Archive du mois : mai 2018

Fight and survival in battle-torn Yemen 0

Fight and survival in battle-torn Yemen

In 2015, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi established his government in the southern city of Aden after being forced by Houthi rebels to flee the capital, Sanaa. As the threat of the rebels grew, southern forces closed ranks around Hadi to defend the coastal city and other areas in the south with the support of…

Yemen: Saudi-led assault hits Houthi-held presidential palace 0

Yemen: Saudi-led assault hits Houthi-held presidential palace

Air raids have targeted the presidential office in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, killing at least six people and wounding 30 others, according to medical sources. Witnesses said fighter jets bombed Sanaa several times at midday on Monday, with rebel-controlled Al-Masirah television blaming the Saudi-led coalition for the raid. Residents said they heard two explosions hit…

Plötzlich schrie Cindy: „Es hat mich erwischt“ – Der 2d, als ein Krokodil meine Freundin tötete 0

Plötzlich schrie Cindy: „Es hat mich erwischt“ – Der 2d, als ein Krokodil meine Freundin tötete

Cairns (Australien) – Leeann Mitchell hatte gerade eine Chemotherapie beendet und feierte mit Freundin Cindy Waldron († 46) den Sieg über den Brustkrebs am Strand – da schlug das Schicksal zu. 29. Mai 2016, 22 Uhr: Es ist finster am Thornton Beach im Daintree-Nationalpark (Australien). Leeann und Cindy stehen schwatzend und lachend Arm in Arm im…

Apple’s influential, iconic iMac turns 20 0

Apple’s influential, iconic iMac turns 20

The original iMac The very first iMac may seem quaint today with its 15-inch CRT screen, tiny 4GB hard drive and decidedly late ’90s translucent styilng, but at the time it was a minor revolution in… well, just about everything. This was a departure from the beige boxes that defined most PC designs, and it…

CIA nominee ‘sought to pull out’ 0

CIA nominee ‘sought to pull out’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gina Haspel is a 33-year CIA veteran President Donald Trump has defended his nominee to head the CIA after she offered to withdraw amid concern over her role in harsh interrogation techniques widely seen as torture. Mr Trump said Gina Haspel had « come under fire because she was too tough…

Barcelona met Griezmann’s agent in October, confirms Bartomeu 0

Barcelona met Griezmann’s agent in October, confirms Bartomeu

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed the club held talks with Antoine Griezmann’s agent as early as October. The France star has been heavily linked with a move to Barca from Atletico Madrid at the end of the season, with Luis Suarez hinting last week that a deal could already have been agreed. Although…

Shooter of Pakistan’s Ahsan Iqbal linked to Tehreek e Labbiak 0

Shooter of Pakistan’s Ahsan Iqbal linked to Tehreek e Labbiak

Islamabad, Pakistan – A suspect arrested for an assassination attempt on Pakistan’s interior minister says he is a member of a far-right religious organisation that has previously accused members of the government of committing blasphemy, police say. Abid Hussain, said to be in his early 20s, was arrested from the scene of the attack in the…

My lifestyles in disaster: Diary of a Venezuelan journalist 0

My lifestyles in disaster: Diary of a Venezuelan journalist

Formerly the wealthiest country in Latin America, Venezuela has been rocked by political, economic and social crises in recent years that show no signs of resolution.  A bumpy transition of power following the death of long-time leader Hugo Chavez, massive protests against the succeeding government of Nicolas Maduro, severe debt and hyperinflation have seen the country descend into chaos. But, as their country disintegrates…

Bisher unbekanntes Hotzenplotz-Abenteuer aufgetaucht 0

Bisher unbekanntes Hotzenplotz-Abenteuer aufgetaucht

Die ganz Kleinen bekommen ihn vorgelesen und fürchten ihn, den Schurken mit dem wilden Bart. Die Größeren fiebern mit und staunen über den Hund Wasti, der von der Witwe Schlotterbeck in ein Krokodil verwandelt wird und auch erwachsenen (Vor-)Leser*innen wächst er ans Herz: der Mann mit dem Autoritätsproblem, der regelmäßig aus dem Gefängnis abhaut und…