By Joseph Ataman, CNN For well over a century, water has gurgled through a web of gutters and channels on Cécile Messelis’ farm, flowing into an underground reservoir and earthen troughs to nourish crops sown across terraced fields. In 2020, that stream began to falter. This year, it stopped altogether: Messelis’ fields now crackle in […]
Last month, a handful of Chinese developers sat around a desk on the fifth floor of a beachside hotel in Sihanoukville, the Cambodian coastal city they once saw as a promised land. Over tea and cigarettes, they described how their dreams of seaside success had turned into a nightmare of costly stalled projects and drawn-out […]
RUBIZHNE, Ukraine, Aug 14 (Reuters) – People in the eastern Ukrainian town of Rubizhne have started exhuming bodies that were hastily buried in courtyards at the height of fighting, anxious to be able to lay them to rest with dignity. Rubizhne is part of the Luhansk region of Ukraine where Russian forces established full control […]
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, along the banks of the Dnipro River, is occupied by Russian forces.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Artillery fire resumed on Sunday from the direction of a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with shells streaking into a town from which the Ukrainian army has been […]
Parking disputes are familiar to millions and in one Colwyn Bay street the fuse was lit by a letter left on a car. The hand-written letter informed the driver the street is a “residential road and not a car park” and asked the driver to park elsewhere. The driver’s “highly disappointed” mother took to Facebook […]
With graves marked only with numbers, burial services were held this week for 11 more unidentified bodies found in the town where hundreds of people were slaughtered under Russian occupation early in the war. Key points: The Bucha killings have become a symbol of the brutality of Russia’s invasion It is the second funeral for unidentified […]
Since US law firm Kirkland & Ellis announced it was setting up shop in Miami, private equity partner Jeremy Liss has found himself very popular with his colleagues. The 49-year old is trading the windy city of Chicago for South Florida heat to run Kirkland’s new outpost and has been fielding calls from lawyers keen […]
The note has ignited a debate amongst residents in the area, with some labelling the note as “petty” whilst others have urged drivers to be “considerate” to homeowners blighted by parking issues. Residents in Colwyn Bay reportedly have multiple issues with people parking in the residential area, particuarly during the summer when tourists come to visit […]
Russia-Ukraine live news: Fighting rages in eastern town of Pisky Al Jazeera English Source link
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 11, 2022, 08:14:09 IST world At least three Ukrainian civilians were killed and 23 others were wounded by Russian shelling in 24 hours, including an attack not far from a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, the office of Ukraine’s president reported. Stay with TOI for all updates —Read Less Source […]