Posts by Riah Stelmack
Kenya’s celebrated coffee under threat as farmers hit by climate change
In the lush, volcanic highlands of Komothai in Kenya’s Rift Valley, farmers like Simon Macharia produce coffee on small plantations scattered across the hillsides. Along with other farmers, Mr Macharia brings sacks of his bright red coffee cherries to the local processing plant, where they are weighed and treated. A machine removes the red husks,…
Read MorePeru’s Navy rescues dozens of fishermen stranded at sea as giant waves pound shore
TUMBES, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Navy says it has rescued about 30 fishermen who had been stranded for two days at sea as giant waves pounded the country’s northern coast. Many of them had struggled to bring their boats back to Acapulco beach in the Tumbes region. Jaime Yacila, the mayor of the province of…
Read MoreIsrael bombs Gaza hospital and refugee camp, causing further deaths
The Israeli military killed seven people in a missile attack on a hospital in the eastern part of Gaza City, while a strike on a refugee camp killed nine people, Palestinian media and officials reported on Sunday. Among those killed in the shelling of Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp were women and children, according to the…
Read MoreNigerians take to the streets for Calabar Carnival
Christmas revellers descended on Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar this weekend for its festive carnival dubbed “Africa’s biggest street party”. [Emmanuel Adegboye / EPA] The glitzy parade had floats and dancers from many of Nigeria’s different ethnic groups taking part. [Olympia De Maismont / AFP] A month of celebrations in December draws many partygoers…
Read MoreIsraeli shells Gaza refugee camp, killing nine, Palestinian media say
Israeli shelling of Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp has killed nine people, among them women and children, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Another 15 people were reportedly injured in what was the latest of a string of aerial attacks on the central Gazan camp housing displaced Palestinians in recent weeks. The attack came after…
Read MoreMexican authorities find 11 clandestine graves with 15 bodies near border with Guatemala
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Eleven clandestine graves with the bodies of 15 men were located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels is taking place, local authorities said Sunday. Chiapas Gov. Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar said on his social media channels that the findings…
Read MoreFlights temporarily suspended at Halifax airport after airplane landing incident
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — An aircraft incident at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport caused temporary delays to all flight operations Saturday night. Airport spokesperson Tiffany Chase said that at approximately 9:30 p.m. Saturday, an Air Canada Express flight operated by Pal Airlines arriving from St. John’s, Newfoundland., experienced an incident upon landing. Air Canada…
Read MoreAzerbaijan president accuses Russia of ‘absurd’ plane crash cover-up, says flight was ‘shot down’
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an “absurd” cover-up after its air defenses allegedly “shot down” a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the “tragic incident” this weekend, but the Kremlin has not formally stated that Russian air defenses shot down the plane. At least 38 people were killed…
Read MoreAliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan and has called for those responsible to be punished. The passenger plane had been fired on from the ground while in Russian airspace over the Chechen capital of Grozny, Aliyev told national…
Read MoreAzerbaijan’s president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. (…) We are not saying that it was…
Read MoreDeath toll rises to 127 after plane crashes at South Korean airport
SEOUL, South Korea — There were two survivors and 177 confirmed dead in a commercial airplane crash Sunday at a South Korean airport, officials said. There were 181 passengers and crew onboard, and two remain unaccounted for. The Jeju Air flight 2216 skidded off the runway while landing at Muan International Airport in South Korea,…
Read More3 die off northern France coast in Channel crossing attempt
PARIS (AP) — At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities said. The deaths were confirmed after an early morning rescue operation involving French emergency services and the navy’s “Dauphin” helicopter. The prefecture described the attempted crossing as “difficult,” with around 50 people…
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