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The cause of death of a two-year-old who went missing in the French Alps in July remains unexplained, despite the discovery of his bones and clothing.Last week, forensic tests showed that a skull found by a walker near Le Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence belonged to the boy, known as Emile. Some of his clothes – including a T-shirt, shoes and shorts – have now been found close to where the remains were discovered, according to the AFP news agency. Image: Pic: Gendarmerie Nationale But prosecutor Jean-Luc Blanchon said the evidence found so far “does not indicate what the cause of…

In the time it takes to read this article, around 10 million photographs will be taken. Most will come from the smartphones of users who are compelled to constantly document their lives. By contrast, award-winning US photojournalist Ron Haviv has mostly taken photos to document conflict. He has photographed more than 25 wars, from the US-led invasion of Iraq to conflicts in Afghanistan, Panama, Haiti, and most recently, Ukraine. Born in 1965, he is co-founder of the photo agency VII and works with UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross, in addition to numerous publications.  While his thought-provoking images have become a way to raise awareness about the horrors of war and violence, this was…

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has proposed military support for Ukraine worth €100 billion ($108 billion) over the next five years, according to multiple diplomats. The aim is to have an aid package finalized in time for a NATO summit which will be held in Washington in July. NATO members and aid for Ukraine The proposal is expected to be debated during a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels over Wednesday and Thursday. Stoltenberg will be chairing the talks at NATO headquarters. The push for more aid comes amid mounting concern that support for Ukraine’s defensive efforts against Russia’s invasion…

One of Jared Kushner’s planned ventures in the Balkans concerns the redevelopment of a site in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, negotiations for which were started a decade ago by his father-in-law. Two years before Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he put his feelers out, telling Serbian authorities that he was interested in building a luxury hotel and apartment complex on the site of the former headquarters of the Yugoslav army, the General Staff building, destroyed in 1999 by NATO’s bombing campaigns. Although that project fell through, Kushner, who was a senior White House official during Trump’s tenure, has now reportedly reached…

Republicans in the US House of Representatives are seeking to name the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after the 45th president, Donald Trump.  We have now landed at ‘Donald J. Trump International Airport’  US Republican Representative Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania said in an X post on Tuesday that Trump is the “best president of my lifetime” and that his leadership stood for freedom, prosperity and strength. Therefore, he was introducing legislation to rename Dulles as “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”      The short two-page bill, which was filed Friday, has also been co-sponsored by several other pro-Trump Republicans, such as Troy…

A rare macaque has been stolen during a raid on a zoo in Germany.Leipzig Zoo says the female lion-tailed macaque – named Ruma – was stolen from its cage during a “violent” overnight break-in. Police in Germany have launched an investigation.”We do not know what motive is behind the theft, but we are extremely concerned about the welfare of the animal, whose proper care requires expert knowledge,” the zoo said in a statement.”We very much hope that the animal will be secured unharmed or returned.” Police in the German state of Saxony, where Leipzig is located, said the burglary took…

People with autism are the best at describing their situation. They see autism from a different — their own — perspective, just like Ricky Zehrer does. “Autism is defined as a profound development disorder, but it isn’t that at all,” says Zehrer. “You have autism from birth. Your brain functions differently than a non-autistic person’s brain. For me, it’s a question of sensory perception and the way an autistic person filters their experiences.” Many autistic people are unable to filter their experiences, or that ability to filter is under-developed. The brain processes about 11 million sensory impressions per second. We’re conscious…

Our image of what it’s like to be autistic is mostly shaped by popular media, according to Cian O’Clery, director and co-creator of “Love on the Spectrum”, an Australian reality TV series about what dating can look like for adults with autism. “People might have seen Rain Man and they might think everybody on the spectrum can count cards, or people might have seen The Big Bang Theory and think that everyone on the [autism] spectrum is like Sheldon,” says Cian to DW.  Autistic people are not all the same There are many different signs of autism, and people don’t necessarily…

Last week, Saudi Arabia was chosen to chair the United Nations’ leading gender equality forum, the Commission on the Status of Women. Even before the choice was finalized, rights organizations were issuing warnings. Other countries “should oppose the candidacy of Saudi Arabia, which has an egregious women’s rights record,” the rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) wrote a week beforehand.  After the decision was made on March 28, they were even more upset. “Whoever is in the chair, which is now Saudi Arabia, is in a key position to influence the planning, the decisions, the taking stock, and looking ahead, in…

As night falls near the town of Tamale in northern Ghana, Rakiya Mumuni scrambles to find a candle. Once the single light is flickering in her small kitchen, Rakiya can begin cooking. “Sometimes we use our phones but because we were not aware [of a pending power outage], my phone is dead and I have to depend on this candle,” she told DW. There’s been an electricity outage in Rakiya’s Gumani neighborhood since morning, so she hasn’t been able to charge her cellphone.Even Ghana’s parliament had its lights turned off after the state electricity supplier said it was owed over $1 million…