Georgian authorities used tear gas and water cannon outside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi Tuesday against protesters who oppose a proposed law some see as stifling freedom of the press. The law, which has received initial approval, would require media
Former NHL goalie Kasimir Kaskisuo was suspended five games by the Swedish Hockey League after throwing a water bottle and hitting a referee in the back of the head during a game last week, his team announced Friday. Leksands IF confirmed that
More than 4,000 inhabitants of Bakhmut continued to cower in underground shelters without electricity, gas or water as fierce street-to-street fighting continued to rage above them. However, city officials insisted that Russia had not yet sprung its ring of steel, despite claims
Public health officials are urging 200,000 residents of a US county to forgo washing their face with tap water after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba. Health officials believe the man might have contracted the infection after he rinsed his sinuses
Russia’s war against Ukraine is threatening the latter country’s freshwater and water infrastructure (Image: Shumilova et al. / Nature Sustainability) Russia’s war against Ukraine is threatening the latter country’s freshwater resources and critical water infrastructure, researchers have warned. The study was undertaken
Nearly a quarter million Floridians are being warned to avoid washing their face with tap water after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba in February. The advice, which applies to the nearly 200,000 residents of Charlotte County, comes after a county
A person in Florida has died after contracting a very rare “brain-eating” infection from washing their nose in unboiled tap water, health experts reported. The infection swells and eventually rots the brain and will usually result in death, officials warn. The Centre
A man in south Florida died from a brain-eating infection last month after using tap water during sinus rinses, according to FOX 4. The man, who has not been named but was identified as a resident of Charlotte County, died on Feb.
Two people have died of cholera in Syria’s opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on Tuesday. The earthquake left more than 4,000 people dead
Two bodies have been recovered from the bottom of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, after a tugboat capsized on Friday, rescue crews have reported. Divers had been engaged in a rescue mission from Friday afternoon, resuming the search at 8am on Saturday