Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
After devasting part of the Caribean causing at least 25 deaths, Hurricane Irma reached Florida with winds up to 120km/h, and is considerated to be one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic. When Irma crashed into Cuba, on Saturday morning (9th September), it was a category Five, the highest ranking possible. […]
Immage credit: Denis Mortell Lovers of Modern Art can appreciate four exhibitions of different artists at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), in Dublin. Those expositions show works from icons of Contemporary Art, like Vivienne Dick, Nan Goldin and Lucian Freud. The expositions includes photographs, films and paintings which shows particularities of the world […]
Today Copenhagen police declared that a torso found this week in local waters was that of Kim Wall, a Swedish freelance journalist whose disappearance after boarding a Danish inventor’s submarine has shocked many Scandinavians and drawn interest from around the world. It was a cyclist that while he was on the edge of Amager Island […]
An earthquake hit the tourist-packed Italian holiday island of Ischia on Monday night, collapsing buildings, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, officials said. Residents and tourists on the island off the coast of Naples ran out onto the narrow streets from homes and hotels. Fearing aftershocks, many decided to leave the island early. […]
An Irish family of four has been caught up in the terror attack in Barcelona that left 13 dead. Two of the family – parents originally from the Philippines who are naturalised Irish and their Irish-born children – were injured in the attack. A spokesperson for the Filipino Embassy in Madrid confirmed the injuries. Emmanuel […]
Iceland is close to becoming the first country where no-one gives birth to a child with Down’s syndrome. Prenatal tests were introduced in the early 2000s, and the vast majority who receive a positive test have terminated their pregnancy. While the tests are optional, all expectant mothers are informed about their availability, and up to […]
The number of homeless people in Ireland could reach 10,000 by the middle of next year if the current rate continues, the Simon Community has warned. Spokeswoman for the homeless charity, Niamh Randall, said the homeless crisis “has been ongoing for two to three years. We’ve been warning that the crisis was waiting to happen. […]
Around 3,000 firefighters are battling more than 60 wildfires raging across Portugal. The fires have broken out amid temperatures of up to 39 degrees Celsius in parts of the country. Firefighters, supported by soldiers and other officials, have been deployed in areas such as the Abrantes region in central Portugal. Some villages were evacuated as a precaution. Morocco […]
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including six tourists, and injuring 247, the provincial government and official media said on Wednesday. The quake hit a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) northwest of the city of Guangyuan late on Tuesday at a […]
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