Museum releases historical photos of island where Amelia Earhart may have crashed pred 1 dnevom, 5 urami in 12 minutami Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearanceA New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, offering amateur sleuths new evidence to scour for traces of the pioneering aviator and her plane.The black-and-white images were published by the Air Force Museum of New Zealand after renewed interest in one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century, spurred by a US expedition to the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro in search of new clues. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
British man fined €3,000 for causing two-year-old son’s death in Cyprus pred 1 dnevom, 5 urami in 15 minutami Joshua Foster pleaded guilty over death of toddler who fell from fourth-floor window of hotel during family holidayA British man has been handed a €3,000 (£2,500) fine after his two-year-old son fell nearly 12 metres (40ft) to his death from the fourth floor window of a hotel in Cyprus.Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he placed the boy on a sill to show him the view of a waterpark and “lost control” of him, the court previously heard. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen pred 1 dnevom, 5 urami in 21 minutami As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’ A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit – it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolises a wider shift in Jamaica’s film industry, where directors are increasingly using the landscape to tell Jamaican stories – including those that confront enslavement, trauma and historical memory.The series is about a biracial British lawyer who travels to Jamaica to investigate a multimillion-pound inheritance dispute, only to uncover a dark, vengeful spirit tied to the plantation’s brutal colonial past. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU’s von der Leyen pledges to ‘not lift any sanctions unless Russia stops the war’ as leaders discuss Ukraine – Europe live pred 1 dnevom, 5 urami in 27 minutami European leaders are meeting in Brussels amid worsening relations between Washington and KyivSeveral leaders offered Zelenskyy very friendly welcome or, in some cases, simply a big hug as he walked into the room before the formal part of the meeting got under way.Speaking to Newsmax last night, Donald Trump repeated his views of the two leaders involved in the conflict. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
