15 Nebojša Petković iz “Ne damo Jadar” izjavio je danas da će to udruženje pozvati građane Srbije na protestna okupljanja ukoliko Skupština grada Loznice sutra stavi na dnevni red usvajanje Prostornog plana posebne namene za projekat “Jadar”. Petković je agenciji Beta kazao da lokalna vlast u Loznici planira da u
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — And now, the real work begins for the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team. The four-time defending Olympic gold medalists arrived in France on Wednesday to begin their final preparations for the Paris Games . Their train from London arrived in their early afternoon, about three hours before the team was slated
PARIS (AP) — Sip a cool caipirinha cocktail in Brazil. Sample a spicy samosa in India. Boogie down with a DJ in France ‘til the early hours. Or, do all three in a day — and perhaps meet some athletes, too. If you’re in Paris but don’t have tickets for the Olympics , organizers want
The majority of Venezuelans are religious — just like parts of the country’s political history. But as they prepare for the upcoming presidential election, it’s hard to say exactly how religious Venezuelans are and what specifically they believe. The government has not released official figures in more than a decade. Most estimates provided by researchers
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president on Wednesday incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based government that would address governance issues raised in deadly protests. President William Ruto on Wednesday appointed the minority leader in parliament and opposition leader Raila
Meta says it has taken down about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in financial sextortion scams — along with groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sexual extortion, or sextortion, involves persuading a person to send explicit photos online and then threatening to make the images
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported. In
Taiwan has closed offices, schools and tourist sites across the island ahead of a powerful typhoon due to make landfall later Wednesday. Typhoon Gaemi already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, where at least 12 people have died. The typhoon had winds of 100 mph Wednesday morning and heavy rain was falling in much of
