Balloons. Dancing. Speeches. Music. It’s convention season in the US election, but this year won’t be like previous ones. First, the Democratic National Convention starts with four days of party events...
Siberia records all time temperature high for the Arctic Circle | DW News
Temperatures across the Arctic have been increasing at a rate that is about twice the global average, causing an unprecedented heat wave in Siberia. This year a small remote town above the Arctic circle in the Russian...
New Zealand delays election after return of Covid-19
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday delayed New Zealand’s looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning.
Belarus president seeks Russian help to end protests
Responding to a call for help from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin says it is ‘ready to assist to resolve the challenges facing Belarus’. The country has been a close ally of Moscow, but relations...
‘Duzhu Drift’ | Chinese artist performs on floating bamboo pole
The 23yo Chinese performance artist balanced herself on a single bamboo pole to perform her dance moves. As a seventh-generation practitioner of ‘single bamboo pole rafting,’ she has been practising this...
After 200 years, this coal mine is closing – and it’s England’s last one
Today marks the end of an era, with the closure of England’s last commercial coal mine. The Bradley Mine in County Durham has operated for almost 200 years. But now, after plans to expand the site failed, the open...
Iraqi artists dedicates his work to the blast victims
At least 171 people were killed in the explosion at the Lebanese Port of Beirut last week, while more than 6-thousand are injured and hundreds of thousands left homeless. But the impact has spread beyond the borders of...