Emergency Workers Uncover Dozens Of Bodies In Gaza City District After Israeli Assault
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Civil defense workers on Friday dug bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulled them off rubble-covered streets, as they collected dozens of Palestinians killed this week by an Israeli assault in a district of Gaza City. The discovery of...
At Least 200 Crocodiles Crawl Into Cities As Heavy Rains Hit Northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. So far,...
U.N. Demands Russia Immediately Return Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plant To Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Russia urgently withdraw its military and personnel from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and immediately return the facility to Ukraine. The resolution also reiterates the assembly’s demands for Russia to immediately...
‘It’s Tourist Hunting Season’: The Street Art That’s Seething About Mass Tourism
The writing is on the wall across Spain. Residents who are becoming increasingly frustrated with the negative impact of mass tourism on their daily lives ― including but certainly not limited to higher rents and real estate prices ― are taking to the streets to...
Dragos: Industrial Cyber Security Basics Can Help Protect APAC Operational Technology Operators
Industrial cyber security in APAC is still lagging behind enterprises, but having some basic hygiene and a plan in place is “light years” better than nothing, according to director of incident response at operational technology cyber security firm Dragos Lesley Carhart. Carhart recommends industrial technology...
Israeli Military Orders Palestinians To Evacuate Gaza’s Largest City After Killing Dozens
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south Wednesday, pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and center of the embattled territory that has killed dozens of people over the past...
Barcelona Visitors Sprayed By Water Guns As Residents Protest Glut Of Tourism
Protesters gathered in Barcelona, Spain, this weekend to take a stand against over-tourism. While some protesters chanted and carried signs that said “Tourists, go home” and “Barcelona is not for sale,” some took to spraying tourists with water guns, according to multiple news outlets. The...
Australian, APAC SAP Customers Face Looming 2027 ERP Cloud Migration Deadline
Enterprises using SAP ERP Central Component as their core ERP system in Australia and APAC are facing a looming deadline to migrate to SAP’s new cloud ERP S/4HANA Cloud by 2027, when SAP plans to end mainstream support. Before then, SAP is asking customers to...
The Ukrainian Boxer Who Sacrificed His Olympic Dreams —
ROMNY, Ukraine (AP) — Maksym Halinichev won silver at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in a match described at the time as “two of the best young fighters going for glory.” He considered the bout a loss – it wasn’t gold, after all –...
Lovely leaves
As far as I know, there has never been a debate about which tree has the most glorious autumn leaves, possibly because the contenders are so ephemeral. Or maybe it’s because the yield changes every year. My favourites are the ones that produce autumn coloured...
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