Author: News Desk

video On April 15, 2019, the roof and spire of the famous Paris monument went up in smoke. It was a disaster, but one that could have been far worse. Using exclusive 3D modeling to reconstruct the fire, Le Monde identified the crucial decision that saved the monument. Notre-Dame could have collapsed in April 2019. Here’s how firefighters saved the cathedral from total destruction

An unexpected consequence of Donald Trump’s election as US president was the return to public debate of an old American public health measure: Water fluoridation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, set to become the health secretary, is not only a notorious anti-vaxer but also a fierce opponent of adding fluoride to drinking water. He claimed that the practice is “associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.” While some of these claims are unsupported by scientific evidence – notably the link between fluoride exposure and cancer – a growing number of scientific studies and official…

At the beginning of November, the National Police arrested three local police officers from Santa Susanna (Barcelona) and the PP councilor of the municipality, Inmaculada Casilla, suspected of being part of a network dedicated to the regularization of foreigners. The police accuse the four involved of simulating contracts for a criminal organization that allegedly fraudulently processed residence permits for forty people, according to sources in the case. Those investigated allegedly pretended to employ various people as domestic workers in exchange for money so that the group could legalize their situation in Spain. The detention of the four accused was voided…

French authorities rescue 85 migrants trying to cross Channel Authorities say ‘numerous’ boats set out to sea and that one called for help after hitting a sandbank off the Pas-de-Calais regionThe French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday, maritime authorities said, the latest in a deadly series of dangerous crossings.One of “numerous” migrant boats that set out to sea called for help after hitting a sandbank off the Pas-de-Calais region, France’s Channel and North Sea maritime prefecture said in a statement. Continue reading… French authorities rescue 85 migrants trying to cross…

The central Executive, the PP and the governments of the Canary Islands and Ceuta hold a meeting this Thursday to try to move towards a migration agreement Read Clavijo devises a new distribution of minors so that the State can pay for 6,000 migrants

It has been less than forty years since the South Koreans freed themselves from the shackles of military dictatorship. The current situation has parallels to this dark era. The lessons from back then can also be transferred to the present. Why South Korea’s fight to preserve its democracy concerns us all

The pressure on South Korea’s head of state Yoon is growing. After the martial law scandal, the police take action against the president. And the head of state is threatened with impeachment proceedings in parliament. South Korea: Police investigate President Yoon for… “turmoil”

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said on Thursday it would block the opposition’s motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for his short-lived attempt at martial law, but the motion only needs a handful of PPP defectors to pass and few are ready to forgive Yoon’s “unconstitutional” move. South Korea's ruling party says it will block impeachment motion against President Yoon

The video opens with a man in a blue jacket, a hood pulled over his head as snow falls around him. He’s pointing to a big building in the background, telling the viewer that the luxury Palace des Neiges hotel recently changed hands and was now owned by a “famous person.” A video within the video pops up and a man in what’s been made to appear like a TV news studio narrates that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Film Heritage Inc. bought the hotel, sharing snippets of a website as proof of the ownership change. Claim: “Zelensky has purchased €88 million hotel in Courchevel ski…

It is one of the mysteries of naval history: the fate of the crew of the Mary Celeste remains shrouded in fog. The brig had sailed from New York Harbor in early November 1872 with ten people on board, bound for Genoa. The sailing ship was found a few weeks later, on December 5, adrift in the middle of the Atlantic, off the coast of the Azores. Its commercial cargo – alcohol, above all – was intact, as were the passengers’ personal effects. But there wasn’t a living soul on board, everyone disappeared. What happened to them? Since then, hypotheses…