Renata Brito, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Workers remove part of the monument to Catherine II, also known as "Monument to the Founders of Odesa" in Odesa, Ukraine, early Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. The decision to dismantle the monument consisting of sculptures of Russian Empress Catherine II and her associates was made recently by Odesa residents by electronic voting. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

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Russian missiles hit key Ukrainian infrastructure

by Renata Brito Associated Press, and Hanna Arhirova Associated PressDecember 29, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in weeks, damaging power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing winter weather.Russia fired 69 missiles at energy facilities and Ukrainian forces…

FILE - Refugees fleeing conflict from neighboring Ukraine arrive to Zahony, Hungary, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. As hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians seek refuge in neighboring countries, cradling children in one arm and clutching belongings in the other, leaders in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are offering a hearty welcome. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi, File)

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Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees — others, less so

by Renata Brito Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022

Volcanic eruptions continue on the island of La Palma, Thursday.

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Lava spread raises worry on La Palma

by Renata Brito Associated Press, and Barry Hatton Associated PressSeptember 23, 2021

FILE - In this Dec 12, 2012 file photo, anti-virus software founder John McAfee talks on his mobile phone as he walks on Ocean Drive in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla. John McAfee, the creator of the antivirus named after him, has been found dead in a cell of a jail near Barcelona, a government source told The Associated Press on Wednesday June 23, 2021 on the same day that a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his extradition to the United States to face...

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Antivirus pioneer McAfee found dead in Spanish prison

by Aritz Parra Associated Press, Renata Brito Associated Press, and Barry Hatton Associated PressJune 23, 2021

Spanish Guardia Civil officers try to stop people from Morocco entering into the Spanish territory at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, May 17, 2021. Authorities in Spain say that around 1,000 Moroccan migrants have crossed into Spanish territory (Antonio Sempere/Europa Press via AP)

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Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

by Renata Brito Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressMay 18, 2021

A man walks past a mural showing Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist who had sought and been denied an abortion before she died after a miscarriage in a Galway hospital, with the word YES over it, in Dublin, Ireland, on the day of a referendum on the 8th amendment of the constitution. The referendum on whether to repeal the country's strict anti-abortion law is being seen by anti-abortion activists as a last-ditch stand against what they view as a European norm of...

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Ireland referendum could lift strict ban on abortion

by Gregory Katz Associated Press, and Renata Brito Associated PressMay 25, 2018

French Police officers and emergency service members work at a supermarket during an incident in Trebes, southern France, Friday March 23, 2018. French counterterrorism prosecutors are taking charge of the investigation after a man went on a rampage, carjacking a vehicle, killing three people including a police officer and taking hostages at a supermarket, before being shot to death by police. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Extremist slain after deadly rampage

by Thomas Adamson Associated Press, Samuel Petrequin Associated Press, and Renata Brito Associated PressMarch 23, 2018

FILE - In this July 4, 2016 file photo, Sugar loaf mountain and Guanabara bay are seen behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio organizers promised to clean up polluted Guanabara Bay in their winning bid in 2009. During the Olympics, officials used stop-gap measures to keep floating sofas, logs, and dead animals from crashing into boats during the sailing events. Since the Olympics, the bankrupt state of Rio de Janeiro has ceased major efforts to clean the bay, with the unwelcome stench usually drifting along the highway from the international airport. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Rio’s Olympics 1 year later: The good, the bad and the ugly

by Stephen Wade and Renata Brito July 28, 2017