The ObserverBelgium This article is more than 1 year oldTintin’s world adventure: comic strip hero joins the Smurfs on new Belgian passportThis article is more than 1 year oldDesigns for official documents celebrate the country’s heritage – and are hard to forge
Trees, eagles, bears, turrets and towers: passport designs used to follow certain conventions. Not any more. From Monday, all new Belgian passports will feature Tintin, the Smurfs and other heroes of Belgian comic-strip art. Read More...
Libya This article is more than 4 months oldExplainerThis article is more than 4 months oldThe flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm Daniel
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a “medicane”, a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world.
The term is an amalgamation of the words Mediterranean and hurricane. Read More...
“That smell ... it makes you want to vomit. The pecan trees, they don’t bear anymore,” said Esther Calhoun, a longtime resident of Uniontown. Photograph: Lynsey Weatherspoon/The Guardian“That smell ... it makes you want to vomit. The pecan trees, they don’t bear anymore,” said Esther Calhoun, a longtime resident of Uniontown. Photograph: Lynsey Weatherspoon/The GuardianAlabamaImports of waste from across the country have turned parts of the state into ‘a toilet bowl’ – and residents are fighting back Read More...