The Pigeon Express
Two people were spotted surfing in a canal in Venice, Italy and the mayor was not happy about it. In a Facebook post, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro shared a video of the surfers, calling them idiots and saying he would buy dinner for whoever finds them. Several other videos of the two surfers, cruising through Venice’s […]
A walrus that had become a popular attraction in the Oslo Fjord has been put down out of concern for the safety of the public, Norwegian officials say. The walrus, nicknamed Freya, rose to fame after clambering on to boats to sunbathe – sometimes sinking them. People refused warnings not to get too close to […]
Climate activists in southern France have filled golf course holes with cement to protest against the exemption of golf greens from water bans amid the country’s severe drought. The group targeted sites near the city of Toulouse, calling golf the “leisure industry of the most privileged”. The exemption of golf greens has sparked controversy as […]
An unknown, highly toxic substance in the Oder river, which runs through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a mass die-off of fish, the German state of Brandenburg’s environment ministry said. An analysis of river water from Monday showed evidence of “synthetic chemical substances, very probably also with toxic effects for vertebrates,” […]
One person has died and at least 40 others injured when high winds caused parts of a stage to collapse at a festival in Spain. Footage showed some festivalgoers running in panic, while others are seen continuing to party. WATCH: Heavy wind speeds of up to 65km/h tore off part of the Medusa music festival's […]
Domino’s Pizza’s last stores in Italy have been closed after the firm that operated its outlets in the country filed for bankruptcy, reports say. Franchise holder ePizza SpA was hit by the pandemic, according to reports. Domino’s had struggled to win over customers in the birthplace of pizza since launching there in 2015. EPizza SpA […]
An unexploded World War Two bomb submerged in an Italian river has been revealed due to an extreme drought. The 450kg bomb was found by fishermen on the banks of the depleted River Po. Large sections of the 650km river have dried up in Italy’s worst drought for 70 years. Unusually hot weather and low […]
A US Navy team recovered a military jet from a depth of 9,500 feet in the Mediterranean Sea on August 3 after the aircraft had blown overboard during “unexpected heavy weather” in July, a release from US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said. The jet was aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier, when it […]
Twelve people have been killed after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims veered off a road in Croatia on Saturday and ended up in a ditch. All 32 surviving passengers are said to be injured, 19 of them seriously. The trip, organised by the Brotherhood of St Joseph Catholic group, included three priests and six nuns. […]
Ukraine’s nuclear agency says Russian rockets have damaged part of a giant Russian-controlled nuclear power plant, but there has been no radiation leak. Enerhoatom said a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line had been damaged at the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest in southern Ukraine. Ukraine also accuses Russian forces of firing rockets at civilian […]
A French mayor says conditions on Mont Blanc are now so dangerous that climbers should pay a €15,000 deposit to cover rescue and possible funeral costs. Jean-Marc Peillex is mayor of Saint-Gervais, a village at the foot of Western Europe’s highest mountain, whose summit is at 4,807m (15,774ft). Those who ignored warnings and took the […]
The French government has set up a crisis team to tackle a historic drought that has left more than 100 municipalities short of drinking water. Trucks are taking water to those areas, as “there is nothing left in the pipes”, Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu said. The prime minister’s office said it was France’s […]