Mount Etna eruption lights up the night sky
Europe’s most active volcano has been in a constant state of activity since 2013. Source link
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Bologna's leaning tower sealed off over fears it could collapse
Work has begun on a barrier around the Garisenda Tower and authorities say the situation is “critical”. Source link
Quinto Inuma: Peru environmentalist who fought for Amazon shot dead
“We deeply regret the death of Quinto Inuma Alvardo… as a consequence of a cowardly attack of which he was victim in the afternoon of Wednesday, 29 November,” said a statement written jointly by Peru’s environment, interior, justice and culture ministries. Source link
Congo cobalt: TikTokers quit vaping amid mining concerns
A swell of online interest in the central African nation has young adults questioning what they puff. Source link
Bowen: US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends
Biden’s chief diplomat, Antony Blinken, has spoken clearly, in public, about the way the US wants Israel to fight Hamas. If Israel kills anything like as many Palestinian civilians as it did in the north, in defiance of the stated will of Joe Biden, the US president will have to decide whether he can continue …
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George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote
“To hell with this place,” the disgraced congressman says as he leaves the Capitol. Source link
'I’m not ready to lose hope’: The hostages still in Gaza
There are still over 100 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, including at least 16 women. Source link
Putin ally Gergiev gets top theatre job at Bolshoi as well as Mariinsky
His predecessor at the Bolshoi, 76-year-old Vladimir Urin, did not explain why he was stepping down after 10 years in the job. Although he joined a number of cultural figures in signing an anti-war letter at the start of the war, he later admitted that some names had been removed from Bolshoi posters because they …
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Ex-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dies aged 93
When nominating her to the court in 1981, Mr Reagan said that she was “truly a person for all seasons, possessing those unique qualities of temperament, fairness, intellectual capacity, and devotion to the public good”. The Senate approved her nomination in a unanimous vote of 99-0. Source link
UN says end of ceasefire ‘nightmare’ for people in Gaza
It began bombing the territory after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping about 240 others. Over the last week, more than 100 of those hostages were released in exchange for the freeing of 240 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Source link