Caracas, Venezuela There’s happiness, and then there’s Venezuelan happiness. It tastes sweeter. Loudly. Deeper. Maybe because it doesn’t come that often. Or because it has been repressed by security forces and self-censored to avoid going to jail. Or because it seems collectively and individually unattainable. But the country realised this on Wednesday. People cried, shouted,…
Tragically, an avalanche buried a 12-year-old boy who was skiing off-piste with his family. The scary incident happened today at 1 pm at the Sportgastein ski resort in Austria. Ten mountain rescuers, a rescue helicopter and a police helicopter were dispatched to the scene. Credit: SN/Gustin Mountain Rescue Ten mountain rescuers, three dog handlers, a…
An avalanche at a popular French ski resort claimed the life of a British skier. The man, in his 50s, was found under 2.5 meters (eight feet) of snow after about an hour of searching. The body of a man around 50 years old was found under eight feet of snow. Credit: Getty The man…
Rescue workers searched for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed on a landfill in the central Philippines on Friday, killing at least one. A giant pile of garbage collapsed on about 50 people at the Binaliw Landfill, a privately run facility in Cebu City, on Thursday, burying about 50 people,…
