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☆ Bosnia floods kill at least 21 people, leaves dozens missing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The N1 TV reported that 21 people died and that dozens went missing in the Jablanica area, 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) southwest of Sarajevo. A drone view shows debris following a landslide in a flooded residential area in Donja Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday. Marko Djurica/ReutersRubble lies around a flooded residential area in Donja Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday. In Donja Jablanica many houses were still under rubble. Due to flash flooding on Friday a quarry above Donja Jablanica collapsed and rubble poured over houses and cars in the village.

Persons: Marko Djurica, ”, Begovic, “, Enes Imamovic, ” Imamovic Organizations: Reuters, Rescuers, N1, Mountain Rescue Service, Bosnian Football Association Locations: Donja Jablanica, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bosnian, Balkans, Europe

☆ Attack on foreign diplomats' convoy kills police officer in Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Mushtaq Yusufzai | Mushtaq Yusufzai Is A Journalist Based In Peshawar | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb hit a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing a police officer in their security detail, police said. Ambassadors from Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Iran, Russia, and Tajikistan were among those in the convoy, police said. Police made security arrangements for the foreign ambassadors and they were immediately rescued and moved towards Pakistan's capital Islamabad, Khan said. Offering sympathies to the families of those who died, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement that “all members of the diplomatic corps have returned safely to Islamabad.”Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari also condemned the attack. Pakistani counter-terrorist forces maintain a strong presence in the Swat valley, which has long been a hotbed of Islamist militant insurgency.

Persons: Zahidullah Khan, Mohammad Ali Gandapur, Khan, Asif Ali Zardari, ”, Malala Yousafzai Organizations: NBC News, Police, Pakistani Locations: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Swat, Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Pakistan's, Islamabad, ”

"Our research infers that fliers are doing more research to understand and potentially avoid Boeing aircrafts," she said. "First of all, there are more discount carriers operating Airbus (A320s) than Boeing (737s) particularly in Asia," he said. watch nowThe study is a historical analysis of commercial flight safety, which does not predict how Boeing's issues may play out in the future. But Barnett indicated he's confident about the future of commercial aviation. Why avoiding Boeing is difficultThough competition among airlines is fierce, aircraft manufacturing has long been dominated by the United States' century-old Boeing company and its European competitor, Airbus.

Persons: Danielle Harvey, Brendan Sobie, Arnold Barnett, Barnett Organizations: Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Sobie Aviation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of Air Transport Management, MIT, U.S . Federal Aviation Agency, National Transportation Safety Board, European Union, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, CNBC Travel, Airbus, Airlines, Max Locations: Asia, United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, New, Bahrain, Bosnia, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Alaska

☆ Protesters denounce Bulgaria's ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ in schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ and so-called nontraditional sexual choices in schools. The amendment bans the “promotion, popularization and support of ideas and opinions related to non-traditional sexual orientation or sexual identification other than biological” in schools. Protesters rally outside Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgaria has also declined to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, because of widespread belief it means to promote LGBTQ rights. European rights groups, like the Belgium-based Forbidden Colors, condemned the legislation as an assault on the fundamental rights of LGBTQ individuals, particularly children.

Persons: Michaela Vatcheva Organizations: European Union, Protesters, Bloomberg, Getty, Union Locations: Bulgaria’s, Bulgaria, Russia, Russian, Bulgaria's, Sofia, Istanbul, Belgium, Hungary, Bosnia, Moldova, Turkey

☆ Inspired by Muhammad Ali, meet the judo star who fled civil war conscription in Syria and will now compete at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“He was someone who stood up and said ‘no.’ To have that sort of strength was something that inspired me,” says Adnan Khankan ahead of his Olympic judo debut in Paris later this month. Ed Kolenovsky/APConscription into the Syrian Army“I didn’t see it as my war, how could it be when it was Syrian people killing other Syrian people? The Syrian Civil War, which initially broke out in 2011, is now considered the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP“It really motivated me when I found out about the existence of a refugee team,” said Khankan. Adnan Khankan“The refugee team speak different languages, are different ethnicities, come from different cultures, but we are all one team competing together.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Muhammad Ali, Brown, ”, Ali, Adnan Khankan, Khankan, Bashar al, spiralled, ” Khankan, Ed Kolenovsky, Bashar Al, Assad, Diaa Al, “, ” Adnan Khankan, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Mardini, Yusra Mardini, Michael Kappeler, Marius Vizer, Adnan, “ Adnan, Vizer, Adnan Khankan “, I’ve Organizations: CNN, International Olympic Committee, Syrian Army, CNN Sport, Al, Free Syrian Army, Reuters, taekwondo, Getty, Rio Olympics, IOC, Rio, Tokyo, Japan, Judo, International Judo Federation, UNHCR, “, Olympic Locations: Vietnam, America, Paris, Cologne, Germany, Damascus, Syria, Houston, Arbeen, Ghouta, Tashkent, AFP, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungarian, Cairo, Tokyo, Europe, Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, East, Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba

☆ Opinion | Don’t Doubt NATO. It Saved My People.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Albin Kurti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Many European partners worry that after the U.S. presidential election in November, the American commitment to the alliance will wane. Who among my people could forget the sight of NATO soldiers being cheered as they arrived? Over the past 25 years, as NATO helped liberate Kosovo and maintained the peace, we in return built democracy to foster this peace from within. We declared our independence in 2008, an idea that will resonate with Americans who have just celebrated their Independence Day. There was little doubt to us, given the fresh memories of genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, that the situation in Kosovo would have deteriorated rapidly without NATO.

Persons: Slobodan Milosevic Organizations: NATO, U.S, Kosovar Locations: United States, Washington, Europe, Kosovo, Serbian, Kosova, Rwanda, Bosnia

☆ Heat waves: Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Then came the heat wave. But it is also a lifeline against increasingly brutal heat, the deadliest type of extreme weather. It allows people to live in places where temperatures push close to the limits of survivability and where extreme heat persists even at night. And many electrical grids are being pushed to a breaking point due to increasingly frequent extreme weather and soaring demand for cooling. Heat can affect vital organs and cause heat exhaustion, heat stroke and even death.

Persons: Ida, ”, Jen Brady, Michael Webber, Webber, Brian Stone Jr, Hurricane Ida, Leah Millis, ” Webber, ” Stone, Stone, Kate Gallego, ” Gallego, it’s, Mario Tama, Central’s Brady, —, Ian, “ Organizations: CNN, Climate Central, Climate, University of Texas, Georgia Institute of Technology, “, Service, Authorities, Arizona Public Service, Babcock Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Austin, California, Pacific Northwest, Europe, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, New Orleans , Louisiana, Hurricane, Atlanta, Detroit, Phoenix, Phoenix , Arizona, Florida

☆ Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Montenegro’s energy minister said the shutdown was caused by a sudden increase in power consumption brought on by high temperatures, and by the heat itself overloading systems. “This was just waiting to happen in this heat,” Gentiana, a 24-year-old student in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, told Reuters. Suppliers in the four countries said they started restoring supply by mid-afternoon and power was largely back by the evening. Power in Albania was restored within half an hour, but the country remained at a high risk of further shutdowns as power usage and heat levels were still high, he said. Western Balkan nations have seen a boom in solar energy investment, meant to ease a power crisis that had threatened a shift away from coal.

Persons: ”, Sasa Mujovic, Belinda Balluku, Balluku Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Suppliers, Air, HRT, Albanian Energy, North Macedonia’s Energy Regulatory Commission Locations: Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Croatia’s, Balkans, Montenegro’s, Podgorica, European, Bosnia’s, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Mostar, Croatian, Split, Greece, Croatia

☆ Euro 2024: German and British police working together for ‘safe and trouble-free’ tournament amid hooliganism fears
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The hostIt’s fair to say expectations for the German national team are not high within the host country. Expectations are low for the German national team. Didier Deschamps has been in charge of the national team since 2012 and last January extended his contract until 2026. After winning the World Cup and Nations League, Mbappé wants to add the Euros to his resume. That’s the only one that missed me with the national team after I did everything with the national team,” Mbappé told CNN recently.

Persons: ”, Lars Baron, Hansi Flick, Julian Nagelsmann, Nagelsmann, Christian, hasn’t, Henri Delaunay, Les, Didier Deschamps, Deschamps, Kylian Mbappé, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre, Emery, Eduardo Camavinga, France’s, Mbappé, Matthias Hangst, ” Mbappé, it’s, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, Saka, Declan Rice, Jude, Gareth Southgate, fthe, Southgate, Alex Grimm, ” Southgate, “, you’ve, Dominik Szoboszlai, ” Szoboszlai, “ It’s, Rafal Oleksiewicz, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Andriy Lunin, Mykhailo Mudryk, Artem Dovbyk Organizations: CNN, British, soccer’s, England, Serbian, Guardian, German Police, Policing Unit, UEFA, Serbian Football Federation, Serbian Ministry of Interior, Russia, Reuters, German, Bayern Munich, ARD, German national, Getty, Nations League, English Football Association, Liverpool, Defence, Iceland, Bosnia, Ukraine Locations: Gelsenkirchen, England, Serbia, European, Germany, North Rhine, Westphalia, “, France, Marseille, Russia, Scotland, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Ukraine, Herzegovina, Iceland, Spain, Belgium, Slovakia, Romania

☆ Euro 2024: Ukraine hopes to show the ‘spirit of our nation’ at tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Don Riddell | Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“We all understand that football is not the most important thing now in Ukraine,” Ukraine head coach Sergiy Rebrov tells CNN Sport. “But I think our successful performance in Europe gives our people in Ukraine positive emotions. “Before [the war], when you’re fighting on the pitch, you are thinking only about the result. The team hopes to provide Ukraine with some respite from the war during the tournament. “Everybody from Ukraine […] is trying to help each other, trying to help our defenders, trying to help the volunteers,” Rebrov says.

Persons: It’s, Sergiy Rebrov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Rebrov, Rafal Oleksiewicz, Mykhailo Mudryk, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Rebrov, “, ”, Strangmann, UEFA’s, Sergei Gapon, Zelensky, Oleksandr Usyk, Elina Svitolina Organizations: CNN, Romania, Ukraine, ”, CNN Sport, “, Chelsea, European, Getty, UN, Rights Locations: Ukraine, ” Ukraine, Europe, England, Italy, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Iceland, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine –, AFP, Ukrainian, Russia, Germany, Kharkiv

☆ A weaker dollar, skyrocketing prices and ‘record’ visitor numbers: Good luck in Europe this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Hotel prices are exploding. As the owner of Destination Europe, she is sending “record numbers” of clients to the continent this year. There’s been such a huge demand for travel in the past three years, and lots of places are pushing up prices.”Is summer in Europe already a washout? Socrates Baltagiannis/picture alliance/Getty ImagesData from Hotel Monitor, American Express Global Business Travel’s annual analysis of worldwide hotel rates, backs his theory up. His prediction appears to be coming true: although the Amex GBT analysis predicted a 11% spike in Paris hotel rates this year, so far they have only risen 8%.

Persons: “ There’s, ”, Tom Jenkins, ” Kayla Zeigler, Graham Carter, “, There’s, you’re, it’s, Eric Gaillard, Reuters It’s, they’re, Eiffel, Hagia Sophia, Jenkins, Tim Hentschel, that’s, It’s, Milos, Hotelplanner's Tim Hentschel, Socrates Baltagiannis, Hentschel, haven’t, Conde Nast, Hayley Berg, Hopper, Berg, Jaime Reina, ‘, ’ ” They’re, Daniela Santanchè, ” Zeigler, Carter, –, Charles de Gaulle, ” They’re, Zeigler, ” –, – Berg, bookers, Henry Nicholls Organizations: CNN, European Tourism Organisation, Unforgettable, “, Reuters, Getty, Hotel Monitor, American Express Global, ”, AFP, Italy –, Games Locations: Europe, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Turkish, Hagia, Venice, Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin, Berlin, Stockholm, Barcelona, London, Murcia, Marbella, Windsor, Paddington, Rome, Athens, Venice’s, Mallorcan, Italy, Amalfi, Positano, Amalfi Coast, Puglia, Sicily, Slovenia, Croatia, Ireland, Portugal, France, airfare, London's, AFP

☆ Live Updates: NASA and Boeing Prepare to Launch Astronauts on Starliner Spacecraft
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Kenneth Chang | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on their way to the Starliner spacecraft on May 6, before the launch was called off. “It almost feels unreal,” Ms. Williams replied. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. After a glitch-filled test flight in December 2019 with no crew aboard, delays shuffled the astronaut assignments. Indeed, none of the astronauts that NASA named in 2018 to fly on the test flight ended up being on it.

Persons: Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Wilmore, Williams, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Ms, “, ” Steve Stich, They’ve, ” Mr, Stich Organizations: Boeing, Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, U.S . Navy, NASA, Navy, Station Locations: Florida, Houston, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Iraq, Bosnia

☆ Live Updates: NASA Astronauts Prepare for 1st Launch on Boeing’s Starliner
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

☆ England’s Euro 2024 squad: Adam Wharton and Eberechi Eze included, Marcus Rashford misses out
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Omar Garrick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Gareth Southgate has named his 33-man provisional England squad for this summer’s European Championship in Germany. Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been left out of Southgate’s squad. Rashford and Henderson won’t be part of the England squad this summer (Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)“Hendo has given himself every chance,” Southgate said. I have talked with him and the medical team are liaising with Manchester United very closely. Midfielders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace) Declan Rice (Arsenal).

Persons: Gareth Southgate, Marcus Rashford, Southgate, Marcus, ” Rashford, “ Gareth, Jordan Henderson, Henderson, Henderson won’t, Hendo, ” Southgate, hasn’t, Rashford, Mainoo, J ames, juri, Oliver Glasne, siti, ned 82 sen, It w, sid, ter City), Kier, ber, Jack G, Gordon (Newca, o ney, Brent, atkin Organizations: England, Manchester United, ”, Ajax, UE, nsa, Aston Locations: Germany, England, Jordan, Brazil, Bowen, ayer, Munich, Bosnia, Serbia

☆ Latest Updates: NASA Astronauts Prepare for First Launch on Boeing Starliner
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are the NASA astronauts set for Boeing’s flight test of the Starliner spacecraft. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. Mr. Wilmore, a native of Tennessee, was also a Navy test pilot, and he flew combat missions over Iraq and Bosnia in the 1990s. After a glitch-filled test flight in December 2019 with no crew aboard, delays shuffled the astronaut assignments. Indeed, none of the astronauts that NASA named in 2018 to fly on the test flight are on the upcoming test flight.

Persons: Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Ms, Williams, Wilmore, Mr, ” Organizations: NASA, Boeing, U.S . Navy, Navy, Station Locations: Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Iraq, Bosnia

☆ Matt Gaetz Faces Last-Minute Challenger in Republican Primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aaron Dimmock, a retired Navy officer and aviator, has entered the Republican primary to challenge Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida — jumping into the race hours before a filing deadline last Friday. Mr. Dimmock and representatives of American Patriots PAC did not respond to requests for comment. The primary for the First Congressional District, which covers Pensacola and the western Florida Panhandle, will take place on Aug. 20. Mr. Dimmock, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, served as a pilot for the P-3 surveillance plane for the Navy. Naval Academy Alumni Association in 2020, Mr. Dimmock said that he had deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo and had completed several tours in the Middle East.

Persons: Aaron Dimmock, Matt Gaetz, Dimmock’s, Kevin McCarthy, Gaetz, Mr, McCarthy, Dimmock Organizations: Navy, Republican, American Patriots PAC, House Republicans, First Congressional, Florida Panhandle, United States Naval Academy, U.S . Naval Academy Alumni Association, World Trade Center, Pentagon Locations: Florida, Pensacola, Bosnia, Kosovo, New York City

☆ 20 eerie photos that show what happened to Sarajevo's Olympic venues after the 1984 Winter Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984. Forty years after the Games, many of the Olympic venues have remained abandoned. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. During the fighting, Olympic venues became battlegrounds, as ski slopes were heavily mined and hotels were turned into prisons. Here's what the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic venues look like in 2024.

Persons: —, it's Organizations: Bosnian, Service, Reuters, P Locations: Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Yugoslavian, Moscow, Yugoslav, Yugoslavia, Olympics, Paris

☆ NATO’s next challenge: How to reverse years of underfunding defense
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

For over a decade, allies have chronically underspent on defense while the West’s adversaries modernized and bolstered their own military capabilities. Defense spending stayed low across the West not just because of budget pressures, but also because everyone – including the US – was frightened to provoke Russia. However, the nature of NATO allies’ support for Ukraine – much of it direct military support – has exposed the vulnerability that years of underfunding has caused the alliance. Fabian Bimmer/Pool/ReutersThis means that the challenge in front of NATO allies now is not just how can they meet the demand for weapons coming from Ukraine, but how do they reverse years of underfunding their own defenses? Some allies don’t trust that others will be quite so generous with defense spending if the Russia-Ukraine war were to end.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Murat Kula, ”, ” John Herbst, Antony Blinken, Ulf Kristersson, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, underfunding, It’s, Herbst, NATO’s, –, Jens Stoltenberg, Olaf Scholz, Fabian Bimmer, Stoltenberg, ” Stoltenberg, Peter Ricketts, Douglas Lute, “ Organizations: CNN, NATO, Turkish, Anadolu Agency, Pentagon, “, Swedish, US State Department, Getty, Ukraine, Rheinmetall, Trump Locations: Soviet, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, United States, British, Vilnius, Russia, Kyiv, Europe, Germany, AFP, North Korea, Iran, Washington, Unterluess, Baltic, Brussels, Finland, Sweden, NATO

☆ World Central Kitchen: Who were the killed aid workers?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Robert Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) has named its seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Monday, praising their “beautiful souls,” as international condemnation over the incident grows. From World Central KitchenJohn Chapman, James Henderson and James KirbyThe three Brits killed were John Chapman, 57, James “Jim” Henderson, 33, and 47-year-old James Kirby. From World Central KitchenLalzawmi “Zomi” FrankcomAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, citing her previous humanitarian efforts. From World Central KitchenWhat is the World Central Kitchen? In a Reuters interview, Andres accused Israel of “systematically” targeting the seven WCK aid workers.

Persons: Erin Gore, WCK, Frankcom, Damian Soból, Jacob Flinkinger, John Chapman, James, Jim, Henderson, James Kirby, James Henderson, James “ Jim ” Henderson, Kirby, Adam McGuire, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Chapman, ”, “, Abutaha, Ahmad Al, Seif, Jacob Flickinger Jacob Flickinger, Samantha Power, Flickinger, Joe Biden, Biden, Damian Sobol, Wojciech Bakun, Donald Tusk, Netanyahu, Sobol, Anthony Albanese, Lalzawmi, ” Albanese, José Andrés, Andrés, Andres, Israel, ” Andres Organizations: CNN, Canada, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Sky News, Media, WCK, Facebook, United Arab, Canadian, Central, Poland’s, Israel, Hamas, Reuters, NGO Locations: Gaza, Australian, British, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Palestinian, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, US, Israel, United States, Canada, Przemysl, Poland, Przemyśl, Australia, Asia, warzones, Haiti, Cairo, Egypt, UN, Cyprus

The movement is in stark contrast to Croatia’s recent past, when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, a Communist-run country that protected abortion rights in its constitution 50 years ago. As a result, many women have traveled to neighboring Slovenia for an abortion over the years. Pushed forward by a women’s organization born out of World War II, the right to abortion was later included in Yugoslavia’s constitution. Elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia, Serbia and Slovenia have included the freedom to choose whether to have children in their constitutions. Bosnia’s women can legally obtain abortion during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, though economic impediments exist in the impoverished, post-war country.

Persons: ”, Ana Sunic, Tanja Ignjatovic, Sanja Sarnavka, “, Muzevni, Mirela Cavajda, Cavajde, Jasenka Grujić, Grujic, ” Grujic, ” Ignjatovic, Sabina Niksic, Predrag Milic Organizations: Catholic, European Union, Autonomous Women’s Center, Associated Press, Gec Locations: ZAGREB, Croatia, Catholic Croatia, European, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Communist, Zagreb, Croatia's, “, France, Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, Croatian, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Podgorica, Montenegro

☆ War-battered Ukraine celebrates soccer team’s ‘crucial victory’ to reach Euro 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( James Legge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ukraine’s soccer team qualified for this summer’s European Championships with a come-from-behind win over Iceland, a rare moment of joy for the country more than two years into Russia’s invasion. Coach Sergiy Rebrov’s players made a ring around the center circle to lead the fans in a ‘Viking thunder clap’, the celebration made famous by their defeated opponents Iceland at Euro 2016. Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group, behind England and Italy, but beat Bosnia-Herzegovina in an earlier play-off to set up the decisive clash with Iceland. Russia will not be taking part, having been banned by European governing body UEFA because of the invasion. Ukraine will play in Group E of Euro 2024, along with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, and face the prospect of taking to the continental stage while war rages back home.

Persons: Mykhailo Mudryk, Mudryk, Sergiy, Albert Gudmundsson, Viktor Tsyhankov’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Zelensky, Oleksandr Zinchenko Organizations: CNN, Chelsea, Iceland, Ukraine, “, UEFA Locations: Iceland, Wroclaw, Poland, Ukraine, England, Italy, Bosnia, Herzegovina, “ Ukraine, Germany, Europe, Russia, Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Avdiivka, Western, Israel, Gaza

☆ Meet Prince William and Kate Middleton's inner circle who may be part of the team helping them navigate her cancer diagnosis
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Maria Noyen | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kate Middleton and Prince William may lean on their inner circle following her cancer diagnosis. AdvertisementWhoever gets the job will join a team dedicated to guiding Prince William and Princess Kate through Kate's diagnosis. Kate's private secretary is a palace veteranA month after Kate underwent surgery, she hired a new private secretary: Lieutenant Colonel Tom White. Meanwhile, William's private secretary is relatively new to the royal sceneLike Kate, William also hired a new private secretary recently. Natalie Barrows, an assistant private secretary, to Kate Middleton, has been pictured with her at several public events over the years.

Persons: Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince, Princess of Wales, —, Wales, Kate, Princess Kate, Tom White, White, he's, Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II's equerry, Max Mumby, Princess, William, Ian Patrick, Patrick, Lee Thompson, Adam, Edwina Iddles, The Royal Foundation of The Prince, Caroline Dinenage, Rhea Vernon, Natalie Barrows, Natasha Archer, Archer, Chris Jackson Organizations: Service, People Magazine, Royal Marines, Telegraph, British Foreign Office, NBCUniversal, CNBC, The Royal Foundation of The, EU, Office, Getty Images Locations: Wales, Kensington, British, London, Bosnia, Herzegovina

☆ A Land Once Emptied by War Now Faces a Peacetime Exodus
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Andrew Higgins | Vladimir Zivojinovic | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than half the villagers were fellow Muslims, the rest Serbs, but nobody, he said, paid much attention to that until extremist politicians started screaming for blood. After more than a decade away from his home in eastern Bosnia, the farmer, Fikret Puhalo, 61, returned to his village, Socice. By then it had 100 or so people, Serbs who had stayed throughout and a few Muslims who had decided it was safe to go back. “Everyone else died or moved away,” said Mr. Puhalo, gesturing to empty homes scattered across the rocky hills around the family land where he grazes his sheep. “Not a single child has been born here since I returned,” he said.

Persons: Fikret Puhalo, ”, Puhalo Locations: Bosnian, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Socice

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — China's Pan Zhanle backed up his world record in the swimming relays by winning the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. The 19-year-old Pan swam the fastest 100 in history with a time of 46.80 seconds in the lead-off leg of China’s gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team. HIGH DIVINGWith a huge final dive, Britain's Aidan Heslop claimed the men's title off the 27-meter tower at Doha Old Port. WATER POLOCroatia advanced to the Saturday championship in men's water polo with a 17-16 semifinal victory over France on penalties. Italy claimed the other spot in the final with an 8-6 victory over Spain.

Persons: Zhanle, Pan, didn't, ” Pan, let's, ”, Caeleb Dressel, Kyle Chalmers, Alessandro Miressi, Hungary's Nandor Nemeth, Britain's Laura Stephens, Helena Rosendahl Bach, Lana Pudar, Rachel Klinker, ” Stephens, “, Sarah Sjöström, Swede, Aidan Heslop, France's Gary Hunt, Catalin, Petru Preda, James Lichtenstein, Heslop, you’ve, ” Heslop, ___ Organizations: Paris, Olympic, Doha, Doha Old Port, Croatia Locations: DOHA, Qatar, Paris, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Doha, United States, France, Croatia, Spain

The bodies have all been retrieved from the river since 2017 and buried in local cemeteries in three border towns of eastern Bosnia. Dr. Vidak Simic examined more than 40 corpses of migrants and refugees so far retrieved from the river. Under local laws, bone samples are taken from unidentified bodies before they are buried in paupers' graves. However, Simic has been keeping the unnamed migrants’ bone samples long past the time required by the law. At the cemetery in Bijeljina, where nearly half of all the unidentified migrants pulled out of Drina so far are buried, 41 trees were planted and a memorial for the drowned was erected.

Persons: ”, Nihad Suljic, Suljic, Vidak Simic, Simic, Simic —, ” Simic, Radul Radovanovic Organizations: Migrants, European Union, Western, Police, Associated Press Locations: BIJELJINA, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Western Europe, Bosnian, East, Africa, South Asia, Europe, Balkan, Tuzla, Balkans, Montenegro, Croatia, Drina, Zvornik, Bijeljina, paupers, Municipal, Vienna

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