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The Eighteen Letters Project
I realized that I didn’t want to just print out the letters and hand Hudson a stack of paper. I needed to find a bindery. The woman I ended up working with seemed a little disorganized but very passionate. I knew that she was the one the minute I walked into her cramped lair on…
Read More5 German mountaineers die in northern Italy after being hit by avalanche
ROME (AP) — Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers said on Sunday. Three victims — two men and a woman — had already been recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people, a man and his 17-year-old daughter, were found…
Read MoreBar-Ilan becomes Israel’s second largest research university, surpassing HUJI
Over the past seven years, Bar-Ilan has seen a 30% increase in total student enrollment, marking the highest growth rate among the country’s major research universities. Bar-Ilan University has climbed to second place among Israel’s research universities, surpassing the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and now trailing only Tel Aviv University, according to a new Central…
Read MoreGraves of lost World War One soldiers found
World War One marines have had their graves identified on mainland Europe – more than a century after their deaths. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the resting place of Reginald Clarence Rogers, who was born in Kent, has now been marked at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 in France. It added that Thomas William…
Read MoreDay of the Dead: 1.5 million people attend parade in Mexico
Around 1.5 million people watched on as colourful floats and people in costumes marched through Mexico City during a grand parade for the Day of the Dead on Saturday, according to the city administration. In the ninth edition of the parade, cardboard skeletons, around 8,000 costumed performers and carnival-decorated floats made their way through the…
Read MoreSenior Qatari diplomat warns that Gaza could end in a ‘no war, no peace’ situation
“We don’t want to reach a situation of no war, no peace,” Majed al-Ansari, adviser to Qatar’s prime minister and spokesperson for the foreign ministry warned. The situation in Gaza could develop into a “no war, no peace” deal, where Israel keeps its troops inside the strip due to the impossibility of establishing an international…
Read MoreFrench fraud watchdog reports Shein for ‘childlike’ sex dolls
France’s anti-fraud unit said on Saturday it had reported Asian e-commerce giant Shein for selling what it described as “sex dolls with a childlike appearance”. The DGCCRF watchdog said in a statement that the “description and categorisation” of the items on Shein’s website “make it difficult to doubt the child pornography nature of the content”.…
Read MoreKenyan landslide kills 21 after heavy rainfall
The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night. He said on X that more than 30…
Read MoreLandslide in western Kenya leaves 21 people dead, 30 others missing
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide on Saturday in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short rains season. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed by the mudslides in the hilly area…
Read MoreGermany’s heating bills have tripled since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Germans are facing a 82% increase in heating costs since 2021, when the country decided to cut ties with Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Germany’s association of property managers predicts that in 2025, heating a 70 square metre flat with gas will cost 1,180 euros per year, an increase of 15% compared to…
Read MoreGermany’s Steinmeier kicks off three-country Africa trip in Egypt
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Egypt on Saturday afternoon at the start of a nearly week-long trip to Africa that will also include stops in Ghana and Angola. No German head of state has ever visited Angola before him. Steinmeier last visited the African continent in December 2024. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi had invited…
Read MorePilots union gives Lufthansa time to resolve pensions dispute, averting possible strike
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s pilots union VC is giving Lufthansa more time to resolve a pensions dispute, averting a possible strike at the airline for now, according to a union letter to its members obtained by Reuters on Saturday. The employer will again be requested, with a set deadline, to submit an offer in the talks…
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