A 59-year-old grandmother of 12 took on the 60-minute challenge to push up her entire weight beyond the record 1,200 push ups already on the record books. Source link
Windhoek and Leonardville, Namibia – Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a garden of cabbages, onions and turnips with the other. He is a teacher in the crumbling village of Leonardville in rural Namibia, where water is becoming scarce. The vegetables, grown for children at the primary … Read more
Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after being formally charged by the federal police with attempted coup, at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil on Monday. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption toggle caption Eraldo Peres/AP SAO PAULO — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot … Read more
Brazilian federal police have published a report implicating former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in an alleged criminal organisation designed to overturn the 2022 presidential election, won by his leftist challenger and current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 884-page report, made public on Tuesday, outlined eight main pieces of evidence against Bolsonaro, including an … Read more
A first responder looks for survivors at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption -/AFP via Getty Images Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Israel’s security Cabinet to approve a ceasefire with Hezbollah, paving the way … Read more
The ICC will decide next steps for the Pakistan-hosted tournament on November 29 after India refused to travel to the country. The International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet this week to determine the destiny of next year’s Champions Trophy after India refused to play in host nation Pakistan, a spokesperson said. Earlier this month, the … Read more
Palestinians inspect damage following an Israeli airstrike that hit a home in the north of Gaza City on Thursday. Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — “The shelling isn’t far from us at all,” says Fatma Daama. “The shelling is on our … Read more
A teacher-turned-rebel joins a people’s fighting force to take back Myanmar from military rule. Zike Maung never imagined trading his classroom for the front lines of a rebellion. But when Myanmar’s military seized power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, his world – and his country – was … Read more
A file photo from April 30, 2014, shows then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel attending the parliamentary election campaign program for Hesse State, at the Frankfurt’s Kap European Congress Center in Frankfurt, Germany. Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu There are few world leaders who can claim to have worked closely with four U.S. presidents. … Read more
The 71-year-old Frenchman drugged his wife and invited dozens of strangers to rape her over a nine-year period. Prosecutors in France have demanded the maximum 20-year prison sentence for a man who organised the mass rape of his then-wife for almost a decade. Dominique Pelicot knocked his wife Gisele Pelicot unconscious with drugs and invited … Read more