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"When residents of Equatorial Guinea's Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn't expect the swift end to their internet access..." reports the Associated Press. "Residents and activists said the company's dynamite explosions in open quarries and construction activities have been polluting their farmlands and water supply..." Dozens of the signatories and residents were imprisoned for nearly a year, while internet access to the small island has been cut off since then, according to several residents and rights groups. Local residents interviewed by The Associated Press left the island in the past months, citing fear for their lives and the difficulty of life without internet. Banking services have shut down, hospital services for emergencies have been brought to a halt and residents say they rack up phone bills they can't afford because cellphone calls are the only way to communicate... The company's work on the island continues. Residents hoped to pressure authorities to improve the situation with their complaint in July last year. Instead, [the country's president] then deployed a repressive tactic now common in Africa to cut off access to internet to clamp down on protests and criticisms.

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The 15-year-old Adolescence star has been given a week off by teachers at his Warrington secondary school so he can jet to Hollywood for the big night.

Officers attended a property in Thornaby, North Yorkshire, at approximately 4.20pm on Saturday.

The man, aged 50, and whose identity has not been released, had been hurrying along Sefton Street in Southport in his minibus at around 2.40pm on Monday, September 8.

Liberals were outraged after a hugely popular influencer switched her political affiliation over 'deeply disturbing' celebrations of Charlie Kirk's assassination

Essex Police have confirmed emergency responders are at the scene of a "serious" multi-vehicle crash on the M25 in Essex tonight.

Essex Police have confirmed emergency responders are at the scene of a "serious" multi-vehicle crash on the M25 in Essex tonight.

The Spice Girl, 53, and former Red Bull boss, 51, were among the VIPs who stepped out for the Cornbury House Horse Trials, in Oxfordshire, on Sunday.

The professional dancer, 36, and the YouTuber, 34, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce the news they were becoming parents with an adorable video.

CHARLOTTE DALY: Just seven days after our conversation, the Hitman is gone. Pronounced dead at 46 years old. The news of his passing has stunned boxing/

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing metal from an empty house just before a huge explosion. Shocking photos show the aftermath.

Despite £2billion being injected into their economies every summer, residents have moaned that holidaymakers were a 'nightmare' and made their communities ' hell on earth'.

America's Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers placing ads on their websites, reports Bloomberg, and specifically whether the two companies "properly disclosed the terms and pricing for ads." The FTC is seeking details about Amazon's auctions and whether it disclosed "reserve pricing" for some search ads — price floors that advertisers must meet before they can buy an ad, the people said. Separately, the FTC is examining practices by Google, including its internal pricing process and whether it increased the cost of ads in ways that weren't disclosed to advertisers, the people said... According to one of the people, the FTC's latest investigation emerged from its earlier antitrust case. In that complaint, the agency alleges that Amazon litters its marketplace with irrelevant results for search queries, making it harder for shoppers to find what they are looking for and more expensive for sellers to use the platform. The practice effectively forces sellers to buy ads to make their product appear in response to consumer searches.

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Dianne Buswell is set to become the first ever Strictly professional dancer to compete on the show while pregnant.

Leading the pack is Adolescence star Owen Cooper who could make history as the youngest ever male winner if he scoops Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Ricky Hatton, the former world boxing champion, has died.

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Liverpool travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley in the Premier League.

It's also a lovely spot for a walk or a bike ride

FERRET racing returned to Chappel Beer Festival for the first time since the pandemic.

Many coral reefs "have now turned ghostly white," reports CBS News — and "a major culprit is climate change." SFGate adds that more than 50% of the world's coral reefs have been lost, mostly over the past 10 years, according to coral reef scientist Rebecca Albright at the California Academy of Sciences. "If changes aren't made soon, 90% to 99% of the coral reefs that are remaining could be deteriorated by 2050, Albright said..." But CBS News notes that Albright's lab is the first in America to successfully spawn coral to regenerate the reefs: The lab is mastering the art and science of creating baby corals, and the scientists have brought their expertise into the wild. The location: the second-largest reef in the world, known as the Mesoamerican Reef, stretching some 700 miles along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras... Armed with test tubes, the scientists quickly dove into the water and collected the tiny packets of gametes. Back on land, the eggs were fertilized, incubated, and then brought back into the wild. "Then we planted over 3,000 baby corals back to the reef," explained Albright. The baby corals are now two months old. The Roatan staff will dive in a few months to see how many survived. Scientists are worried because bleaching events "are becoming more common," notes SFGate, "happening more frequently and affecting more parts of the world... The most current event was confirmed on April 15, 2024, and is still ongoing, impacting approximately 84% of the world's coral reefs as of August 31. "It has been documented in at least 83 countries and territories."

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