Nearly a thousand people were evacuated Monday morning in Guatemala after a new eruption of the Fuego volcano, the civil protection services said. Located about 35 kilometers southwest of the city of Guatemala, the capital, the volcano intensified its activity the day before with lava, ash and rock jets. “As a prevention, around 125 families, … Read more
It is more used to cohabitation with chamois than in urban life. When we meet in a Parisian brewery in early February, Fiona Mille, the president of the NGO Mountain Wilderness France, just left the Senate, where she participated in a conference on the organization of the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps. … Read more
A new fire broke out on Wednesday north of Los Angeles and is spreading at high speed, causing thousands of evacuation orders in a region already shaken by devastating fires. In a few hours, the flames have already ravaged more than 3,800 hectares in the surroundings of Lake Castaic. They are fanned by the hot, … Read more
Thousands of people protested Friday evening in front of Serbian National Television (RTS) in Belgrade to demand its impartiality and paid tribute to the fifteen victims of a collapse at a train station in November. “Knowing everything is your right”could we read on a banner behind which thousands of students marched towards the RTS headquarters, … Read more
Weighed down by mediocre results and embarked on a new strategy of refocusing on oil and gas, to the detriment of renewables, the British giant BP announced Thursday 4,700 job cuts internally and 3,000 among its subcontractors. These decisions are part of “a multi-year program to simplify and refocus BP”intended to improve its competitiveness and … Read more
The British hydrocarbons giant BP announced Thursday its intention to cut 4,700 internal jobs and 3,000 among its subcontractors in order to reduce its costs. These decisions are part of “a multi-year program to simplify and refocus BP”intended to improve its competitiveness “by reducing (its) costs”it is underlined in a press release. The 4,700 internal … Read more
Undisputed master of alpine skiing for three seasons, the Swiss Marco Odermatt sees a slew of new opponents appear just as he approaches the January classics, decisive in refining his legend. At only 27 years old, the Nidwalden star will seek his fourth consecutive victory on Sunday in the Adelboden giant, in front of his … Read more
Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country on Friday, responding to the call of the leader of the armed coalition that took power in Damascus, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to celebrate the “victory of the revolution” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday. “I want to congratulate the Syrian people on … Read more
Haka dances, shirtless men and riders brandishing flags: around 35,000 people, according to police, demonstrated Tuesday in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, for the rights of the Maori and against a proposed revision of the founding treaty of the country. Men with tattooed faces, draped in traditional feather coats or wielding ceremonial wooden weapons, … Read more
California authorities asked thousands of people to evacuate Thursday, facing a massive fire that destroyed dozens of homes and continues to worsen in the hills of the northwest of the Los Angeles region. The « Mountain Fire » broke out Wednesday near the town of Camarillo. Its cause is still unknown, but the flames spread … Read more