- Baltics switch off Russian power grid Voice of America
- Baltic states leave Russian power grid in closer EU integration The Guardian
- End of Russian 'blackmail' as three Baltic nations cut power links ABC News
- Baltics brace to cut decades-old ties to Russian grid Reuters
- Russia's Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they're braced for retaliation CNBC
The Maronite community sheltering Lebanon’s displaced in Cyprus
After Israel launched its full-scale offensive in Lebanon in September, many fled to the Mediterranean island.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,080
Here are the key developments on the 1,080th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut
Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and Cambridge
The University of Cambridge risks “losing unbelievable talent” owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned.
Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as vice-chancellor in 2023, described PhD students as “the lifeblood” of the university’s research and innovation work, and expressed concern that funding from research councils had “dropped off significantly”.
Continue reading...‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears
Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil
The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to file vital plans that will determine whether or not the world has a chance of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown.
Despite the urgency of the crisis, the UN is relatively relaxed at the prospect of the missed date. Officials are urging countries instead to take time to work harder on their targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and divest from fossil fuels.
Continue reading...Hamas and Israel carry out fifth prisoner swap under Gaza ceasefire deal
Exchange of three Israelis and 183 Palestinians comes as Trump casts uncertainty over second ceasefire phase.
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records
Injunction granted in response to lawsuit alleging the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to sensitive data in violation of federal law
A federal judge early on Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing treasury department records that contain sensitive personal data such as social security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
US district judge Paul A Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued Donald Trump. The case, filed in federal court in New York city, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to the treasury department’s central payment system in violation of federal law.
Continue reading...Children still being sent far from home for mental health care in England
Figures show practice continues eight years after pledge to end it, potentially impeding young people’s recovery
Children and young people in England with serious mental health problems are still being sent for treatment many miles away from their homes because bed shortages in some areas remain so severe, despite a pledge to end such practices eight years ago.
NHS England promised in 2017 to stop forcing highly troubled under-18s to leave family and friends after some received care more than 300 miles from where they lived.
Continue reading...Bereaved parents launch court challenge over UK benefit ‘discrimination’
Widowed parent’s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018
Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK government’s treatment of them is discriminatory.
Jyotee Gunnooa and Andrew Byles lost their partners but were unable to claim a benefit for widowed parents because they were not married or in civil partnerships when the deaths happened.
Continue reading...Kash Patel was paid by Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties, documents show – The Washington Post
- Kash Patel was paid by Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties, documents show The Washington Post
- Kash Patel's financial ties to Chinese fast-fashion brand Shein raise alarms MSNBC
- Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports. Kyiv Independent
- Kash Patel Under Scrutiny Over Payment From Russian-Owned Film Company Newsweek
- Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein WIRED
Thousands march at trans youth rallies opposing Queensland puberty blockers ban, organiser says
‘A lot of parents are feeling really angry and frustrated with the government,’ director of Trans Justice Project says
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Thousands of people attended rallies across Australia on Saturday to show solidarity with transgender youth and their families, after the Queensland government’s decision to pause essential healthcare for trans minors.
Twenty rallies were held, including a crowd of 5,000 gathering in both Brisbane and Melbourne, 2500 in Sydney and more than 200 in Cairns, lead organiser Jackie Turner said.
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Continue reading...Will the ICC be “yet another victim buried in the rubble of Gaza?”
War crimes prosecutor Reed Brody talks about what’s needed now, now that Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the ICC.
Sweden to tighten gun laws, restrict AR-15-style rifles, after mass shooting – The Washington Post
- Sweden to tighten gun laws, restrict AR-15-style rifles, after mass shooting The Washington Post
- Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting at school CNN
- One of the victims of Sweden's deadliest mass shooting called his fiancee to say he loved her ABC News
- Swedish mass shooting victims include Christians who fled Syria Reuters
- Sweden's worst mass shooting leaves immigrant community on edge BBC.com
‘It’s a lie. Pure and simple’: Kevin Rudd’s office bluntly rejects USAid claims circulating online
As humanitarian aid organisation is gutted by Trump administration, Rudd’s office says neither he nor Asia Society received funding
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Kevin Rudd, Australia’s ambassador in Washington DC, has hit back at “fake” claims an institute he once led received money from USAid, the US foreign aid agency being targeted by Donald Trump.
The office of Rudd, a former Australian prime minister and current ambassador to the US, has issued a statement seeking to dispel claims circulating online suggesting Rudd and the Asia Society – where he has held various roles since 2015 – benefitted financially from USAid.
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Continue reading...Why has Pakistan’s Punjab province imposed a complete ban on kite flying?
The new penalties will also target kite makers and transporters, in addition to those who fly kites.
Missing Alaska plane found with all 10 people on board presumed dead
Deadly crash is the third aviation disaster in the US in little over a week.
What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next – The Associated Press
Rediscovered, a young English novelist’s warning of the Nazi threat
Crooked Cross, Sally Carson’s ‘electrifying masterpiece’ from 1934, to be republished
Sally Carson was not an oracle or a prophet, just a young woman from Dorset, born in 1901. Yet she foresaw a dark and violent future for Europe and gave voice to those fears in a 1934 novel that is now being hailed as “an electrifying masterpiece”.
Carson’s book, Crooked Cross, predicted the scale of the Nazi threat and is to be republished for the first time this spring, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Controversial in its day, her novel had to walk a careful path to avoid the accusation that it was alarmist about the Fuhrer’s aims. A stage adaptation of her story was even censored, shorn of all its “Heil Hitlers”.
Continue reading...Trump, Japan’s Ishiba play nice despite tariff threat
Leaders pledge to stand against Chinese 'aggression', announce compromise on Nippon Steel-US Steel deal.
China lashes out at US ‘coercion’ after Panama declines to renew infrastructure agreement – The Associated Press
- China lashes out at US ‘coercion’ after Panama declines to renew infrastructure agreement The Associated Press
- China protests over Panama’s withdrawal from Belt and Road Initiative South China Morning Post
- The Pro-American Panama Leader Standing Between Trump and the Canal The Wall Street Journal
- Three things to know about Rubio’s first international trip NPR
- Rubio secures migration deals as Panama Canal tensions, Church criticisms mark region tour Catholic News Agency