Hundreds of protesters calling for the resignation of the Georgian government opted to camp outside the parliament ahead of a Monday meeting between their leaders and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. The protesters demand a stronger pro-European cou…
Rhinos return to Mozambique national park for first time in 40 years
A landmark rewilding initiative involving 19 white rhinos has turned Mozambique’s previously decimated Zinave National Park into the country’s only park to host the “big five” animals. Alongside elephants, buffalos, lions and leopards – the other four …
The instruments used in music therapy which can be played right away
Götz Rausch squats on a cushion on the floor of his workshop in Lunow-Stolzenhagen and lightly strokes the strings on a rectangular wooden box on legs. It creates a soothing, vibrating hum. Rausch, an instrument maker, then uses his other hand to adjus…
The mobile cheese maker churning out local creations in north Germany
Mobile cheesemaker Steffi Heidrich stops off at farms throughout north Germany’s pastures to make milk into cheese with her converted truck. This morning, her vehicle, whose official name is Heidi’s mobile cheese dairy, has halted at a farm in Rotenbur…
Harlem women fight to end the gun violence killing their children
“Myself and four other moms got sick and tired of being sick and tired of all this murder in our community,” says Jackie Rowe-Adams, busy in her office. She runs Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent End), an organization that helps victims of …
Milk banks help babies born early or whose mothers are ill
Freyja, born four months premature and weighing only 690 grams, spent her first few weeks in an incubator. “My little fighter,” says her mother Giedre Jukneviciute, looking back on a tough few months as Freyja lay surrounded by tubes and cables on the …
Italian cities of Verona, Pisa limit water supplies amid drought
The Italian cities of Verona and Pisa are restricting water usage as the country struggles with its worst drought in decades, in decisions taken ahead of federal measures that could follow as soon as Monday. In the northern city of Verona, tap water ca…
Two women killed in shark attack in Egypt
Two women have been killed in a shark attack near a famed Red Sea resort in Egypt, the Environment Ministry said on Sunday. The attack happened while both women were swimming off the Sahl Hasheesh coast south of the Hurghada resort town, the ministry s…
At least six dead after glacier collapses in Italy
At least six people have died after a glacier collapsed in the Dolomites in northern Italy, regional president Maurizio Fugatti said on Sunday evening. Up to 14 people were injured by the avalanche, he said. Five helicopters and several dog teams were …
At least five dead after glacier collapses in Italy
At least five people have died after a glacier collapsed in the Dolomites in northern Italy, the rescue control centre of the Veneto region said on Sunday. Eight people were injured by the avalanche, it said, while five helicopters and several dog team…