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The bodies of 10 migrants have been discovered on a wooden boat by rescuers from German migrant rescue charity, ResQship. The group said on Monday that rescuers had come to assist a wooden vessel in distress in the Mediterranean. Bodies discovered in flooded lower deck Rescuers managed to save 51 people, however, the bodies of 10 people were found below the flooded deck of the vessel. The charity did not provide details about where or when this specific rescue operation took place, but according to the marinetraffic.com tracking service, it  was in the western Mediterranean, between the Tunisian port of…

The longest day of the year is almost here, but there has been barely a hint of summer in the UK – while parts of Europe swelter in record-breaking heat. Greece recorded its earliest ever heatwave last week, as temperatures soared about 38C for more than three days running. It’s a huge contrast to the weather in the UK, which has been “disappointingly cool” so far this month, Sky News meteorologist Steff Gaulter says.So what’s going on – and is our weather finally going to get better?A tale of two summers The UK has felt far from summery for much of…

The body of a tourist from the United States was found on a beach on the Greek island of Mathraki, near Corfu, authorities said Sunday. It is the latest grim discovery in a string of incidents involving dead or missing foreign tourists in Greece over the past few weeks. On Saturday, a 74-year-old Dutchman was found dead by the fire service in Samos less than a week after British TV personality Michael Mosley was found dead on the island of Symi.Michael Mosley went for a walk on the island of Symi when he went missingImage: Anna Reinert/imageBROKER/picture alliance Search for more…

Leading Chinese women’s rights advocate Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for  “inciting subversion of state power,” according to a group campaigning for her release and a copy of the verdict issued by the the Guangdong Intermediate People’s Court. Huang, who is also a#MeToo activist, was sentenced alongside labor activist Wang Jianbing who was given three years and six months in prison on the same charge. Wang has also spoken out in support of women reporting sexual harassment.  Both Huang and Jianbing have been detained for over 1,000 days since their arrest in September 2021. Throughout their detention and trial, both maintained…

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight came within 400ft of the ocean following an aborted landing attempt. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged at a maximum descent rate of about 4,400ft per minute off the coast of Hawaii before climbing back up to safety on 11 April. The plane had been flying between cities from Honolulu to Lihue airport in Kauai, but bad weather conditions prompted pilots to bypass a landing attempt.During the go-around – when a plane flies back up in the air after deciding not to land – the first officer “inadvertently pushed forward…

It’s not often that a dark spot in space illuminates our planet, but that is exactly what professional and amateur astronomers expect to happen in September when a once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion 3,000 light-years from Earth will light up our night sky. What is a nova explosion? A nova explosion is the dramatic instance of a star exploding as it interacts with another, nearby star. It’s a one of many, repeated moments during the long, slow, death of two neighboring stars in the same system. Astronomers are waiting for the fiery explosion of T Coronae Borealis, also dubbed the “Blaze Star”…

Jude Bellingham’s thumping header made it all worthwhile for the England fans. A win in their team’s opening Euro 2024 game against Serbia kept them happy, even when an unconvincing performance, along with rain and long travel delays, threatened to ruin their day. And one other thing was not quite as they would have liked it to be in Gelsenkirchen: the beer. Various special measures had been put in place for what authorities had designated a “very high-risk game,” with a focus on alcohol. The usual full strength Bitburger pilsner was not on sale at the stadium, only the brewery’s…

Warning: This article includes graphic accounts of sexual abuse which some people may find disturbing. Please exercise caution before reading on. A woman in her 70s sits on the pavement in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. She raises her hands with the last of her strength, begging for a few coins to buy some food. After the sun goes down and the lights of the tuk-tuks (rickshaws) illuminate the streets, the situation becomes more dire. Then the streets are lined witih abandoned children as young as three years trying to those walking past handkerchiefs and chewing gum. Before the outbreak…

Large parts of China have been put on alert for extreme weather as sweltering heat threatens drought in the north while at the same time, southern regions have been battered by heavy rain and flooding. State television reported on Monday that flooding in the southern province of Guangxi had caused total economic damage of around 329 million yuan ($45 million, €42 million) after it blocked transport routes and impacted homes and crops. Farmland in Fujian province has already suffered direct losses of around $225 million across 12,350 hectares. The capital Beijing has issued its second-highest heat warning, with temperatures expected to…

One would think that Judaism, with its more than 3,000 years of history, also has something to say about one’s love life, especially as Judaism has produced formative love experts like King Solomon and Sigmund Freud. An exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin now explores the question and how the social perception of sexuality has evolved in the community. Featuring more than 100 exhibits, the show has a tongue-in-cheek title: “Sex: Jewish Positions.” How the incompatible come together Two pictures hung next to each other form a kind of visual declaration of intent in the exhibition: “A Jewish Wedding” by the Dutch-Jewish painter Jozef Israëls…