A prolonged drought resulting in a very short time in southern Africa to major food problems . At least 13.5 million people are threatened with starvation . The natural phenomenon El Niño is responsible for the drought.
Jiang Jiemin, the former president of the China National Petroleum Corporation has been convicted of corruption in Beijing to a prison term of 16 years. That the Chinese state television announced Monday.
The Greek Coast Guard has rescued the last 24 hours more than 1,100 refugees from the Aegean Sea. In the islands of Lesbos , Leros, Chios , Samos, Kos Farmakonisi and rescuers had to come into action to get people out of the water .
The floods on the Côte d' Azur last weekend caused damage to 550 to 650 million euros. The French Association of Insurers Afa reported Friday that there are more than 60,000 damage reports done .
If the BlackBerry to make a profit next year 'm selling smartphones, the company will consider to completely stop making phones . That director John Chen announced during the Code / Mobile conference this week .
The number of refugees to Greece is increasing sharply. That signals the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Cause may be the expected worsening weather which the applicants wish for .
The US space agency Nasa has unveiled big news about the planet Pluto . Planetoloog Alan Stern of NASA , the stunning discovery itself hardly believe it. "Unfortunately I can not say anything about what NASA Thursday will tell . But it's spectacular".
Eight people last January discriminatory and inflammatory statements have been published on our Facebook page "Support the PVV", be fined . Ranging from 350 to 450 euro, reports the Public Prosecutor. If they do not pay their fine, they have to justify themselves before the police.
The death toll from a typhoon that swept across southeast China , has risen to nineteen . There are still four people missing, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Wednesday . Most deaths occurred in Guangdong province . People came , inter alia, that by tornadoes and landslides caused by the storm .
Severe weather in the US states of South and North Carolina has killed at least thirteen people died . The victims were killed by heavy floods that were caused by heavy rainfall. The victims drowned or were killed in traffic accidents.
