Four bodies were found in a Swiss family villa ravaged by a fire and an explosion Thursday in Yverdon-les-Bains, said the Vaud cantonal police (west), still looking for a child. The police were notified that an explosion had sounded in the building, followed by a fire. At the time of …
Read More »Prisoner turns to an organization to end his life
A detainee ended his life in Switzerland by resorting to an organization to help suicide, a first in this country, according to information which will appear Thursday in the newspaper Wochenzeitung. The man, whose name has not been released, died on February 28 with the support of the organization Exit. …
Read More »Parents jailed for negligent death of obese daughter
The parents of an obese British teenager who died aged 16 at the family home in particularly squalid conditions were sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison for manslaughter by gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions described in court as “unbecoming of any animal”, …
Read More »Court refuses to issue birth certificate to child of lesbian couple
Bulgarian justice went on Wednesday against a judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) by refusing to issue a birth certificate to the stateless daughter of a lesbian couple. The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Administrative Court of Sofia dated May 2022, which obliged the …
Read More »“The world is not sufficiently prepared to face natural disasters,” say scientists
The world is not sufficiently prepared to face disasters, to which governments too often only react after the fact, deplores a report published on Tuesday which calls for a rethinking of risk management. In 2015, the international community adopted the Sendai targets aimed at reducing the number of victims and …
Read More »At least 32 dead and 85 injured after two trains collide in Greece
At least 32 people died and 85 were injured on Tuesday evening in a collision between a freight convoy and a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece, firefighters said on Wednesday. “Thirty-two passengers were found dead,” said Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, the spokesman for the Greek firefighters during a brief …
Read More »President Putin decorated American actor Steven Seagal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday decorated American actor Steven Seagal, a former Hollywood star who has become an active defender of the Russian president in recent years and, more recently, of his offensive against Ukraine. Putin signed a decree awarding the “Order of Friendship” to the actor for “his …
Read More »Letter arrives more than 100 years after being posted
While only 185 kilometers separate Bath from London, it will have taken a little more than a century for a letter posted in this city in the west of the country to arrive in the British capital. As CNN and the Guardian report, an envelope dating back to 1916 was …
Read More »Spain passes law allowing free sex change from age 16
Lawmakers in Spain definitively adopted this Thursday a law allowing to change gender via a simple administrative declaration from the age of 16. This was the source of heated debates within the ruling left-wing coalition. The text removes the obligation to provide medical reports attesting to gender dysphoria and proof …
Read More »Galatasaray players donate their salaries to earthquake victims
Galatasaray players will donate their salaries to victims of the earthquake that left more than 35,000 dead and millions homeless in Turkey, the club president announced on Wednesday. “Many of our players gave up their salaries to [fund] earthquake relief operations,” Dursun Özbek told a news conference. Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe and …
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