MILAN (AP) — The operation to transport an injured spelunker out of a cave in northern Italy cleared a difficult passage Tuesday to leave the uncharted part of the Bueno Fonteno cave and enter the main tunnel, rescue officials said. The operation, now in its fourth day, was expected to continue at least another day […]

A new island has emerged in Venice – thanks to recently installed city flood barriers. Bacan is a small stretch of land near the Sant’Erasmo island on the Northern Venetian Lagoon. It can only be reached by private boat. The island is popular with local residents during the summer months as an escape from a […]

The year 2024 is the hottest year on record in Germany since nationwide measurements began in 1881, the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Tuesday. The recording-setting temperatures break the previous record that had only just been set in 2023, and 2022 had been one of the two warmest years on record. Tobias Fuchs, head […]

For Ukraine – pitched against Russia’s larger and more powerful military – the use of unconventional tactics such as assassinations is seen as a vital way to fight back. There is no official confirmation yet of who was behind the killing on Tuesday in Moscow of the head of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defence [&

You may think that ticks are a summer problem, so you will be sorry to hear that the blood-sucking pests are actually active all year. It’s true that ticks go into a low energy state in winter, meaning they are reluctant to move around and usually go into hiding under snow, leaves and brush, according […]