Cancale, France – Two dolphins were rescued on Jan 9 from Cancale, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, north-western France, after they were stranded by Europe’s strongest tides. “I received a phone call from the firefighters at 9:30 am,” said Gabriel Gautier, director, AI lark Association, a wildlife conservation organization. “We are part of a network of organizations in France that are qualified to intervene when marine wildlife beached on our shores. So, when the firefighters received a call from locals telling them dolphins were stranded in the shallows, they contacted me.” He said that the species were…
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Leicester, UK – British officers issued 142 Fixed Penalty Notice to the value of £57,800 to residents who disregarded the Covid-19 lockdown rules during the last weekend. Fixed Penalty Notice allows the offender to pay a fine, in which case the matter is not prosecuted. The strictest lockdown in England is enforced in Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland. The leaders of these three states held a press conference where they urged residents to stay in and abide by the rules. “Over the weekend, we dealt with a number of incidents where people had no excuse for their behavior,” said Assistant Chief…
Sevilla, Spain – A parrot owner managed to get back her beloved pet from the top of a tree with the help of a fire engine crane as residents, including a group of schoolchildren, looked on and cheered. The incident took place in the neighborhood of Triana in the city of Seville in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia as local children were making their way home from school on Monday. “I always have it in here with me, but as it was too cold, I put it out so that it could get some sunlight,” Caridad, the owner of…
Canterbury, UK – A job is being offered for cowboys who could help with the buffalos in Kent. Cowboys were employed to look after cattle in North America in the past. The Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust is advertising the job for UK’s first “Bison Rangers” to take up the posts starting in the spring. “Fortunately, this is also something they won’t need because the plan is to allow the bison to enjoy their natural behavior,” said Stan Smith, the trusts’ wilder landscape manager. “So, we won’t be corralling them, and want to leave them in peace as…
Many magical places surrounded by nature and fresh air can be found in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. One such place is the Pueblo Mágico (Magic Town) of Aquismón, located in the Huasteca Potosina region, which is also the site of the most famous chasm in Mexico: a giant cavity formed over millions of years by the limestone soil’s erosion. The region’s animals include many birds, such as cave parrots, parakeets, bats and swifts — often confused with swallow — which gave the chasm its name. Urvashi MakwanaThe magic of this Potosina cave The Sótano de las Golondrinas (Cave of Swallows)…
Mexicans are very proud of their quesillo, a unique cheese. The story of its creation goes back to Reyes Etla, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Legend has it that teenager Leobarda Castellanos García was minding the milk to make cheese when she got distracted and the milk curdled beyond its ideal point. To keep from being scolded by her parents, Leobarda added hot water to the mix, turning it into an elastic paste with a mild flavor. After tasting Leobarda’s original creation, the Castellanos saw a unique opportunity to make some money and began producing the mix regularly. Since…
Barcelona, Spain — The Spanish police have arrested a suspected Islamic State fighter and his two aides for plotting an attack in France. The 28-year-old prime suspect and the associate in his early 20s were arrested in the early hours of Jan 8. The other man, who is older, was arrested the following day. The Algerian national allegedly wanted to carry out a terrorist attack in France similar to the incident in Vienna on Nov 2, 2020. The incident claimed the lives of four people and left 23 injured. He is also believed to have fought with the Islamic State…
iPhone users can now keep up to date on the air quality in their immediate surroundings with new features in the Apple Weather app, courtesy of Israeli startup BreezoMeter. The information from BreezoMeter, which utilizes machine learning to search through multiple sources of real-time air quality, will be accessible via Apple Maps and Siri following the recent iOS 14.3 update. People gather after sunset amid smoke from wildfires at Griffith Park on September 13, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Air quality was deemed ’unhealthy for sensitive groups’ in the metropolitan area as California’s national forests remain closed due to wildfires…
The radio is a communication method that has united people since its creation. Its invention sparked a revolution, as people were finally able to communicate easily with one another regardless of distances. It brought people closer together, allowing audiences worldwide to witness important events without the need to be physically present. In Mexico, for decades, it was the primary source of information and entertainment media, alongside the newspapers. Radio in Mexico has endured for decades, thanks to its programs. *** La Radio en México ha perdurado por décadas, gracias a sus contenidos. (Charlie Ramirez.)However, new technological and digital changes present threats,…
PepsiCo has been seeking a creative way to prevent fruit juice spoilage, due to a bacterium called Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (ACB). In the United States, ACB causes an estimated $32 million in damage each year to juices, including orange, mango, pear, grape and tomato. That challenge was presented to contestants in an international Food Solutions competition held by Europe’s EIT Food innovation project First prize went to biotechnology and food engineering students from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. The team, dubbed The Microbes, used a bacteriophage — a virus that infects bacteria — to selectively destroy the pasteurization-resistant…