Russian Drone Strike on Chernobyl Hasn’t Led to Rise in Radiation Levels
Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February.
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Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire.
Nightclub fire in India's Goa kills 25 staff and tourists
Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic in one of Goa's bustling nightlife areas.
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concernsA water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre’s Egyptian department, the Paris museum said on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.“Between 300 and 400 works” were affected by the leak discovered on 26 November, the museum’s deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said, describing them as “Egyptology journals” and “scientific documentation” used by researchers. Continue reading...
Fire at a Nightclub in Goa, India, Kills at Least 25
Officials said they were investigating the blaze in the southwestern state of Goa, a popular tourist destination.
Keir Starmer to make Iceland boss Richard Walker a Labour peer
Appointment marks a rapid political transformation for a former Tory donor and potential candidate for MPThe formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house later this month.Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords, the Guardian understands, the culmination of an unusual and rapid political transformation for someone named as a prospective Tory MP candidate a little over three years ago. Continue reading...
Thousands of patients in England at risk as GP referrals vanish into NHS ‘black hole’
Exclusive: Healthwatch study discovered 14% of cases are not put on hospital waiting lists for treatment GPs requested for themOne in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because the referral by their GP gets lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s own patient watchdog has found.Three-quarters (75%) of these patients trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm to their physical or mental health as a result of not being added to the waiting list for tests or treatment. Continue reading...
LIVE: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo – La Liga
Follow the build-up, analysis and live text commentary of the game as Madrid host Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Benin coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops, interior minister says
A presidential adviser tells the BBC that President Patrice Talon is in a safe location.
Martin Parr, Who Photographed Britain’s Unvarnished Quirks, Dies at 73
Mr. Parr trademarked a hyperrealism in his photography that illuminated the “craziness of the English,” making small details loom larger than life.