Badalona, Spain — Authorities rescued 13 animals the group was preparing to slaughter. — An investigation conducted by an animal rights nonprofit in Spain resulted in authorities raiding a criminal organization that had been sacrificing animals during religious rituals. AnimaNaturalis began investigating the group last year and turned over enough evidence to the Urban Guard of Badalona that the agency was able to interrupt the sacrifice of 13 animals on Oct. 23. The cult, which had been sacrificing over a dozen animals every week for the past five years, was planning to slaughter a rooster, nine chickens and three quails…
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Kabul — Muhammad Mohibullah, a 21-year-old student of literature at Kabul University in the capital of Afghanistan, entered campus from the north gate on Nov. 2 and was walking toward his classroom when he heard gunfire. “There was routine checking at the gate. I heard gunshots in the law faculty building. Soon students came running out and I was caught in the melee,” he told Zenger News. Three armed assailants had launched their attack in buildings during a book fair on the campus. “I saw a few students jump off the second-floor balconies of the building,” said Mohibullah. “The sound…
ATHENS, Greece— An ancient Greek marble head sculpture was found 5 feet below ground during construction work in Athens. The piece was discovered in Agia Irini Square, in the center of the Greek capital, on Nov. 14. Athens, renowned for its historic landmarks, dates from the Neolithic, the last period of the Stone Age. Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis posted images on Facebook, adding: “Unique Athens!” A view of the Acropolis Hill and the Parthenon viewed from Lycabettus Hill in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Scientists confirmed the head is of Hermes, the messenger for the Olympian gods. His…
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates— — Doctors in the United Arab Emirates have successfully removed a nearly 8-pound cancerous tumor from a woman’s pancreas. The procedure was completed at the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi on last week. The 50-year-old patient, who has not been publicly identified, started experiencing debilitating symptoms, such as diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite and extreme bloating, about a year ago. As her symptoms worsened, she became unable to sleep or perform everyday activities, including simple house chores. She consulted a doctor and was diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer, which…
New Delhi — Widely popular gaming app PUBG is set to make a comeback in India, its biggest market, after the country banned it months ago because of security concerns. India’s Ministry of Information and Technology banned 224 China-based apps in early September after escalating border clashes between the two nations. At that time, PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battleground) was franchised to Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company. On Sept. 8, PUBG, which had about 33 million active users in the country at the time of the ban, announced that it was breaking ties with Tencent. Now, the gaming company…
Kolkata, India — A 17-year-old from Bangladesh who was moved by the suicide of a 15-year-old girl last year due to cyberbullying, has been awarded an international peace prize for creating a mobile app to help combat bullying in his country. “When I came across the news of the teenage girl who committed suicide, I started chalking out how to fight against cyberbullying and cyber criminals,” said Sadat Rahman, who lives in Nairal district in Bangladesh. “She was from a rural area, and it was seen the local police were not aware of the term ‘cyberbullying.’ There was fear among…
Guwahati (Assam) — More than five months after a fire at a natural gas well forced the relocation of hundreds of villagers in India and killed two employees of the state-owned company in the initial blast, the blaze was extinguished on Nov. 15. Udit Moran, a resident of Baghjan Gaon — a small village in the northeastern state of Assam — recalled the horrific sight on the outskirts of his village on June 9 when the natural gas well caught fire. “I sent my kids and other family members [away] the day the gas well caught fire,” said Moran, a…
Colombo — The South Asian island country Maldives, situated in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean, is drawing an influx of tourists from nearby India since it lifted its travel restrictions on July 15. With its tropical climate and its isolated chain of hundreds of inhabited islands, the Maldives records 1,011 arrivals from India from July 15-Oct. 21, ranking 10th among the top markets for tourist arrivals, according to the Ministry of Tourism. The most arrivals (6.026) were from Russia, and nearly 3,000 were from the United States. “Our usual markets are from the European nations, but this year…
TALLAGHT, Ireland– Firefighters worked for several hours to put down a massive blaze at a warehouse near Dublin, Ireland. The fire broke out on Nov. 15 in Tallaght, a southwest suburb of the Irish capital. The cause of the blaze is not yet known, and the name or names of the building’s business tenants have not yet been released. “Nearby buildings were evacuated, while those living a bit further away were asked by authorities to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent heavy smoke from getting in.” (Clipzilla)Video released by the Dublin Fire Brigade shows a fireman in an…
CORRIENTES, Argentina— Two baby green-winged macaws were born in the wild for the first time in nearly 200 years. Also known as red-and-green macaws, a pair named Sopa and Nioky recently managed to hatch three baby birds, though one soon died, after they were released into the wild as part of a species reintroduction effort by the Argentina Rewilding Foundation. The surviving hatchlings are being raised by their parents, and the foundation is closely monitoring their progress. The reintroduction program began in 2015 when the foundation freed several macaws into the Ibera National Park in the province of Corrientes, which…