The Carnivalcelebrated in Italy and throughout the world, is a moveable feast which, from a religious point of view, precedes the liturgical season of Lent. The calendar of this holiday, in fact, is linked to the date of Sunday Easter: Carnival will begin in 2026 Sunday 15 February. In Italy, however, things change depending on whether the Roman rite (widespread ...
A strong shock of earthquake Of magnitude of 3.7 hit the province of Messina today 19 January at 5.20pm. According to what was recorded by INGV, theepicenter it was located 4 km from Militello Rosmarino (ME). THE’hypocenterhowever, was detected at 8.8 km deep. The earthquake was distinctly felt by the population: at the moment, anywayno particular damage was reported to ...
A representation of the so-called “Cyclone Harry”. Credit: Meteociel.fr An intense phase of bad weather, caused by aintense depression on the Mediterranean nicknamed “Cyclone Harry”is affecting Southern Italy – above all Sicily, Sardinia And Calabria where until tomorrow, January 20th, thered alert for water and hydrogeological risk – with winds up to 90 km/h in the Strait of Messina and ...
The second train involved in the train accident in Adamuz, Spain. Credit: Guardia Civil, via X. The causes of the train accident which involved two high-speed trains on the Malaga-Madrid route, in southern Spain, causing at least 39 dead. According to the Spanish Minister of Transport, Oscar Puenteit was an “extremely strange” episode, given that part of the straight section ...
An excruciating pain compared to “being burned with acid” and which lasts a very long time: this is the typical reaction to the sting of Dendrocnide moroides, considered as the most painful plant in the world and called the “suicide plant”. Belonging to the Urticacee family and with the size of a small tree, the Dendrocnide moroides it has leaves ...
THE’train accident in Spain, occurred near the station Adamuz following the derailment of an Iryo train which collided with a convoy coming from the opposite direction, it has put the spotlight back on the safety of rail transport not only in the Iberian country, but also throughout Europe. Despite the seriousness of the episode – during which at least 39 ...
The desalination plant of Jebel Alilocated along the coast of the Persian Gulf about 40 km south-west of the center of Dubai, is among the largest complexes in the world dedicated to desalination and electricity production. Part of the vast industrial and port area of Jebel Ali, a location known for the palm-shaped artificial island of the same name, is ...
The train accident in Spain. Credit: Consulado Honorario de España, via X There was a serious train accident in Andalusia, Spain: the derailment of two high-speed trains caused at least 39 deaths and over 150 injuries, 24 of them seriously. The episode occurred yesterday, Sunday 18 January, near Adamuz (Cordoba), around 7.45pm: train 6189 of Iryo companytraveling from Málaga to ...
Today, Monday January 19, 2026, is Blue Mondaythe third Monday in January which for about twenty years has been passed off as the “sadest day of the year”. But is it really like that? Spoilers: no. The theory according to which on the third Monday of January there would be a peak of melancholy caused by the return to routine ...
The 2026 it’s a happy number – and who knows maybe even a happy year. A happy number in mathematics it is defined like this: A number is said to be happy if adding the squares of your numbers and by repeating this operation, after a certain number of steps we will arrive at 1 as a result. Let’s take ...