Lampedusa, Italy – Vito Fiorino woke up in his boat to piercing screams. It was 6am on October 3, 2013, and the Italian fisherman had spent a rare night out…
Day: October 3, 2023
Florida boy, 11, shoots teenagers after row at American football practice
Two 13-year-olds are stable after the attack at an American football session in Florida.source
Twelve infants among 24 dead in a day at hospital in India’s Maharashtra
Fatalities generate a political storm, with the opposition accusing the state government and hospital authorities of negligence. Twelve infants have died in one day at a hospital in the Indian…
Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Why is reformist Uzbek leader arresting bloggers?
Shavkat Mirziyoyev came into power promising to bring in an era of free speech.source
Lampedusa’s tragedies remind us we need urgent action from the EU
On October 3, 2013, one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks occurred off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. The vessel carrying almost 500 people, sank, resulting in the…
Bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar before 2024 Olympics
France is alarmed as “les punaises”, as they’re known in French, spread fear and loathing.source
A new kind of 3D-printed carrot, in the words of its Qatar-based inventors
Qatari students aim to make ‘food accessible to people all over the world’ with their newly invented 3D printer. Two students in Qatar have created a 3D printer that can…
India asks Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff – reports
It marks an escalation of a crisis sparked by Canada linking India to the fatal shooting of a Sikh separatist.source
UN Security Council approves sending foreign forces to Haiti
CNN — The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis.…
Niger declares mourning after dozens of soldiers killed in attack near Mali
The government declares three days of national mourning following the attack by suspected armed groups. At least 29 soldiers have been killed in an attack in western Niger, according to…