Divers have discovered an unusual vessel at the bottom of the Sylva River in the Perm Region, and experts are saying it’s one of the last paddle steamers used to evacuate residents during the Siege of Leningrad, in 1941.
Over 27,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan
#Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 27,000 #refugees fleeing the Tigray region into #Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threatened to inflame...
Coronavirus pandemic in France: Restaurants will remain shut after lockdown
#France has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of #coronavirus, the fourth-highest total in the world. The government imposed a nationwide partial lockdown starting Oct. 30 as the second surge hit and could start...
Culture amid Covid-19 restrictions: How are theatres coping?
The #arts and #culture sector has been badly hit by #Covid-19 around the world, with lockdowns leaving cinemas and theatres closed for many months. When France announced its second nationwide lockdown, its culture...
Coronavirus pandemic: “There will be more restrictions” after the lockdown, French PM says
#France entered a second nationwide #lockdown on Oct. 30, which is set to last at least until early December. After hitting a peak of 86,852 new infections per day on Nov. 7 – nine days into lockdown – new...
Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Tuesday the #US will reduce #troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-January, asserting that the decision fulfills President Donald #Trump’s pledge to bring forces...