Three days after a devastating 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia, Cali is still searching for the missing — but volunteers and survivors are rewriting the story of the city’s response. In the ruins, something unexpected is taking hold.
Mourners gathered Thursday to remember 44 lives lost in Tuesday’s ferry disaster, as candlelit tributes filled the waterfront. Meanwhile, Zambia counts votes and researchers flag a sharp fertility decline across North Africa.
Colombia’s strongest earthquake this century has killed at least 265 people, with rescuers now entering the final phase of operations as hope for survivors fades. Nearly 500 people remain missing beneath collapsed buildings across the Nariño and Cauca departments.
Humanitarian aid warehouses in Ukraine have come under direct attack, destroying tonnes of food, medicine, and emergency supplies for civilians. Relief organizations warn the strikes are making sustained operations nearly impossible across the hardest-hit regions.
Brazil’s Indigenous youth are fighting for their lands with smartphones, social media, and cultural pride. In a country losing thousands of square kilometers of forest each year, visibility has become their most powerful weapon.
The EU’s enlargement process is facing a defining credibility test, with candidate countries from Ukraine to the Western Balkans growing frustrated by decades of delays. Can Brussels finally make enlargement real?
Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant came within millimetres of an emergency shutdown as the Danube reached critical flood levels last week. The near-miss is intensifying scrutiny over climate risks at the facility and its planned expansion.
Leipzig/Halle Airport suspended operations Wednesday night after a drone carrying explosive material triggered a security alarm near its main taxiway. It’s the second such incident at the German cargo hub in under three months.
ACT politician Mark Parton has admitted he sent a text saying ‘my job is boring’ during an official meeting, reversing his earlier denial of the complaint. He insists the message was not sent to a sex worker, as originally alleged.
From a fresh flare-up on Europe’s eastern borders to a surprise dip in global markets, August 5th is shaping up to be a day packed with consequences. Here’s everything you need to know at midday.
