World Travel Awards, the leading authority that recognises and rewards excellence in tourism, has revealed its Asia and Oceania 2021 winners. The Philippines has much to celebrate, having been recognised as among the best in the region by voters. Here Breaking Travel News speaks to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, minister of tourism for the Philippines, to find […]
Issued on: 19/10/2021 – 12:08Modified: 19/10/2021 – 12:06 Johannesburg (AFP) Injury-hit Rugby World Cup winners South Africa included two uncapped players in lock Salmaan Moerat and scrum-half Grant Williams on Tuesday in a 32-man squad for November’s tour of Britain. The Springboks face Wales in Cardiff on November 6, Scotland in Edinburgh seven days later […]
DUSHANBE — The jailed deputy chairman of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan, Mahmurod Odinaev, has refused to sign papers that would shorten his prison term under a mass amnesty, saying he will only accept his immediate release and full exoneration. Odinaev’s son, Habibullo Rizoev, told RFE/RL on October 18 that the mass amnesty […]
It is impossible to create a net-zero world by 2050 without a tremendous growth in the capacity of renewable energy. According to a recent research report by Barclays, in Europe alone up to 114GW of new renewable energy capacity will be required each year to reach the 2050 targets. This is nearly five times the […]
By Elle Hunt Phil Jones (Jason Watkins) in The Trick Rory Taylor/BBC/Vox Pictures It sounds trite to say that stories will save us, especially from a threat as existential and immediate as ecological collapse. But at this crucial juncture in the climate crisis, there is increasing understanding that it isn’t enough to simply state the […]
18.10.2021 16:37 Russia is suspending the work of the NATO military mission in Moscow and revoking the accreditation of its employees, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. The decision was made in response to the recent move of the North Atlantic Alliance to revoke the accreditation of eight officers of the Russian permanent mission to […]
Rory Copinger-Symes Rory Copinger-Symes retired from the Royal Marines last year, having joined up in 1983. During his decades of service he saw a dramatic change in the equipment he was given, particularly body armour. “Body armour evolved over my 37 years,” the retired Brigadier says. “It became more effective but frankly it got heavier, […]
The UK government has promised that its new app, expected to launch in late 2022, will be a one-stop shop, simplifying access to a wide range of government services. But issues of surveillance and access are just some of the questions yet to be addressed. While existing government apps are typically narrow in their function, […]
Issued on: 19/10/2021 – 08:15 A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who absconded before her trial was set to begin is due to appear in court in Germany on Tuesday. The first woman to be prosecuted for Nazi-era crimes in decades, Irmgard Furchner is charged with complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 […]
Authorities in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, say they are set to tighten restrictions as they struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. Included in the measures announced on October 18 is the introduction of a health pass to regulate access to events with large crowds. Boris Piotrovski, the city’s deputy governor, said that […]