Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says – BBC

Posted on by
  1. Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says  BBC
  2. Pakistani airstrikes target Afghanistan after Islamabad accuses Kabul of drone attacks  AP News
  3. Pakistan air strikes kill 4 civilians in Afghanistan, Kabul says  Reuters
  4. Afghanistan vows to respond after Pakistani air strikes kill four  Al Jazeera
  5. What's behind the Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan?  Yahoo
Posted in Uncategorized

Trump swoons over strongman soulmate Xi – are you feeling jealous, Vladimir?

Posted on by

Deference was deafening as US president rolled out red carpet for world’s biggest jailer of journalists – perhaps he was seeking tips

One is an authoritarian who represses the media with a strong allergy to democratic elections. The other is head of the Chinese Communist party.

Donald Trump welcomed the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to the White House on Thursday, setting the stage for a scene quite unlike anything the august old building has seen over more than two centuries.

Continue reading...

EU sanctions former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova over pro-Russian propaganda – Euronews.com

Posted on by
  1. EU sanctions former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova over pro-Russian propaganda  Euronews.com
  2. EU sanctions Russian pundit Xenia Fedorova after expulsion from France  France 24
  3. Russia says EU sanctions on former RT boss are illegal  Devdiscourse
  4. Kremlin slams EU sanctions on Russian TV commentator as ‘persecution’  Macau Business
  5. France steps up efforts to counter russian propaganda  Центр протидії дезінформації
Posted in Uncategorized

Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump administration of interference in Brazilian elections

Posted on by

Legislators sent letter to Marco Rubio saying US interference is weakening Brazil’s democratic institutions

A group of 31 Democratic members of the US Congress has sent a letter to the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, criticising the Trump administration over “an apparent effort to interfere with, and potentially undermine” Brazil’s elections.

Latin America’s largest country will hold the first round of its presidential election on 4 October, with polls showing a technical tie between the incumbent leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

Continue reading...

Ukrainians in UK fear homelessness over host scheme funding cuts

Posted on by

Monthly ‘thank you’ payments for people hosting refugees to be cut from £350 to £100 from next year

Ukrainian refugees in the UK fear they could be left homeless after the government quietly axed 70% of funding for hosts of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, reducing monthly “thank you” payments to them from £350 to £100.

The scheme was launched after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has provided support for 181,000 of the 234,000 Ukrainians who have since sought sanctuary in the UK.

Continue reading...

France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK

Posted on by

‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition

France is leading a push to exclude the UK from the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy that could result in British companies losing out in the race to supply European countries with low-carbon technologies and electric cars.

The plans were raised by Andy Burnham when he met the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on the sidelines of the UN general assembly earlier this week.

Continue reading...

Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard – The Guardian

Posted on by
  1. Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard  The Guardian
  2. 105-year-old investigated for crimes at Nazi PoW camp in Germany  bbc.com
  3. Man, 105, probed over murders in alleged role as Nazi prisoner-of-war camp guard  Daily Star
  4. Accused 105-year-old Nazi POW camp guard under investigation in Germany  CBS News
  5. Accused 105-Year-Old Nazi Guard Investigated Over Deaths at POW Camp in Germany  People.com
Posted in Uncategorized

Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

Posted on by

Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s

A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.

The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country’s largest AI supercomputer when it was announced in 2025, but power supply problems mean it now faces a lengthy wait before coming online.

Continue reading...

Flush with allies, Tigray’s leaders face internal discord in new Ethiopia war – Reuters

Posted on by
  1. Flush with allies, Tigray's leaders face internal discord in new Ethiopia war  Reuters
  2. Ethiopia's army says it has repelled TPLF attacks in first comment on fresh Tigray fighting  BBC
  3. A disastrous new war threatens in Africa  The Economist
  4. Fighting widens across Ethiopia as Tigray clashes escalate  Al Jazeera
  5. Ethiopia’s biggest airline suspends flights to three cities as airport seizure threatens access to historic region  Business Insider Africa
Posted in Uncategorized