MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain seized 13 tonnes (13,000 kilograms) of cocaine in a cargo container apparently filled with bananas, in what they called the biggest anti-narcotics operation in the country’s history. Officials found bricks of drugs hidden behind the fruit on a vessel at the southern port of Algeciras in southern Spain, polic
Midstate man gets closure on his late cousin’s cause of death during Vietnam War
(WHTM) — A Midstate man who always wondered what happened to his cousin shot down over Vietnam now has some closure. David Christian, a skyhawk pilot during the Vietnam War, was shot down near the Vietnamese Coast in 1965 and was originally considered killed in action. His younger Midstate cousin, Larry Christian, thought David survived […]
Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF
More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is impacting water supplies and river transport, UNICEF said Wednesday. The record-breaking drought is taking a toll on Indigenous and other communities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru reliant on boat connections, the UN agency [&he
Immersive light show helps Paris church’s history ‘come alive’
PARIS, France (KMID/KPEJ) – A new spectacle has been drawing crowds to the Saint-Sulpice church on the Left Bank of the French Capital. The neo-classical monument, with interiors larger than the famed Notre Dame cathedral, is now the centerpiece of an immersive light show. At night, the walls come to life with 360-degree video projections […
Not a good day for Germany, says Foreign Minister Baerbock
Following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said it was not a good day for Germany. It is also “not a good day for Europe,” the Green Party politician said outside the Chancellery in Berlin late Wednesday. Europe bears a responsibility for peace on its continent and i