Fire Destroys Most of Coastal Village in Malaysia
A community of stilt homes on the island of Borneo was reduced to ash in an overnight blaze. Source link
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Drone footage shows huge Malaysian coastal village fire
A fire in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island has destroyed around 1,000 homes and left thousands displaced, the fire department has said. The blaze broke out in the early hours of Sunday in one of Sabah’s water villages, where people live in closely-packed wooden houses built on stilts. The local police chief said 9,000…
Thousands of Parisians evacuated as WW2 bomb detonated in situ
Residents within a 450m radius of the device were told to leave their homes while it was neutralised. Source link
How Gen Z Protests Have Fared Around the World
Over the past year or so, young people have rallied across continents to oust old-guard governments. What’s happened since? Source link
Iran Eases Some Internet Restrictions, as Wider Blackout Passes 50th Day
Critics say Iran may be creating a “tiered internet” model, where access is limited to the politically and economically privileged. Source link
Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term. Source link
Gen Z Looks to Nepal as a Test Case of Its Hopes
Many youth-led protests around the world have failed to bring meaningful change. But in Nepal, a new government is promising to do things differently. Source link
Alec Baldwin to face civil trial over Rust film set shooting
The criminal case against the actor was dismissed in 2024. Source link
Why do grey whales keep dying in San Francisco’s waters?
The 4,140 square-km bay is the largest estuary on the west coast of the US. Before 2018, this species of whales wasn’t known to stop seasonally or consistently in the bay, bypassing it on their migration route down to Baja California and back up the Arctic, said Josephine Slaathaug, who led a recent study on…
Rat poison found in HiPP baby food jar in Austria, police say
The band warned on Saturday that consuming the purées many be potentially “life-threatening”. Source link