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Jeff Bezos' superyacht will see historic bridge dismantled – BBC News

Rotterdam has confirmed it will dismantle a historic bridge to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fit through. The record-breaking luxury yacht is being built by Dutch firm Oceanco and was linked to Mr Bezos last year. The vessel is reported to be 417ft (127m) long and too tall to fit through the Koningshaven Bridge. A spokesman for the mayor confirmed…

Peru oil spill: Judge bars Repsol executives from leaving country

Peru’s government says an oil spill triggered by the volcanic eruption near Tonga is twice as big as feared. It is estimated nearly 12,000 barrels has leaked into the Pacific Ocean. A judge in Peru has barred four executives from Spanish energy giant Repsol from leaving the country for 18 months, as authorities investigate a gigantic oil spill that saw approximately 11,900 barrels of oil…

Hong Kong reports 140 new human cases of Covid-19 and one from a surrendered hamster

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong saw 140 new Covid-19 cases on January 23, 2022, its highest daily increase since July 2020. The majority came from a Kwai Chung public housing estate, which has become the epicentre of the city’s fifth wave of infections. All of the residents have been issued compulsory testing orders with two buildings in the housing…

Coronavirus: ‘exponential’ outbreak of Omicron triggers lockdowns in Hong Kong housing blocks

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong health authorities have ordered a five-day lockdown for a second block of flats in a public housing estate building where at least 105 Covid-19 cases were found during mass testing that continued late on January 22, 2022. The outbreak involved at least four buildings of the Kwai Chung Estate in the city’s southwestern New…

Violent protests break out in Brussels over Covid-19 restrictions amid record infections

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Police deployed water cannons and fired tear gas as a protest turned violent in the Belgian capital Brussels on January 23, 2022. Authorities estimate some 50,000 people marched through the streets to protest against new Covid-19 restrictions and the implementation of a vaccine pass limiting access to certain activities and public spaces. In recent weeks, Europe…

Australia welcomes in the New Year – BBC News

Sydney, Australia has welcomed in 2022 with a bang – and two separate firework displays. The first event took place against the background of the Sydney Opera House at 21:00 local time. The second, at midnight, saw Sydney Harbour Bridge bathed in lights and fireworks. Elsewhere around the world, celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled, amid Covid fears. Both London and Paris cancelled their…

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