With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.Last month Hurricane Lee went from barely a hurricane at 80 mph (129 kph) to the most powerful Category 5 hurricane with 155 mph
BRUSSELS (AP) — Abdesalem Lassoued had been denied residency in four European countries by the time he chased two Swedish men into a building in Brussels this week and gunned them down at close range with a semiautomatic rifle.The 45-year-old Tunisian arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in a smuggler’s boat in 2011. He
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Once an activist in a left-leaning youth movement, Rubén Dávalos is now among the millions of disaffected voters in Argentina planning to cast their ballots for right-wing populist and self-described anarcho-capitalist, Javier Milei. “In this country, you can’t plan for the future,” said the 30-year-old Dávalos, who began selling cellphone
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia said on Thursday it will introduce border checks with neighboring Hungary and Croatia following Italy’s decision to do the same with Slovenia because of security concerns due to violence in the Middle East. The government said border controls will be introduced on Saturday and last for at least 10 days.
INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — One of the most colorful festivals in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, involving scores of rowed boats and a spectacular gold-gilded barge, is being celebrated this month after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and violent political instability.The venue is Inle Lake in southern Shan state, about
Politika | 19.10.2023 | access_time 10:45 Izvestiteljka za Kosovo u Evropskom parlamentu (EP) Viola fon Kramon izjavila je danas da je strpljenje članica Evropske unije prema Srbiji “postepeno nestalo” i da su moguće restriktivne mere usmerene na rukovodstvo, a ne na građane ukoliko ne bude sarađivalo u istrazi o dešavanjima u Banjskoj.Evropski parlament trebalo bi
Politika | 19.10.2023 | access_time 09:50 Predsednik Nove Demokratske stranke Srbije (Novi DSS) Miloš Jovanović smatra da izborna kolona desnice treba da bude sveobuhvatna, da se proširi na pet parlamentarnih stranaka, što bi uključivalo i Narodnu stranku Vuka Jeremića.”To se, nažalost, nije desilo. Sada koalicija NADA izlazi u ovom formatu (POKS, Novi DSS i ostali
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday granted several days of protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, clearing the way for him to return home from self-imposed exile in London, where he went in 2019 for medical treatment.The decision by the Islamabad High Court is a major
HELSINKI (AP) — Telecom gear maker Nokia said Thursday that it is planning to cut up to 14,000 jobs worldwide, or 16% of its workforce, as part of a push to reduce costs following a plunge in third-quarter sales and profit.The Finnish wireless and fixed-network equipment provider said the planned measures are aimed at reducing
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s state-owned railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its European public transport subsidiary, Arriva, to U.S.-based infrastructure investor I Squared Capital.Deutsche Bahn didn’t disclose the value of the planned sale. It said the transaction should be completed next year. The company is selling Arriva “to enable
