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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Authorities announce mandatory evacuation from 11 more settlements in Sumy Oblast
Given the constant threat to the lives of civilians due to attacks, the local authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of residents from 11 more settlements in the Sumy district. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration Details: Evacuation is being carried out from the following settlements: Horobivka (Richky hromada) Shtanivka, Voronivka and Yanchenky (Bilopillia hromada) Tsymbalivka and Shkurativka (Vorozhba hromada) Krovne, Mykolaivka, Rudnivka, Spaske and Kapitanivka (Mykolaivka hromada). [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] The authorities promise to provide transport, humanitarian aid, temporary accommodation and social benefits to all those in need. Quote: "I urge residents not to delay their decision to evacuate. Remaining in a zone of constant danger is a direct threat to your life and health. A total of 213 settlements in Sumy Oblast are subject to mandatory evacuation. The enemy continues to terrorise the border area, and our collective task is to save every life." Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Reuters
a day ago
- General
- Reuters
Rock collapse at Indonesia quarry kills at least 5 people with dozens trapped, Kompas TV reports
JAKARTA, May 30 (Reuters) - At least five people in West Java in Indonesia were killed and dozens of others were trapped or buried by rubble following a rock collapse at a quarry, Kompas TV reported on Friday. The collapse took place in Cirebon in West Java, the report said. Reuters has contacted local authorities for confirmation of the incident.
CBS News
2 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Suspected animal remains found in garage freezer behind Michigan restaurant
The owner of a restaurant in Jackson, Michigan, reported what is believed to be the remains of several dead animals left behind in a garage freezer when he took over the property. The current owner of The Parlour of Jackson, Scott Pienta, related the circumstances in a video he recorded Sunday, about an hour after he said that his family notified local authorities of the situation. The business also responded to questions from the public about the circumstances via conversations on the Facebook page. "We are still wide open, our health department is good. This was in the garage part," the business said in response to one of the questions. The Parlour is on Daniel Road and features ice cream, hot dogs and burgers on its menu. The owner said that when he bought the restaurant, there were a number of items, including freezers and refrigerators, left behind in a separate garage. Those items didn't belong to either him or the former owners, but to someone else. He added that he had asked that woman for months to remove her possessions that remained on site. "I don't go rummaging around her stuff, looking for anything in there," he said about the stored items. On Sunday, Pieta's son learned details of what might be in the coolers. "Once my son was aware of it, we made proper calls to the authorities to let them deal with it," Pieta said in his video. Jackson Police Department responded to a report of animal cruelty at that location, according to the department logs, and officers then handed over the investigation to Jackson County Animal Control. That's the point on Sunday when Pieta said he decided to record his video, saying people would notice law enforcement and animal control on site, and he wanted to give a statement about what was happening. Jackson County Animal Control has since confirmed to CBS News Detroit that they are investigating the situation, saying items suspected to be animal remains that were found in the storage area will be tested. Officials say seven dogs and three other species of animals were found, and several animals were missing heads and feet. Test results could take a couple of weeks.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Parks are for all, not just paying festivalgoers
Emma Warren, who is quoted in your article (What are public parks for? Inside the debate sparked by London festival row, 24 May), could not be more wrong when she says the Protect Brockwell Park campaign is about 'a small number of people trying to limit a larger number of people's access to space'. Parks are open to everyone, all year round, except during the weeks leading up to and during such festivals. For centuries, local parks have preserved the sanity of parents with young children, allowed children to meet each other and create play with the simplest of means, and permitted elderly people a break from the loneliness of being stuck at home. Parks need preserving because they are egalitarian and provide a meeting space that helps build communities. Very few object to short festivals that treat a park and the local community with respect. What we are seeing now is events companies preying on cash-strapped local authorities to get concert venues on the cheap, make a quick buck from large, prolonged events and move on, often leaving the park with extensive damage that takes months to repair. There is very little transparency as to what changes hands, how much money is actually made, what it is used for and how much the damage costs to fix. Years of savage local authority cutbacks have left parks with skeleton staffing, inadequate to produce the regeneration that these events necessitate. The effects can be cumulative and permanent. The chief executive of the Association of Independent Festivals says the local authority is 'a representation of the local community'. Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? Not many local people feel so PaceForest Hill, London The imposition of loud music on others is as unacceptable in public parks as it is from a phone on the bus or a speaker in the garden. The elementary social decency of not inflicting stressful noise on neighbours and fellow travellers is rapidly disintegrating. And public parks belong to all, not just the minority who want to attend pop KeelingWelling, Kent Have an opinion on anything you've read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Rat-borne diseases cause crisis in Sarajevo
Health experts blame a failure to control Sarajevo's rodent population for an alarming rise in the number of cases of rat-borne diseases. In just one 24 hour period this week, the country's largest hospital reported a dozen cases of leptospirosis. That follows a steady stream of other infections earlier in the month. One of the disease's nicknames, rat fever, reflects its key vector of infection. It generally spreads to humans through water or soil contaminated with rodent urine or faeces. Symptoms can range from headaches and muscle pain to bleeding on the lungs. The acute form of the illness, Weil's disease, can cause jaundice and even kidney failure. The local authorities in Sarajevo have declared an epidemic, allowing the imposition of emergency measures, including a long overdue clean-up. Extra municipal workers armed with disinfectant sprays have been deployed to carry out an urban "spring clean" in public areas across the city, while additional rubbish collections are being arranged. Schools have been directed to clean their playgrounds, mow any grass areas and check their basements for rats. The current all-action approach is a stark contrast to the laissez-faire situation of the past two years, during which there were no pest control measures in Sarajevo at all. Officials blame a botched tender process for extermination and sanitation work, which has allowed the city to go to the rats – and, for that matter, the dogs, as packs of strays are also a common sight around the capital. Sarajevo Canton Health Minister Enis Hasanovic described the situation as "not a health crisis, but a communal crisis", due to local authorities failing to fulfil essential municipal hygiene requirements. But a former director of the Sarajevo's University Clinical Centre, Sebija Izetbegović, believes the health situation could deteriorate further. Now a member of Sarajevo Canton Assembly, she points out that "well-fed rats" are currently so numerous in the city that "we can also expect hantavirus". In one respect at least, Sarajevo has been lucky. Left untreated, leptospirosis can be deadly, with a mortality rate of more than 50% for people who suffer from severe bleeding of the lungs. But so far none of the cases reported in the current epidemic have been serious.
