Was the freak ‘medicane’ storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa’s future?: Storm Daniel landed on the Libyan coastal town of Toukrah in the early hours of September 10 and started moving east. Soon the wind was rising and heavy rain falling, forcing people to stay indoors. By afternoon the rain was clearly …
Grenfell: Steve McQueen’s film is a silent, unflinching reminder of lives devastated by fire: A memorial to Grenfell victims in west London. Globetrotters/Shutterstock Oscar-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen’s new work, Grenfell, is on show at London’s Serpentine Gallery. The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after …
The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe: Weary hunters return from an expedition with little to show for it in the 1565 Dutch painting, Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel …
South Africa in the news: Mum of girl killed by toxic air ‘devastated’ by Government delays to new laws: The mother of a nine-year-old girl who died from chronic asthma brought on by London’s polluted air is “devastated” at the Government’s decision to delay a consultation into the problem until next …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Connecticut residents connected to victims of Florida condo collapse devastated: Connecticut is over 1,000 miles away from Florida, but many local residents are still feeling devastated over the building that collapsed near Miami.: “South Africa” – BingNews The best teams across 145 years of Test cricket – part two: A …
COVID-19 has devastated the popular but flawed volunteer tourism business – here’s what needs to be done: Volunteers pay to help out on various projects from beach clearing to school building and animal conservation. Shutterstock With borders closed and airlines grounded for almost six months, COVID-19 effectively shut down the global tourism industry at a …
I’m devastated for Beirut – a city I thought I hated: Since the explosion in Beirut I’ve listened repeatedly to the song Ya Beirut (Oh Beirut) by the Lebanese diva Majida al-Roumi, while obsessively reading the news and checking on extended family members – like any other expatriate Lebanese. The song, which was originally a …
South Africa in the news: Cape Town gangs help feed poor devastated by lockdown: In Cape Town, gang members have been pitching in to help people hit hard by South Africa’s lockdown. One of them is former gang leader Leon Meyer, who is distributing food in the Cape Flats …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ngam …