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At least 15 people have been hurt, including 11 Britons, in a crash between tourist minibuses in Turkey. One of those injured, a 53-year-old British man, is in a life-threatening condition, Turkish media reported on Thursday. A witness claimed one of the semi-open vehicles smashed into the back of the other bus in the Manavgat district of Antalya, which is a popular destination for tourists.It then swerved off the road and overturned – causing passengers to be thrown from the vehicle.An Irish tourist was also hurt, along with three staff working for the tour company, according to reports. Image: One…

Reliable, cheap and low carbon — since coming into use over a hundred years ago, hydropower has become a vital clean energy source, today providing more electricity than all other renewables combined. But recent power shortages in Ecuador and Colombia have highlighted its vulnerability in the face of climate change.  A drought fueled by the El Nino weather phenomenon has reduced reservoir water levels in hydropower plants, which both countries rely on for most of their electricity. This has led Ecuador to declare a state of emergency and institute power cuts. In neighboring Colombia, water has been rationed in the…

Brazilian archer Graziela Santos is an exceptional athlete. “I am the first Indigenous woman on the Brazilian archery team,” she told DW. “This is a historic milestone for all of us.” Santos wants to become the first Indigenous woman ever to compete for Brazil at the Olympic Games. Getting a ticket to Paris would not only be the fulfillment of a personal dream, but also an accolade for a development project in the Amazon that supports young Indigenous athletes. Graziela Santos was still at school when she first learned about the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS). “It was a five-hour boat…

“We all possess firearms, but no one will openly admit it,” said Ivan M. (38) from Novi Sad. The full names of the people who spoke to DW for this story are known to the author. They agreed to speak on the condition that their full names not be published. As if to illustrate his claim, Ivan’s family remains tight-lipped about exactly what firearms it has. Ivona R. (40) from Novi Sad, on the other hand, acknowledges that she inherited a gun from her late father, while Goran P. (59) from a small town in the province of Vojvodina makes no bones about the…

The US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday that it would not be cutting interest rates any time soon was not a surprise. For the past few months, inflation has crept back up steadily, causing significant headaches for policymakers, central bankers and investors who had been expecting not one but several interest rate cuts over the course of 2024. The picture is not hugely different in Europe. Germany’s inflation rate rose more than expected in April, on the back of strong food and energy prices. That has also reduced expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will make several rates cuts this…

Georgians continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against draft legislation that they say would infringe on their rights and lessen the chances of Georgia being able to join the EU. Source link

President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: “There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos.”Tension at universities across America have been building for days as demonstrators have refused to remove encampments and administrators have called in law enforcement to break them up. There have been clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and counter-protesters, as well as between demonstrators and police.Speaking at the White House today, Mr Biden said events at the universities “put to the test two fundamental American principles, the first is…

Durga was devastated last year when she learned that she had developed a tuberculosis (TB) infection for the third time. Now, almost four months after completing another course of anti-TB treatment, the 28-year-old was still short of breath when we spoke. “The doctors say I am cured, but I don’t feel like I am the same person anymore,” said Durga, who requested we protect her identity by not using her full name. Beating a tuberculosis infection is only the first milestone in a long journey of recovery for many patients. Emerging data shows that TB survivors often go on to develop long-term breathing…

The Philippines on Thursday summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over Beijing’s use of water cannon against Filipino vessels at a contested shoal in the South China Sea. “The Philippines protested the harassment, ramming, swarming, shadowing and blocking, dangerous maneuvers, use of water cannons, and other aggressive actions of China Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia vessels against” Filipino government vessels, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The Foreign Ministry said that the deputy chief of the Chinese Embassy, Zhou Zhiyong, was summoned to hear Manila’s 20th protest against Beijing this year, one of 153 under the current administration. China:…

The number of births and weddings in Germany last year fell to its lowest level in years, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Federal Statistics Office, known as Destatis. Around 693,000 children were born in Germany in 2023, the lowest level since 2013, according to the figures. The number fell by 6.2% compared to the previous year, when 738,819 births were counted. In eastern Germany, the number of births in 2023 fell by 9.2% compared to the previous year, from 86,227 to about 78,300 — a much sharper decline than in western Germany, where the number of newborns…