At lethal depths, this record-setting freediver has found peace
The video is hypnotic. Alenka Artnik descends more than 350 feet beneath the surface of the sea, her monofin swaying back and forth with every foot of her world record dive. But lethal violence is taking place inside her. The light dims, the water pressure increases, and with it comes a deepening need for breath.
“It’s very important that you stay cool,” Artnik said Thursday from her home in Geneva in an interview. “Ego has a v...Azerbaijan slams French Senate's vote on #NagornoKarabakh | BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani officials have criticized a resolution adopted by the French Senate that urges the French government to recognize the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent republic.
The resolution, adopted on Wednesday, is symbolic and does not mean the French government will recognize a sovereign Nagorno-Karabakh, but sends a message of support to France’s large Armenian community. No U.N. member state...Maradona mourners clash with police | Chaos erupted in Buenos Aires as fans gathered to pay respects to Argentine soccer star, Diego Maradona.#Watch - This Chocolate Swirl Fudge Has a Secret Ingredient that Makes it the Best Fudge Ever! | You HAVE to see how this fudge is made!
#Food #Video #Lifestyle#CycloneNivar slams into southern India causing five deaths | CHENNAI, India - A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, killing at least five people and uprooting trees and power lines.
Cyclone Nivar made landfall near the city of Puducherry, located near the southern state of Tamil Nadu, with winds of up to 130 km per hour (81 miles per hour), according to the India Meteorological Department.
Heavy rains from the storm caused flooding in some streets of the city...#Australia says 13 soldiers told they face dismissal after Afghan report | SYDNEY - Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged #unlawful killings in #Afghanistan, the head of the country's army said on Friday.
An independent report published last week in redacted form said there was evidence that 39 unarmed Afghan prisoners and civilians were killed by 19 Australian soldiers.
None of the 19 soldiers were identified in the report, which ...Mystery of the coronavirus origin: Experts still seeking answers | China or Italy? Bats or pangolins? More than 11 months since the first cluster of coronavirus cases was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan, there are still questions about the exact origins of the virus and how it jumped from animals to humans.
Experts believe the zoonotic COVID-19 disease came from a Chinese wet market selling wild animals. New research, however, has emerged which indicates the virus was circulating in Italy...Fire in Indian hospital kills 5 coronavirus patients | NEW DELHI — A fire broke out early Friday in a privately-run hospital treating coronavirus patients in western India, killing at least five of them and injuring 28 others.
Police officer K.N. Bhukan said fire engines restricted the blaze to one floor of the hospital and extinguished it within 30 minutes.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
The Press Trust of India news agency said the fire started in the intensive care unit of Ud...Stirling, Scotland | Jasmine Muir (Left) and her sister Lottie explore the Christmas tree maze at the Blair Drummond Smiddy Farm Shop near Stirling, Scotland, UK, ahead of the opening of their Christmas festivities this weekend.
#photooftheday #photo #Stirling #ScotlandHundreds sentenced to life in prison in Turkey's attempted coup trial | Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a 2016 coup attempt.
A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot.
Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in pris...#Watch | How will COVID-19 vaccines be rolled out? | Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZeneca Plc this week said its vaccine could be up to 90% effective. After their approval, the massive U.S. rollout begins.
#Explainer When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available? NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial da...New Delhi's poisonous air a perennial crisis of its own making | NEW DELHI - Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of India’s capital have boarded up their doors and windows because they say the air outside is so toxic that they would be coughing all day.
New Delhi has the worst air of any capital on the planet, according to IQ AirVisual, a Swiss-based group that gathers air quality data globally.
Jahangirpuri is one of its most polluted parts, c...#BharatBandh : Left, Congress members block railway tracks in West Bengal; markets closed in #KochiBharat bandh today: Trade unions have announced the nationwide strike. Train services affected in West Bengal. Bus services hit in Kerala. New Delhi: With 10 central unions like observing a nationwide strike against new farm and labour laws, public services are likely to be affected on November 26 (Thursday).
The labour unions have called for a nationwide strike on 26th Nov over Govt’s anti-labou...#PODCAST - NPR - 'UP First' - #Listen - European leaders react to President-elect Biden's national security team. Deaths from COVID-19 rise in Tennessee. Court documents reveal the role the Sackler family played in the opioid epidemic.
#USElection2020 #biden #harris #PresidentialElection #WhiteHouse #ForeignPolicy #NationalSecurity #Cabinet #Coronavirus #covid19 #pandemic #epidemic #vaccine #UnitedStates #Europe #EuropeanUnionIndia records 44,489 new coronavirus cases | MUMBAI - India recorded 44,489 new coronavirus infections, data from the health ministry showed on Thursday, the 19th straight day that single-day cases have stayed below the 50,000 mark.
India’s coronavirus tally now stands at 9.27 million, the second-highest in the world, after the United States.
Deaths rose by 524, taking the total to 135,223. [Reuters]
#Live India Coronavirus, Covid-19 case Tracker | State-wise count with Live Interactive Map....Protesting Farmers Allowed To Enter Delhi, Police To Escort Them | Delhi police has allowed the protesting farmers to enter daily after hours of lathi-charge and tear gas at the Haryana-Delhi border.
Clashes erupted as farmers blocked from entering Delhi to protest over new law. Thousands of Indian farmers scuffled with police on Friday as they tried to march to the capital, Delhi, in protest against new laws liberalising procurement that they say will leave them vulnerable to big companies.
...Monolith Discovered in Utah Desert | A metal monolith, planted firmly in the ground with no clear sign of where it came from or why it was there, was discovered at the base of a barren slot canyon in Utah’s Red Rock Country.Trump says he’ll leave if Electoral College seats Biden | WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.
“Certainly I will. But you know that,” Trump said Thursday when asked wheth...Chancellor Rishi Sunak defends cutting foreign aid budget in spending review | The chancellor has defended cutting the foreign aid budget, telling Sky News: "This is about trying to focus on the priorities that the British people have at a time of enormous difficulty."
Speaking to Kay Burley, Rishi Sunak said the COVID-19 pandemic means he has had to make "difficult choices, of which aid was one of them".
Chancellor @RishiSunak tells @KayBurley he is "hopeful and confident" that the...COVID-19 restrictions possible until March, German official says | BERLIN - Germany might have to extend measures to dampen the coronavirus pandemic into March, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff said on Thursday after officials agreed tighter rules at least until Dec. 20 on Wednesday.
"We have difficult winter months ahead of us. This will continue until March," Helge Braun told RTL television.
"After March, I am very optimistic because we will probably be able to vaccinate more and mo...CDC warns U.S. COVID-19 death toll could hit 321,000 by mid-December | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could hit 321,000 by mid-December. By then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many parts of the country — and some are already preparing.
A COVID-19 triage area has been set up in the lobby of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center to make room for an expected post-Thanksgiving surge. After Halloween, the hos...Biden seeks unity as Trump stokes fading embers of campaign | WILMINGTON, Del. — On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans to join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and their political divisions while the man he will replace stoked the fading embers of his campaign to “turn the election over.”
Biden, in a Thanksgiving-eve address to the nation, put the surging pandemic front and center, pledging to tap the “vast powers” of the federal governm...ARGENTINA: Three days of mourning begin in Argentina, Watch crowds gathered to pay tribute to football legend Diego Maradona, as his body lies in state at the presidential palace for 3 days of national mourning.#ConstitutionDay2020 - President Kovind leads nation in reading Preamble to Constitution of India. PM shames Pakistan, attacks Congress; calls for simplified language of law. | NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 'All India Presiding Officers Conference' on the occasion of Constitution Day on Thursday.
Referring to Constitution Day, PM Modi said today is the day to bow down to Bapu's (Mahatma Gandhi's) inspiration and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's commitment.
"Many such person...#Watch - Thousands line up to bid farewell Maradona in Argentina | BUENOS AIRES — Tens of thousands of fans eager to honor Diego Maradona lined up to file past the coffin of Argentina’s most iconic soccer star on Thursday, some confronting police who tried to maintain order at the country’s presidential mansion.
Some threw bottles and pieces of metal fencing at police near the Casa Rosada in the heart of Buenos Aires. Officers at one point used tear gas to try to control them.
Fans blew kisse...Latest Farmers Protest – ‘Every reaction has counter reaction’: Punjab CM warns against move to stop agitators | NEW DELHI - Massive showdown is underway between farmers and security forces at Delhi borders as protesters cross the barricades set up by Haryana Police to proceed on the Delhi Chalo march in protest against the three farm laws promulgated by the Centre. The state has closed its border with Congress-ruled Punjab on Thursday and Friday.
Sharing my interview regarding farmers being w...#Analysis: Questions over #AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval | LONDON - Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 "vaccine for the world", AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting speedy U.S. and EU regulatory approval.
Several scientists have raised doubts about the robustness of results showing the shot was 90% effective in a sub-group of trial participants who, by error initially, rece...Weekend scorcher: #Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season | SYDNEY - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors.
Last summer's bush fires, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia's "black summer", killed 33 people and billions of native animals.
The country's weather bureau att...Huntington Beach, California | People silhouetted against the sunset
#photooftheday #photo #California #USPolice break up farmers' march on Delhi over market reforms | MUMBAI - Indian police on Thursday used water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse thousands of farmers marching towards New Delhi in a protest against legislation they fear would end price support for their produce, officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has defended the bills enacted in September as a way to rid the vast agriculture sector of antiquated procurement procedures and to allow farmers to sell to in...Russia's Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try 'combining vaccines' | MOSCOW - Developers of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy.
Russia said its Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19, according to interim trial results, while AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 70% effective in pivotal trials and could be up to 90% effective.
"If they g...The Latest - A New Spain Emerges That Drives Conservative Opponents Crazy | MADRID - Pedro Sanchez’s budget deal will shore up the foundations of his minority government and offer the chance of some political stability in Spain after five years of division and gridlock.
It’s a fragile alliance but the potential to roll over budgets and the high bar for no-confidence votes in Spain means that even if there is more friction between the parties, the premier is likely to survive at least until the ...Japan Coronavirus outbreak latest: Nov. 26, 2020 - Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:
Tokyo's number of new daily coronavirus infections remained high Thursday, with 481 cases reported and the number of seriously ill hitting its highest level since a state of emergency declared over the pandemic was lifted in late May.
Live Japan Coronavirus, Covid-19 case Tracker | State-wise count with Live Interactive Map. (Daily Change)
Athletes and staff at...12 years after Mumbai terror attacks: Remembering the heroes of 26/11 | Amid the shock, anger, grief and horror which overtook Mumbai on that fateful November week, there were also incredible tales of courage, of a sense of duty, of men who faced terrorists’ bullets.
The Mumbai terror attacks of 26 November 2008 left a scar on the psyche of the city, one which it has struggled to come to terms with. The 10 Pakistani terrorists who came from the sea targeted the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST...China’s top diplomat stresses S.Korea ties amid row with US | SEOUL, South Korea — China’s top diplomat on Thursday stressed the importance of bilateral relations while meeting senior officials in South Korea, where there is growing concern the country is becoming squeezed between China, its biggest trading partner, and military ally the United States.
After meeting South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters that his visit during the coronaviru...'Fists and Pig Guts' fly in Taiwan parliament as debate turns ugly on U.S. pork | TAIPEI - Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing U.S. pork imports.
President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would, from Jan. 1, allow imports of U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhance...Scotland's Sturgeon puts UK on independence warning: We want a referendum soon | LONDON - Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said an independence referendum that could wrench apart the United Kingdom after Brexit should take place in the earlier part of the devolved parliament's next term, which begins next year.
If there was another referendum and if Scots voted out, it would mark the biggest shock to the United Kingdom since Irish independence a century ago - just as London grapples with the imp...As India mourns 26/11 attack, 'terror attack' on outskirts of Srinagar; 2 soldiers killed | SRINAGAR - With barely 48 hours remaining for the DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, two Indian Army soldiers were killed in an attack in broad daylight just outside the union territory capital. As per reports, terrorists attacked the Indian Army's Road Opening Party (ROP) at HMT area, leaving two jawans injured.
Terrorists attacked a patrolling party at Shariefabad on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway on Thu...Rome, Italy | Starlings fly over the synagogue; kinetic artists or urban pests roosting at night.
#photooftheday #photo #Rome #Italy#Watch: Police use drones, seal Delhi borders as farmers continue protest march towards the capital. #FarmersProtests : Protest turns violent as farmers pelt stones at Shambhu border near Ambala. Angry farmers have gathered at Haryana border to march towards Delhi in protest against the farm laws enacted by the Centre despite rigid opposition from farmer bodies.
Farmers from Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will reach Delhi through five highways connectin...
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