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Mega-chain collision on highway: 80 vehicles blocked in tunnel

Mar 17, 2026 14:30

Heavy accident on the A20 freeway Messina-Palermo: a huge chain collision involved some 80 vehicles on Tuesday morning, just before 9 a.m., in the Villafranca tunnel, on the section between Rometta and Milazzo towards Messina. Not only cars, but also trucks were involved in the accident. Following the mega-chain collision, the fire department, police and several ambulances rushed out to assist drivers and passengers and to secure fuel tanks. Fortunately, as far as is known, there were no serious injuries.

A hundred years after his death, new Gaudí building 'reappears'

Mar 17, 2026 11:30

There are places that remain silent for decades, as if waiting for someone to listen, really listen. Then comes the moment when that silence is broken and history takes a new course.

Bulls forced to run with horns on fire: Spain's most controversial tradition

Mar 16, 2026 10:30

A wooden frame filled with flammable materials is attached to the bull's horns, while the crowd watches and cheers. This is Toro Jubilo, one of Spain's most controversial traditions.

Senegal toughens its law against homosexual relations

Mar 14, 2026 16:30

A law provides for 10-year prison sentences for same-sex relationships.

Remote Pacific island where Japan wants to bury its nuclear waste

Mar 14, 2026 15:30

There's an island in the middle of the Pacific that almost nobody has ever heard of. It's called Minamitorishima, a triangle of rock and coral the size of a suburban neighborhood.

Russian liquefied natural gas tanker (loaded with gas) adrift in the Mediterranean: the threat of ecological disaster is real

Mar 14, 2026 10:00

For several days now, tension has been mounting in the Mediterranean, where the threat of an environmental catastrophe looms.

UK says no to social media for under-16s: 3-month trial launched

Mar 12, 2026 20:00

The Keir Starmer-led government has launched a nationwide trial to determine whether it's really necessary to ban access to social media for under-16s.

115,000 kg of plastic collected on a Bali beach... and a single swell to plunge back into the emergency

Mar 12, 2026 10:30

In recent months, Bali's Kedonganan beach has become the symbol of an extraordinary environmental mobilization.

Nearly 300 children killed since the start of the Middle East conflict

Mar 11, 2026 16:00

This is the dramatic assessment published by Save the Children, according to which the military escalation in the region is hitting the youngest hardest: air raids, bombings and massive displacements are leaving hundreds of thousands of families without homes, security and essential services.

Two days' compulsory teleworking: a historic turning point for employees in this state

Mar 11, 2026 11:00

The Australian state of Victoria is preparing for a turning point that promises to fuel debate in the work place.

Mega-chain collision on highway: 80 vehicles blocked in tunnel

A hundred years after his death, new Gaudí building 'reappears'

Bulls forced to run with horns on fire: Spain's most controversial tradition

Senegal toughens its law against homosexual relations

Remote Pacific island where Japan wants to bury its nuclear waste

Russian liquefied natural gas tanker (loaded with gas) adrift in the Mediterranean: the threat of ecological disaster is real

UK says no to social media for under-16s: 3-month trial launched

115,000 kg of plastic collected on a Bali beach... and a single swell to plunge back into the emergency

Nearly 300 children killed since the start of the Middle East conflict

Two days' compulsory teleworking: a historic turning point for employees in this state

Dog accidentally shoots woman at traffic light

Sweden and France argue over nicotine pouches: "As if we would ban French baguettes"

Outcry over lenient sentence for teenage rapists in Britain: 'You don't want a society where girls have to grow up like that'

Switzerland votes on population cap: 10 million and no more

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