Zelensky visits troops near embattled front line town of Pokrovsk
Fierce battles are taking place in the Donetsk town that Russia has been trying to occupy for over a year.
Zelensky visits troops near embattled front line town of Pokrovsk
Fierce battles are taking place in the Donetsk town that Russia has been trying to occupy for over a year.
The Maldives bans smoking for everyone born after 2006 – The Washington Post
- The Maldives bans smoking for everyone born after 2006 The Washington Post
- Smoking banned for entire generation under sweeping new national law Fox News
- Maldives becomes the first country to impose a generational ban on smoking NBC News
- Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban The Guardian
- Maldives bans smoking for younger generations BBC
China slams Netherlands for chip supply snarls tied to Nexperia
A dispute between Amsterdam and Beijing over technology transfer has held up chip supplies to car manufacturers.
RMT accepts three-year pay deal for London Underground staff
Agreement that will increase drivers’ pay to nearly £80,000 by 2027 comes after strike action in September
The RMT union has accepted a three-year inflation-plus pay deal for London Underground workers, ending the dispute that led to travel chaos in London in September and increasing drivers’ pay to nearly £80,000 by 2027.
The deal, with an initial 3.4% increase backdated to this April, means London Underground staff pay will rise in line with RPI inflation – higher than the CPI rate normally used for index-linked pay rises – with guaranteed minimum rates if inflation falls, making the total deal worth at least 9.2%.
Continue reading...Narco-sub carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine seized in Atlantic
The semi-submersible vessel was bound for various European countries, officials say.
Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says
António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates, seized El Fasher in Darfur last week after a near 18-month siege. Some of its soldiers have posted videos of civilians being shot, including in the town’s maternity hospital.
Continue reading...Head of UK’s richest family dies aged 85
Gopichand Hinduja helped transform his father's modest textile and trading businesses into a global conglomerate.
‘Civil war in the Democratic Party’: Andrew Cuomo votes in NYC election
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo said Trump would cut through rival Zohran Mamdani “like a hot knife through butter."
Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people
Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said his government will seek an independent investigation into what he called a “disastrous” police “massacre” that left at least 121 people dead.
Four officers and at least 117 others were killed when police launched a major assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas, the Complexo do Alemão and the Complexo da Penha, early last Tuesday to execute 100 arrest warrants.
Continue reading...Sheinbaum denies reports US will send troops to Mexico: ‘It’s not going to happen’
President says she’s repeatedly rejected such offers from Trump for US to confront Mexico’s powerful drug cartels
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has flatly denied reports that the United States is planning to send troops into Mexico to confront the country’s powerful cartels, noting that she had repeatedly rejected such offers from Donald Trump.
“It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said during her daily morning news conference on Tuesday. “We do not agree with any process of interference or interventionism.”
Continue reading...Apple Rival Xiaomi Proves Flavor of the Month for Chinese-Friendly Presidents. Sorry Donald. – TipRanks
- Apple Rival Xiaomi Proves Flavor of the Month for Chinese-Friendly Presidents. Sorry Donald. TipRanks
- That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage The New York Times
- China's Xi jokes about 'backdoor' when gifting South Korea's Lee Xiaomi phones Reuters
- Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president The Guardian
- Xi Renews China-Korea Ties With Lee on First Visit in 11 Years Bloomberg.com
Zelensky rejects ‘second-tier’ EU status, urges swift accession talks – The Kyiv Independent
- Zelensky rejects ‘second-tier’ EU status, urges swift accession talks The Kyiv Independent
- Orbán's accession veto 'specific support' for Putin, Zelenskyy says Euronews.com
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls on Hungary’s Orban to stop blocking EU bid Al Jazeera
- Zelensky rejected idea of associate membership in EU Ukrinform
- Zelenskyy says he asked Trump to influence Orbán over Ukraine's EU membership Українська правда
33 Absolutely Extraordinary And Rare Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Transform The Way You Think About The Past – BuzzFeed
- 33 Absolutely Extraordinary And Rare Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Transform The Way You Think About The Past BuzzFeed
- I'm Honestly Speechless After Seeing These Absolutely Mind-Blowing Photos That Completely, Totally, And Utterly Shattered My Brain Last Month Yahoo
- 20 astonishing pics of ‘historical figures who lived long enough to be photographed’: US first lady to French royals Hindustan Times
- 35 Extremely Rare And Unseen Historical Pictures That Will Completely And Totally Transform The Way You Think About History And The Past BuzzFeed
Arrest of ‘Abu Lulu’ does little to distance RSF from Sudan massacre
Military commander arrested by RSF grew famous on social media after apparently recording himself killing civilians.
Curfew lifted in Tanzania’s main city after election unrest
Families continue to search for or bury relatives, a day after President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in.
World ‘very likely’ to exceed 1.5C climate goal in next decade: UN
Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries 'have landed off target' on climate goals multiple times, the UN warns.
China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death – Protos | Informed crypto news
- China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death Protos | Informed crypto news
- China sentences infamous Myanmar scam mafia members to death BBC
- China sentences 5 to death for building, running criminal gang fraud centers in Myanmar's lawless borderlands CBS News
- Chinese court gives death sentence to Myanmar crime syndicate boss Bai Suocheng South China Morning Post
- Five sentenced to death in China for role in Myanmar scam centres Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Brazil’s president calls for investigation after 121 killed in police operation against gang: “There was a massacre” – CBS News
- Brazil's president calls for investigation after 121 killed in police operation against gang: "There was a massacre" CBS News
- A bloody police raid in Rio was the deadliest in Brazil’s history The Economist
- Protests erupt after police raid in Brazil leaves 119 dead and draws accusations of excessive force AP News
- Capturing the scale of Rio's deadly police raids Reuters
- Over 130 Killed in Bloody Crackdown on Drug Gangs in Rio de Janeiro The New York Times
Police Manhunt For Musician Begins After Influencer Found Dead And Naked In Hotel – Koreaboo
- Police Manhunt For Musician Begins After Influencer Found Dead And Naked In Hotel Koreaboo
- Namewee: Malaysian rapper charged with drug use and possession BBC
- OnlyFans Model Found Dead in a Hotel Bathtub in Malaysia, Rapper Named ‘Person of Interest’ Yahoo
- A 31-Year-Old Influencer was Found Dead in a Hotel Bathtub. Police Now Believe She Was Murdered People.com
- Iris Hsieh cause of death: How did the Taiwanese influencer die at 31 Times of India