It is 32 degrees in Basel. On the bridge people are eating ice cream, while below it swimmers keep surfacing as they drift along in the Rhine. In Basel you are allowed to swim in the river, despite international freight shipping and other leisure activities. “Part of the river in the city centre is marked out with buoys,” Tim Edler tells Euronews. Swimmers, leisure users and shipping all share the same stretch of water here. Edler is co-founder of Flussbad Berlin, an association that wants to make the Spree in Berlin safe for swimming. He was recently in Basel for…

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed in Brooklyn Wednesday evening before grieving loved ones gathered in the area to mourn his death and play gospel music. Ahmir Jordan took a bullet to the head around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday inside an East New York business on New…

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It’s that time of year again. This year’s Call Of Duty beta weekends are about to kick off. The first weekend is a closed beta, so be sure to keep reading to find out how to get early access. The second weekend is an open beta and will also feature…

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