Dozens of people have been killed after a man drove a truck into a crowd (at high speed, allegedly at 80 km/h) along the promenade des Anglais, the seafront of the city of Nice, France, on the 14th of July at 22:40 local time. People were watching a firework display in occasion of the Bastille Day. The driver
Theresa May will become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the 13th of July. The Brexit referendum and David Cameron’s resignation unleashed a leadership struggle in the ruling Conservative Party. First Boris Johnson, then Micheal Gove, then Andrea Leadsom: one by one Prime Minister-hopefuls withdrew their candidacies, clearing the field for May. The last to quit was
The 5th anniversary since independence, obtained with 98.83 per cent of votes in a referendum held on 9 July 2011 after years of war with Sudan, was supposed to be one of celebration. Instead, the African state of South Sudan is having a terrible week. Hundreds of people, both soldiers and civilians, have died in clashes between rival armed
Il ventinovenne Victor Barrio è stato ferito a morte da un toro durante una corrida, è il primo incidente mortale dal 1985.
Lesbia Janeth Urquía era un membro del Consiglio delle organizzazioni popolari e indigene dell’Honduras (Copinh), di cui faceva parte Berta Cáceres, e lottava contro la costruzione di una diga.
Environmental activist Gloria Capitan opposed the construction of coal stockpile facilities. She was shot in a bar in the province of Bataan on 4 July.
The Grand Prize Winner of the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2016 is Anthony Lau, a photographer from Hong Kong, China, with Winter Horseman, a photo that features a horseman working in Inner Mongolia. The photograph, chosen by the jury among thousands of entries, was taken at dawn, in a surreal climate dominated by
Lettera a Emmanuel, scampato ad un attentato in Nigeria, alle violenze in Libia, alla traversata del Mediterraneo. Ucciso nelle Marche perché nero.
Dallas protest shooting Sniper fire hit police officers presiding a protest march in the US city of Dallas on the evening of Thursday the 7th of July. Five have died and six were injured. Three suspects have been arrested whilst a fourth man has been reported dead after a standoff with police. The killing of Alton Sterling
Juno probe will turn around the gas giant for around 20 months, before disintegrating into the atmosphere.
