The Daily Populous

German Development Minister Svenja Schulze has told DW that Russia should one day be made to pay for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Ukraine.

"They destroyed all the infrastructure, they destroyed the houses and they need to pay for that," she added.

The World Bank put the cost of reconstruction at an estimated $411 billion (€375 billion) in March, just over a year after Russia invaded its neighbor. »

3M Co has reached a $10.3bn settlement with a host of US public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals”, the chemical company announced on Thursday.

3M, which is facing thousands of lawsuits over PFAS contamination, did not admit liability, and said the money will help support remediation at public water systems that detect PFAS “at any level”.

“We have reached the largest drinking water settlement in American history, which will be used to help filter PFAS from drinking water that is served to the public,” Scott Summy, a lead attorney for the water systems suing 3M, said in a statement. »

Police in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania had a "hog" wild few days last week as they attempted to catch a loose pig that was reported scurrying around the Hamilton Park neighborhood.

Three officers and one civilian police aide – with a combined 40 years of experience – all responded but were unable to catch the sneaky swine.

"As it turns out, Hamilton wasn't as tired as we thought because we're fairly certain he's the fastest pig alive.". »

Minutes before the US Coast Guard news conference, OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operated the deep-sea submersible, issued a statement grieving the five men on board.

A screengrab from a Canadian Armed Forces Operations video released on Wednesday shows search efforts for the OceanGate Titan submersible.

OceanGate Expeditions strayed from industry norms by declining a voluntary, rigorous safety review of the vessel, according to an industry leader. »