Wind, waves and watersport action is gripping Denmark as it plays host to the 2022 European standup paddle championships. Two-hundred and thirty athletes from sixteen European countries are competing in four categories – surf, sprint, long distance and technical races – in the event which runs from 27 August to 3 September. The smooth running of […]
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European standup paddle championships promotes sustainability
Wind, waves and watersport action is gripping Denmark as it plays host to the 2022 European standup paddle championships. Two-hundred and thirty athletes from sixteen European countries are competing in four categories – surf, sprint, long distance and technical races – in the event which runs from 27 August to 3 September. The smooth running of […]
Paddle by Day, Camp by Night: Canoe Camping Brings New Thrills to Exploring Nature
On a frigid day in March, Kathryn “Kaki” Burruss, 77, and her husband, Billy, 80, snuggled inside their tent and reminisced about their more than half a century’s worth of adventures canoeing all over the United States. The couple was on a reunion camping and hiking trip with Kaki’s three sisters, Jackie Cole, Marvine Cole, […]
Thousands paddle through St Petersburg at Sup Festival
Thousands of Russians dressed up and paddled their way through waterways of St Petersburg on Saturday as the city hosted its annual Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) festival. The ‘Fontanka-SUP’ festival sees participants dress in a variety of colourful costumes, from fairytale characters to super heroes, before hopping on paddleboards and rowing through the canals and […]
Florida teacher caught on camera hitting 6-year-old girl with paddle
A 6-year-old child was hit with a paddle as her mother watched the “hatred” towards her daughter in a graphic video filmed at an elementary school in South Florida. In the footage, the girl can be seen crying and pleading “no, no” as one woman holds her down and another smacks her at least three […]
US Defense Secretary Sails South China Sea To Send ‘Message’ To Region
The US Defense Secretary made a sail of the South China Sea aboard an American aircraft carrier, underscoring American commitments to strengthening its Asia-Pacific alliances and moving more military hardware and troops there to counter China. Ashton Carter toured the USS John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, as it cruised through the South […]
Climate Change And How Political Activism Can Help Us Find Happiness
Print Friendly Above Photo: Solnit finds hope in uncertainty. (Courtesy of Jude Mooney Photography) In a dispatch from Paris for Harper’s, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit called the recent climate agreement negotiated there “miraculous and horrible.” This tension between the exciting and the awful, the transformative and the terrifying, motivates her book Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, […]
The Turkey-Qatar Military Cooperation Agreement: Turkish Military Presence in the Persian Gulf?
A short while ago Turkey and Qatar announced that they have an agreement in place to further deepen their military cooperation within the framework of the “struggle against common enemies“, which implies the construction of two new military bases: a Turkish one in Qatar and a Qatari base in Turkey. As it was made clear by […]
5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces amid concerns of escalating standoff
Two Palestinians, aged 12 and 15, were shot dead by Israeli security forces along the Gaza border fence while taking part in protests. In separate violence in Jerusalem, three Palestinians assailants were killed by Israeli police. READ MORE: Videos emerge online showing Israeli police shooting Palestinian woman ‘execution-style’ At least one of the Palestinians killed […]