Posts by Riah Stelmack
Exploring the Spectacular ‘Normal’ Route Across Italy’s Brenta Dolomites
Rivers and a highway separate the isolated Brenta Dolomites from the rest of the range. The main peak, the Campanil Basso, is so iconic that, according to tradition, no man from the local Italian town of Trentino can be considered a climber until he has scaled it. However, the Brenta is hard to access from…
Read MoreGerman military chief defends planned high military expenditure
German Armed Forces Chief Inspector Carsten Breuer has justified the significantly increasing defence expenditure for Germany. The discussed spending amounting to 3.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is not unfounded, the highest-ranking soldier of the Bundeswehr told the news magazine Der Spiegel in remarks published on Friday. “It is clearly derived from a…
Read MoreNavalny widow, media watchdog to launch TV channel
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Reporters Without Borders will launch a television channel to “promote free speech in Russia”, the press freedom advocacy group said on Friday. The channel, named Future of Russia, will be broadcast via the Svoboda Satellite project, which is available across Russia, Reporters Without Borders said. The channel…
Read MorePaint, parades and power: Africa’s top shots
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Read MoreGerman-Israeli leader slams far-right Israeli ministers for Gaza plan
The president of the German-Israeli Society in Berlin has strongly criticized the far-right members of Israel’s government for comments he says amount to calls for “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza. “My job to defend Israel is becoming more and more difficult because there are voices in the Israeli government which are totally unacceptable,” Beck said in…
Read MoreFloods kill at least 110 people after heavy rain in Nigeria
At least 110 people have died in floods caused by torrential rain in central Nigeria, officials have told the BBC. The rainfall lasted for several hours, said the head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (Nsema), Abullahi Baba-Arah. He added that “surging flood water submerged and washed away over 50 residential houses with their…
Read MoreMacron warns Israel over ‘unsustainable situation’ in Gaza
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a tougher line to be taken on Israel if it does not act to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. “In the coming hours and days, if there is no response that corresponds to the demands of the humanitarian situation, the collective position will of course…
Read MoreRussian delegation to travel to Istanbul for talks on Monday
Moscow will send a delegation to Istanbul for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, despite the absence of a commitment from Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “It will be ready on Monday morning for the continuation of negotiations, the second round of the talks,” Peskov said. He expressed the hope that…
Read MoreUkrainian ambassador praises gear change in Germany under Merz
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has expressed satisfaction with the change in tone in Berlin after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit this week. “There were clear results,” Oleksii Makeiev told radio station WDR5 on Friday, referring to Wednesday’s meeting between Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “And on a personal level, it went very well,” he…
Read MoreKfir Brigade destroys booby-trapped Gaza building with drone technology
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Under the direction of Division 36, the Kfir Brigade has killed dozens of terrorists, as well as destroyed Hamas infrastructure and weaponry as part…
Read MoreRashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”
It’s an epic display of small ideas. But what gives the exhibition its coherence is Johnson’s consistent—if tonally varied—engagement with literature. “A Poem for Deep Thinkers” is named after a piece by the poet, playwright, and jazz critic Amiri Baraka, who is a kind of guiding spirit for the show. The prosy, preachy poem contains…
Read MorePro-India parade filmed in Gujarat state, not Pakistan
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways India’s government has staged nationwide marches to honour its military following the most serious conflict with arch-foe Pakistan. But online posts claiming a right-wing…
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