Three missing in Swiss floods as Alpine resort Zermatt cut off
Heavy rain and melting snow leaves Zermatt completely isolated.
Barcelona decides to ban short term tourism rentals – Euronews
- Barcelona decides to ban short term tourism rentals Euronews
- Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs The Guardian
- Barcelona Announces Plan To Ban Tourist Rental Apartments By 2028 Forbes
- Barcelona to Ban Short Lets in Blow to Airbnb (ABNB) Bloomberg
- Barcelona's mayor vows to abolish short-term holiday lets by 2028 Sky News
Could therapy horses be the solution to Britain’s prison crisis?
A rehabilitation programme is using ‘equine therapy’ to break the cycle of crime and ease overcrowding in prisons.
France, China launch satellite in attempt to explore the universe
China's advances in space exploration are outpacing those of the US and attracting partners from Europe and Asia.
Hawaii Five-0 star Taylor Wily dies aged 56
The actor had a recurring role as Kamekona Tupuola in the crime drama series.
Ancient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexico
Anna Lee Dozier bought ceramic vessel at Maryland thrift store but it will now reside in Mexico City’s main museum
Mexico has regained a lost ancient Maya vase because of a US woman who bought the artefact for less than $5 at a thrift store.
Anne Lee Dozier recently received an expression of gratitude from the Mexican embassy in her home town of Washington DC for her role in reuniting the 1,200-to 1,800-year-old vase with its motherland.
Continue reading...Herculaneum beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius reopens centuries later – NPR
- Herculaneum beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius reopens centuries later NPR
- An Ancient Beach Buried by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption Is Now Open to the Public Smithsonian Magazine
- Beach buried by eruption of Mount Vesuvius reopens to public after restoration The Guardian
- Italy unearths ancient Roman beach at Herculaneum Wanted in Rome
- Herculaneum beach buried in Mount Vesuvius eruption reopens The Washington Post
Mother of teenager missing in Tenerife says police have ‘stepped up’ search
Debbie Duncan, mother of Jay Slater, says it is right that search should be intensified for 19-year-old
The mother of Jay Slater, the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer who is missing from Tenerife, has said she believes that Spanish police have intensified their search for him, as the hunt enters its sixth day.
Debbie Duncan told the Guardian she spent eight hours in a police station on Friday, as police outlined their detailed plans to search for the missing teenager from Lancashire. “I think it’s been stepped up,” she said, which she described as “too right”.
Continue reading...Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat – HuffPost
- Why U.K. Conservatives Are Headed For A Historic Defeat HuffPost
- Opinion | U.K. elections offer a glimpse of the future for advanced democracies The Washington Post
- Latest election poll: Rishi Sunak set to lose his seat The Telegraph
- Britain's Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly The Economist
- Election loss, rout, or wipeout? Three Tory outcomes predicted by the polls The Guardian
Stunning video shows Strawberry Moon rising over ancient Greek temple
Footage shows June's full Moon rising behind the Temple of Poseidon in southern Greece.
Man charged after allegedly slashing staff at western Sydney hospital
Police attended Westmead hospital about 11.30pm on Friday after a man, 39, allegedly slashed and assaulted staff
A man has been charged after allegedly slashing two security guards and injuring a nurse as police investigate possible mental health and drug issues.
Police were called to Westmead hospital in western Sydney about 11.30pm on Friday after reports a man had assaulted staff.
Continue reading...Do elephants really call to each other by name?
Research conducted in Kenya has revealed that elephants use individual names.
Britain’s richest family sentenced to jail for exploiting staff in Swiss mansion
Prosecutors claimed four members of family underpaid staff and gave them little freedom to leave Geneva mansion
A Swiss court has handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion.
The Hindujas, who were not present in court, were acquitted of human trafficking but convicted of other charges on Friday in a stunning verdict for the family, whose fortune is estimated at £37bn.
Continue reading...Justin Timberlake admits ‘tough week’ after arrest
The singer was arrested for driving while intoxicated in New York on Tuesday.
Meet Wild Thang, voted world’s ugliest dog
The Pekingese took out the spot, relegating a one-eyed pug in a wheelchair to second place.
Restaurateur Jeremy King continues comeback with opening of the Park
After losing his empire in 2022, the lauded host is opening a ‘new world grand cafe’ in London’s Bayswater
This month, Jeremy King will open the Park, an all-day restaurant in Bayswater. It is the second of three big 2024 openings for the lauded restaurateur, who was behind the heydays of some of London’s most celebrated restaurants such as Le Caprice, the Ivy and the Wolseley.
It follows the launch of Arlington in January, King’s modern reboot of Le Caprice, once a favourite with the stars from Diana, Princess of Wales to Mick Jagger. Later in the year he’ll be reviving another stalwart, Simpson’s on the Strand.
Continue reading...Network Ten requests Bruce Lehrmann pay $200,000 security against cost of appeal
Network asks court to dismiss appeal if Lehrmann fails to comply if such an order is made
Network Ten is asking a court to dismiss Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against his defamation defeat if he cannot pay the broadcaster $200,000 in security.
In April, Justice Michael Lee found the former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten when The Project broadcast an interview with Brittany Higgins on 15 February 2021 in which she alleged she was raped by a staffer. Lee found on the balance of probabilities Lehrmann raped Higgins on a minister’s couch in Parliament House in 2019.
Continue reading...Keir Starmer’s empty promise of British renewal
The Labour Party leader has pledged a great British rebirth, but appears to have no intention of delivering one.
Top US State Department official for Israel-Palestine affairs resigns
Andrew Miller cited family reasons but resignation is latest from Biden administration since Israel's war on Gaza began.
No props, no notes, no audience – but Trump-Biden debate will have ad breaks
After chaos in 2020, the switch from non-partisan overseer to commercial TV has some critics fearing a slippery slope
“Will you shut up, man?” It was hardly oratory worthy of Abraham Lincoln, but Joe Biden’s primal plea in the face of relentless interruptions and heckling from Donald Trump provided a defining soundbite of the 2020 presidential debates.
The two will face each other again on Thursday for the first of two head-to-head debates for the 2024 campaign, under new rules designed to prevent matters degenerating as they did four years ago. The US president and the former president will meet in a TV studio without the presence of a partisan audience, which some saw as an essential ingredient of Trump’s rabble-rousing approach. And to counteract the repeated butting-in that so irked Biden, the candidates will have their microphones muted when they are not speaking.
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