Month: November 2024
China’s aging population fuels ‘silver economy’ boom
Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an elderly education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms…
Santa’s annual train visit delivers toys to towns along rail network
The CSX Santa Train delivers toys to children along a 110-mile portion of the CSX rail line tucked into remote…
Turbulent Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end, leaving widespread damage in its wake
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, finishing with 11 hurricanes, billions of dollars in damage, deaths…
Zimbabwe farmers turn to maggots to survive drought
At first, the suggestion to try farming maggots spooked Mari Choumumba and other farmers in Nyangambe, a region in southeastern…
Demonstrators rally against antisemitism outside Amsterdam City Hall
Hundreds of people joined a demonstration against antisemitism and in support of Israel in Amsterdam on Thursday evening. (AP video…
Displaced Palestinians living in school-turned shelters in Gaza City struggle with life necessities
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza City are struggling to find basic necessities after evacuating from northern Gaza. (Production by Wafaa Shurafa)…
Stripped of citizenship, exiled Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world
In September, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government loaded Sergio Mena and 134 other prisoners onto a flight that took them…
Dorothy’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers go up for auction
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is being…
Fire breaks out in a residential area in Tondo, Manila.
(24 Nov 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Tondo, Manila – 24 November 2024 1. Various of helicopter dropping water where…
Colombian Navy seizes 1,400 tons of cocaine, meth, and more in huge drugs bust | DW News
Colombia’s Navy has seized more than 1,400 tons of narcotics in a multinational operation, after uncovering a new cross-Pacific trafficking…