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4,000 victims identified in Libya
4,000 victims identified in Libya ‘This is a disaster of epic proportions,’ said Ahmed Zouiten, representative of the World Health Organization in Libya. – Photo: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AP/TT Close to…
Franco-era torture victims testify in court
full screen A man looks at a floral tribute to the dictator at the Mingorrubio cemetery outside Madrid, where Francisco Franco’s remains were moved in 2019. File photo. Photo: Manu…
Most of the thousands of flood victims in Libya could have been avoided if the weather and warning service had worked, says Petteri Taalas, Director of the World Meteorological Institute
People were not warned about the threat of flooding and were not evacuated. According to the Finnish director of the World Meteorological Institute, WMO, there are also problems in other…
several victims, one death from respiratory paralysis
One person died and seven others are in intensive care after contracting symptoms suggestive of botulism in Bordeaux. The patients all frequented the same restaurant between September 4 and 10.…
Kenya: drug consumption still on the rise, with increasingly young victims
A study published Monday by Nacada, the National Authority for Prevention of Alcohol and Drugs, shows increasingly widespread use of alcohol and narcotics. The first victims remain young people. Even…
The Red Cross warns: The number of victims of the floods in Libya is huge and may even reach thousands
Among the most affected cities is the coastal city of Derna, where entire neighborhoods are feared to have been destroyed. The death toll from the floods in the eastern part…
The victims of the dictatorship are honored 50 years after the Chilean coup
previous full screen Next Chilean President Gabriel Boric joined the mourning march for the victims of the military dictatorship after the coup 50 years ago. 1 / 2Photo: Esteban Felix/AP/TT…
The victims of the dictatorship are honored 50 years after the Chilean coup
Monday is the anniversary of the coup that overthrew the popularly elected left-wing president Salvador Allende. Chile’s brutal regime came to characterize and symbolize the many military dictatorships that ruled…
The Moroccan earthquake was detected as recently as in Finland – a seismologist believes that the number of victims may reach up to ten thousand
The earthquake is smaller in scale than, for example, the February earthquake in Turkey, Tiira estimates Anna Näveri, Pekka Pantsu The earthquake that happened in Morocco the night before Saturday…
Expressions of support for victims after a major earthquake in Morocco: ‘This deeply affects our community’
Mayors Frits Naafs of Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Ap Reinders of Stichtse Vecht also express their support. “My thoughts are with our residents who have family or friends in the affected…