Rescuers on Thursday again attempted and failed to free a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, employing a large suction dredger to remove sand around the animal. Two excavators dug a trench in an attempt to free the whale, which has been stuck in shallow waters at the Timmendorfer Strand beach since early on Monday, drawing heavy media attention.
As growing temperatures endanger worker wellbeing, three factories in Cambodia and Vietnam are treating cooling as an operational imperative.
Israeli naval intelligence has directed massive and precise fire on specific targets as part of a variety of general goals in Operation Roaring Lion. Israel's navy is contributing on all fronts in the current war, such as hammering Hezbollah so that the air force can focus more on the Islamic Republic, according to the IDF.
Israel would still need more soldiers in peacetime, while there is still no law set in place to significantly increase haredi conscription into the army. The IDF could soon collapse if there is no solution to the shortage of manpower, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.
A 30-foot humpback whale has been stranded on Germany's northern coast since March 23 — and its prognosis is looking grim. The whale is stuck in shallow water in the Baltic Sea, but rescuers can't simply forklift the whale back into deeper water without risking serious injury to the animal. ...
IRAN AFFAIRS: Since protests began on December 28, more thousands of Iranians have been arrested for “crimes against the state,” and many face long-term imprisonment or worse, execution. Throughout the month-long war between Israel, the US, and Iran, much attention has been focused on military operations, personnel targeted, and the strain on the world’s economy as the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane has been affected.
Targets included regime launching sites, weapon manufacturing sites in Isfahan and Parchin, as well as a Quds Force site in central Iran. Explosions were heard across Tehran and Karaj City on Thursday, according to Iranian state media, after the IDF announced earlier on Thursday that it had completed a wave of strikes across Tehran, as well as central and western Iran.
Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her family over her right to do so, received life-ending medicine on Thursday in Barcelona. For a year and a half, Castillo pursued her right to die after her father put up a lengthy legal battle when a medical body in Catalonia approved his daughter’s request for euthanasia in 2024. As the family's struggle unfolded, Castillo’s case was closely followed in Spain, which passed legislation in 2021 e
One Kent farmer says that the cost of fertiliser has doubled overnight following the war in Iran.
“The attacks, carried out by Iran and its aligned Iraqi militia groups, have killed at least 14 people and wounded 85 others," Erbil-based Rudaw Media Network noted. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, together with Iran, have attacked the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq more than 450 times since the Iran war began, according to Rudaw Media Network, a Kurdistan Region-based news channel.