- Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid BBC.com
- 3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system The Associated Press
- Baltics Unplug From Russian Grid to Gain Energy Independence Bloomberg
- Russia's Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they're braced for retaliation CNBC
- Baltic states switch to European power grid, ending Russia ties Reuters
Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid
"Today, history is made," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen told a ceremony in Lithuania's capital.
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees – Al Jazeera English
Ecuador goes to the polls amid rise in drug-related gang violence
Voters who have become victims of crime wave linked to cocaine trade will determine outcome of presidential election
Ecuadorians are voting in a presidential election that has shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when they chose a young, conservative millionaire over the former leftist president’s protege.
Luisa González and the incumbent, Daniel Noboa, are the clear frontrunners in the pool of 16 candidates. All have promised to reduce the widespread crime that pushed the country into an unnerving new normal four years ago.
Continue reading...Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother and towering figure in Tibet, dies – The Washington Post
- Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother and towering figure in Tibet, dies The Washington Post
- Gyalo Thondup, Political Operator and Brother of the Dalai Lama, Dies at 97 The New York Times
- All About Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama's Brother, Who Died At 97 NDTV
- Dalai Lama's brother, a key figure in Tibet's fight for freedom, dies in Kalimpong The Times of India
- Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s older brother, dies aged 97 Radio Free Asia
Here’s how Israel is repeatedly violating the Lebanon ceasefire
A November 27 ceasefire was supposed to end violent attacks, but Israel has continued sporadic strikes on Lebanon.
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees
Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse in Libya including torture, rape and extortion.
Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump’s Gaza plan infuriates key allies – CNBC
- Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump's Gaza plan infuriates key allies CNBC
- Egypt to host Gaza summit as Israel withdraws troops from Netzarim Corridor NPR
- News Wrap: Egypt to host Arab summit on Gaza’s future after Trump remarks PBS NewsHour
- Egypt to host emergency Arab summit to discuss 'serious' Palestinian developments Reuters
- Arab League confirms support for Jordan and Egypt, rejects displacement of Palestinians Arab News
Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity
Russell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies
Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced on Saturday he had cut off the agency’s budget and reportedly instructed staff to suspend all activities including the supervision of companies overseen by the agency.
Reuters and NBC News reported that Vought wrote a memo to employees saying he had taken on the role of acting head of the agency, an independent watchdog that was founded in 2011 as an arm of the Federal Reserve to promote fairness in the financial sector.
Continue reading...GB Energy faces ‘challenging’ task to find CEO for Aberdeen HQ, sources say
Industry insiders say it will be ‘tricky’ to find suitable candidate who would agree to location and civil service pay
Britain’s state-owned energy company faces a “challenging” task to find a chief executive for its Aberdeen HQ when it begins recruiting this month, senior industry sources have said.
Great British Energy is poised to begin the hunt, but sources claim there are still no obvious frontrunners for the top job almost six months after the £8.3bn publicly owned clean energy company was formed.
Continue reading...NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration
An investigation found the pair had no case to answer and that the trust had breached its own disciplinary policy
Two NHS professionals were investigated and barred from their workplace for expressing interest in organising a peaceful protest in support of Palestine during their lunch break.
The therapist and nurse were accused of posing a threat to the “personal safety” of the staff at Kensington and Chelsea child and adolescent mental health service, and of “bringing the trust into disrepute” for considering the demonstration.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis live: Israeli military completes withdrawal from Netzarim Corridor
Forces withdraw from area that bisects the northern and southern halves of the Gaza Strip to the buffer zone, as part of ceasefire agreement with Hamas
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has rejected Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks about displacing Palestinians from their land, Reuters reports.
Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory. Netanyahu appeared to be joking on Thursday when he responded to an interviewer on pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 who mistakenly said “Saudi state” instead of “Palestinian state”, before correcting himself.
Continue reading...Trump’s Intimidation of U.S. Allies Is Creating a Dangerous, Unstable World – Haaretz
- Trump's Intimidation of U.S. Allies Is Creating a Dangerous, Unstable World Haaretz
- Donald Trump is remaking the world. But he really won’t like the result | Nesrine Malik The Guardian
- Trump has put America’s allies in an impossible position. That might be where he likes them CNN
- Trump's hatchet signals the death of American soft power Axios
- Trump Is Changing the World Order With Unprecedented Speed The Wall Street Journal
‘Best of the best’: Robbie Williams buys Eric Morecambe’s glasses for £20,000
Singer says he cried ‘happy, childlike tears’ after placing winning bid on late comedian’s glasses and pipe at auction
Robbie Williams has said he bought Eric Morecambe’s glasses for £20,000 at auction as the comedian was an “uncle of sorts” whose “spirit has been salve for my soul”.
The singer said he cried “happy, childlike tears” after winning the bidding war last month with a final offer far exceeding the £2,000 to £4,000 estimate.
Continue reading...Dozens of Maoist Guerrillas Killed in Central India, Officials Say – The New York Times
- Dozens of Maoist Guerrillas Killed in Central India, Officials Say The New York Times
- Dozens of suspected Maoist rebels killed by security forces in central India CNN
- 31 Maoists, two securitymen die in fierce Bastar gunbattle The Times of India
- 81 Naxal deaths and counting: What explains the rise in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh? The Indian Express
- India kills dozens of Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh battle DW (English)
Trump says he has spoken with Putin about ending Ukraine war
Trump tells the New York Post that he has a plan to end the war but declined to go into details
Donald Trump has said he held talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over a negotiated end of the three year Russia-Ukraine war, indicated that Russian negotiators want to meet with US counterparts.
Trump told the New York Post that he had spoken to Putin, remarking that “I better not say” just how many times.
Continue reading...‘Time running out’ for UK to apologise over forced adoptions
Campaigners demand government issue formal apology to women forced to give up their babies in 1950s-70s
Time is running out for the UK government to issue a formal apology to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, campaigners have warned.
Most of the estimated 185,000 women involved in forced adoptions are now in their 70s and 80s, and some have died without an apology on behalf of the state being issued.
Continue reading...‘Virgin River’ Actor Issues Statement After Mother, Stepfather Discovered Dead At French Home – Deadline
- ‘Virgin River’ Actor Issues Statement After Mother, Stepfather Discovered Dead At French Home Deadline
- Virgin River 's Callum Kerr Mourns Mom and Stepdad Who Were Found Dead Yahoo
- British Couple, Including Actor's Mom, Is Found Brutally Slain in Rural France Home PEOPLE
- Briton seen buying chocolate and lottery tickets hours before he and wife found dead in French hamlet The Independent
- British couple’s mysterious death in France leaves father with ‘a thousand questions’ The Independent
Trump says he’s talked with Putin about ending Ukraine war – Axios
- Trump says he's talked with Putin about ending Ukraine war Axios
- Trump pushes for quick end to Ukraine war, but much could go very wrong CNN
- Kremlin Declines to Confirm or Deny Putin Call Trump Hints At Bloomberg
- Trump peels back the curtain (a little) on his chats with Putin MSNBC
- Can Trump keep his promise to end the war in Ukraine? It’s possible – but it won’t be easy | Christopher Chivvis The Guardian
Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state
The kingdom reiterated that 'the Palestinian people have a right to their land' and cannot be 'expelled'.