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Europe’s one-time largest migrant centre closed by Italy

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The Mineo migrant reception centre in Sicily, which was the largest migrant reception centre, once in Europe has been officially closed down.

Matteo Salvini, the Interior Minister marked his presence at the closure of Mineo centre. He was reportedly considered as the biggest critic of this migrant centre. This migrant centre had accommodated more than 4000 people at a peak time.

On shutting down this migrant centre, Salvini said, “We’re saving quite a bit of money, we’re working to find new jobs for the centre’s ex-workers, but Sicily, Catania and Mineo cannot base their future on immigration”.

On Tuesday, he had live-streamed a walkabout tour of the empty migrant centre.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE…!! – ( Posted by Matteo Salvini in his Facebook)

For the migrants, reaching Europe from North Africa, by crossing the Mediterranean, Italy is the major entry. The populist government of Italy has been trying to reduce the number of migrants, by banning of the migrant carrying ships at their ports.

The closing of this centre and arrival of Salvini has been protested by the former workers at the centre. The banners in their hands read, “Today we celebrate the funeral of Mineo”.

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Dragonfly mission of NASA to search for signals of life on Titan

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has came up with the Dragonfly mission to search for the presence of life in Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The mission is estimated to cost $1 billion.

NASA said that the Dragonfly mission will be launched in 2026 and will land in 2034. The rotorcrafts which will be sent by the Dragonfly drone will be flying to various locations across the icy moon, and this will be viewed by the scientists. Nasa said that there will be 8 rotors in this spacecraft.

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Titan is thought to be a prebiotic environment rich in complex organic chemistry, with a possible subsurface liquid ocean serving as a biotic environment.

Since Titan has lakes of methane, the scientists doubts the presence of methane based lives there. No presence of water has been detected in Titan.

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NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said, “Visiting this mysterious ocean world could revolutionize what we know about life in the universe”. About the Dragonfly mission, he said, “This cutting-edge mission would have been unthinkable even just a few years ago, but we’re now ready for Dragonfly’s amazing flight”.

WATCH THE VIDEO ON DRAGONFLY MISSION – BY NASA

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Dozens of arrests reported for riding electric scooters while intoxicated

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Dozens of people have been reportedly arrested in this weekend, by the police of Copenhagen for riding electric scooters while intoxicated.

Reports said that almost 28 people have been arrested. Over the weekend, 24 were arrested for the charges of drink and drive and the other four were arrested for using recreational drugs while driving.

Several crackdowns have been occurred in many European countries against electric scooters. The Traffic Safety Council of Denmark have carried out a trial that insists scooter users to treat their device similar to a bike, and to use them in cycle lanes.

There are other rules that includes a blood alcohol limit of 0.5g/kg, which is the same limit for other vehicles.

Those who got arrested have to pay a fine of 2,000 krone ($300; £235).

As the traffic rules of Copenhagen have promoted the electric scooters, considering their ease of use, they have seen a surge in popularity.

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Italian Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini saves drowning newly-wed

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Filippo Magnini (37), the Italian Olympic swimmer rescued a struggling tourist who was drowning off Sardinia on Sunday. Magnini kept the tourist afloat until help arrived.

Magnini, while relaxing with his girlfriend Giorgia Palmas have heard a cry for help and immediately moved for action. He have rescued the newly wed Andrea Benedetto, who was married his boyfriend just two days earlier, as per BBC reports.

“I just did what I had to, The bather was in a lot of trouble. ” said Magnini after the incident. “He was quite frightened, he was really stuck and had swallowed some seawater”, he added.

About the incident he said, “When I reached him he wasn’t even able to speak, and it wasn’t easy to lift him on to the raft, so we laid him on an airbed that some other bathers had nearby”.

Reports said that a doctor had treated Mr Benedetto at the scene and was taken immediately to the hospital. There occurred no life-threatening conditions.

Apart from the 2004 bronze, Magnini had also won the world championship in the 100-meter freestyle in both 2005 and 2007.

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After winning New Democracy Mitsotakis promises a change

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the new centre-right prime minister of Greece has vowed that the country will “proudly raise its head again”. Mitsotakis marked his victory in New Democracy’s landslide on Sunday.

Mitsotakis said that he had a clear mandate for change and promised more investment and fewer taxes. He said that he would not fail to “honour the hopes” of the Greek people.

He added that he would be a prime minister for all because Greeks were “too few to stay divided”.

This victory has arrived four years after Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party came into power. According to the recent results, 39.77 per cent of voters backed New Democracy, translating to 158 seats. The leftist Syriza party of Tsipras occupied the second place with 31.53%.

Tsipras said that he had called Mitsotakis to offer him his congratulations. Tsipras said to the medias, “Today, with our head held high we accept the people’s verdict. To bring Greece to where it is today we had to take difficult decisions [with] a heavy political cost”.

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Slovenia unveils the rustic sculpture of Melania Trump

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A rustic sculpture of US first lady, Melania Trump was made in her home town in Slovenia. The figure was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree. This was built in a field beside the Sava River in the village of Rozno, near Slovenia.

The sculpture was commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey. A local folk artist Ales Zupevc carved the figure with a chainsaw.

The figure cannot actually be said as a perfect sculpture. The face of the sculpture is rough-hewn and unrecognizable.

The figure shows the lady wearing a pale blue dress that Melania wore at Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.

Mr. Brad Downey, who commissioned the sculpture said that he wanted to have a dialogue with his country’s political situation, and highlight Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.

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Putin issues heroism awards on the submarine crew of Russia mini-sub fire

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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued heroism awards on four of the 14 submarine crew who died during a secret mission on 1 July.

‘Hero of Russia medals’ has been awarded to the four officers, all captains. Two other officers on board had already received those medals for earlier missions.

The other 10 crew members, who were also officers, received Russia’s Order of Courage.

The Kremlin said that the crew heroically prevented the fire without reaching the nuclear power unit. The toxic smoke produced by fire had been inhaled by the crew members.

The bodies of these 14 brave men were brought to St Petersburg for burial.

This unnamed secret submersible will be put back into service soon, according to the Russian government. The government refused to reveal details of the mission that turned into a disaster, citing official secrecy. The vessel had been exploring the Arctic seabed area.

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Let’s Make Some Bubbly Bubliks

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Ingredients for the dough:

  • White wheat flour: 1.10 lbs
  • Milk: 2 cups
  • Salt: 2 tsp
  • Fresh yeast: 1 ounce
  • Sugar: 10 tsp
  • Melted butter: 10 tsp

Ingredients for the glaze:

  • 1 beaten yolk of egg
  • Sesame seeds

Preparation:

Mix well all the ingredients for the dough into a large bowl. Leave the dough for about half an hour. The dough will now double in size. Make small buns using this dough and then gently make a hole inside it as to form in the shape of a Donut.

Put the bagels into an oiled baking tray, and add a beaten yolk on top, and sprinkle some sugar or sesame seeds. Bake it at 392 F for 20 min. When the Bublik gets a brownish color, switch the oven off and let it cool for about 15 minutes and serve.

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Toxic caterpillar plagues spreads in Europe

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Germany and Netherlands are on toxic caterpillar infestations, whose tiny toxic hairs that spreads through wind causes severe allergic reactions and skin irritations in humans and pets.

This year’s mild winter and warm spring provided a good environment for the caterpillars to increase enormously in number. Firefighters, with flame torches and special vacuum cleaners, are trying to destroy nests of the invasive species, across Germany.

Late in July, these caterpillars are expected to turn into pupae and then the threat will be decreased.

The return of the Oak processionary moth caterpillars made the restaurants, swimming pools and schools across Germany to close.

The Western Ruhr region of Germany is a densely populated area and is severely affected by these caterpillars.

These caterpillars, of about 2-3cm (about one inch) are moving towards and spreading on the trees at night time. Specialists said that there will be around 700,000 hairs in a mature caterpillar, which will be spreading severely through winds. These contains an irritating toxin that causes itchy, blistering rashes, which may last for weeks.

Reports said that six people in the western city of Munster had to undergo eye operations to remove the caterpillar hair that got stuck on their corneas.

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Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben retires at 35

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Arjen Robben, the former former Bayern Munich and Chelsea winger has retired from football following a trophy-laden career at club level and having earned 96 caps for his country, which included playing in a World Cup final.

Robben is an ex-Netherlands international whose Bayern contract expired in June. He was hampered by injuries in last season.

He started his career at Dutch side FC Groningen 19 years ago, and had also played for Real Madrid and PSV.

“As everyone knows I have taken time after my last game at Bayern Munich to make a decision over my future. And I have now decided to end my career as a professional footballer”, said Robben.

He is well known for his dribbling skills, speed, crossing ability and his accurate left foot long-range shots from the right wing, Robben was regarded as one of the best players in the world in his prime.

In every cup that he had played for, he had won the trophies, including eight Bundesliga titles at Bayern and the Premier League with Chelsea in 2005 and 2006.

Robben, who faced injuries particularly in his last seasons in the Bundesliga said, “My love for the game and the conviction that I can still take on the world was up against the reality that things haven’t always gone the way I would have hoped and that I’m no longer a youngster of 16 who has no idea what injures can do to you”.

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