- Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms The Associated Press
- Dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more Europeans by 2100, study finds The Guardian
- Where in Europe could see the most temperature-related deaths by 2099? Euronews
- European cities face millions more deaths from extreme temperatures New Scientist
- Climate change increases threat of heat deaths in European cities Financial Times
Water companies in England ‘use greenwashing playbook to hide environmental harm’
Researchers say companies have prolonged injustice and exaggerated cost of solving infrastructure problems
Water companies are adopting disinformation tactics similar to those used by the fossil fuel and tobacco industries with the widespread use of greenwashing to downplay the environmental harm they cause, a study says.
Environmental scientists analysed the communications of the nine main water and sewerage companies in England, and compared them with a framework of 28 greenwashing tactics employed, researchers say, by the tobacco, alcohol, fossil fuels and chemical industries.
Continue reading...Trump to sign executive order removing DEI from military, says Hegseth
Orders will also reinstate troops kicked out for refusing Covid vaccines during pandemic, says defense secretary
Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from the military and reinstating thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing Covid vaccines during the pandemic, the defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday.
Hegseth, a former Fox News personality and decorated veteran, narrowly secured enough votes to become the next defense secretary, a major victory for Trump after fierce opposition from Democrats and even some Republicans to his controversial nominee.
Continue reading...A Bulgarian shipping company denies its vessel sabotaged a Baltic Sea cable – The Associated Press
- A Bulgarian shipping company denies its vessel sabotaged a Baltic Sea cable The Associated Press
- Suspected Sabotage of Deep-Sea Cable Triggers First NATO-Led Response The Wall Street Journal
- Sweden seizes vessel after new cable breach in Baltic Sea The Washington Post
- Ships, sea drones and AI: How NATO is hardening its defense of critical Baltic undersea cables CNN
- Sweden Suspects ‘Gross Sabotage’ After Damage to Cable Under the Baltic Sea The New York Times
M23 rebels claim capture of key DR Congo city of Goma
The M23 armed rebel group said it has captured the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Goma on Monday.
Prehistoric 66-Million-Year-Old Vomit From Dinosaur Era Found In Denmark – NDTV
Dr Phil joins Chicago immigration raid as border czar says more arrests coming
TV personality embeds in one of several raids in US cities in what Tom Homan says are only ‘beginning stages’
The TV personality Dr Phil joined the US border czar, Tom Homan, in a choreographed immigration raid in Chicago, one of several conducted in US cities over the weekend in what Homan claimed was only “the beginning stages” of Donald Trump’s promised threat to deport millions of people from the country.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said it had made 956 arrests on Sunday, bringing the total since Trump took office to 2,681 arrests – short of the 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrests that Trump has reportedly demanded. The Washington Post reported that Trump’s White House has issued a directive to Ice field offices that they should make 75 arrests daily and that agency managers would be held responsible for missed targets, raising fears of indiscriminate arrest tactics.
Continue reading...‘All we can hear are gunshots’: Thousands flee as DR Congo rebels claim Goma city – BBC.com
- 'All we can hear are gunshots': Thousands flee as DR Congo rebels claim Goma city BBC.com
- Tin Miner Alphamin Slumps After Rebels Take Congolese City Bloomberg
- What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? BBC.com
- Rwanda-Backed Rebels Enter Congo Safe-Haven City, Aid Hub The Wall Street Journal
- Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN Yahoo! Voices
Donald Trump’s toxic remarks on Gaza reveal lack of joined-up thinking
US president has already caused trouble abroad and at home with incoherent ideas about Middle East politics
The suggestion by the US president, Donald Trump, that Gaza’s Palestinian population could be “cleaned out” and moved to Egypt and Jordan is an idea that has long been circulated by the Israeli right.
Over the decades since the Six Day war in 1967, when Israeli forces first captured the Gaza Strip, which had been under Egyptian military rule, Israeli officials and commentators have periodically pushed the notion that Palestinians in Gaza could be resettled in Egypt.
Continue reading...Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city
Fighting in and around the city has escalated despite calls from the UN Security Council for the rebels to withdraw.
Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek sparks market turmoil
Share prices in US and European firms fall as the Chinese technology threatens to disrupt the AI industry.
Tesla takes EU to court over tariffs on EVs made in China
Elon Musk’s company still imports large number of cars into Europe from its Shanghai factory
Tesla has filed a complaint against the European Commission after the imposition of tariffs by the bloc on its Chinese-made electric vehicles.
The EU announced its decision to impose tariffs on all imports of Chinese electric cars in June, alleging that the Chinese government had provided unfair state subsidies to manufacturers in order to win a dominant position in the emerging industry. EU leaders approved the tariffs in October.
Continue reading...A ‘revolving door’ for political prisoners? Venezuelan families cry foul
As President Nicolas Maduro takes up his third term, critics accuse him of continued abuses against rivals.
California rains help douse wildfires but risk toxic runoff, mudslides
Expert warns of 'fairly high danger of mud, debris flows' as crews work to put out final pockets of LA-area blazes.
Pope Francis Says Too Much Online Scrolling Causes ‘Brain Rot’ – The Daily Beast
- Pope Francis Says Too Much Online Scrolling Causes ‘Brain Rot’ The Daily Beast
- ‘Communication is stepping outside ourselves,’ Pope Francis says Catholic News Agency
- Pope urges Catholic Institutional communicators to network to bring hope Vatican News - English
- Pope Francis warns that excessive scrolling causes 'brain rot' Euronews
- Pope calls for release of all 'unjustly imprisoned' journalists La Croix International
Trump to sign order eliminating DEI from military
The president also will reinstate US servicemembers who were discharged for refusing Covid vaccines.
Rwanda-DRC tension: Have rebels taken control of Congolese city? What next?
M23 fighters have been pressing to capture strategic eastern city for months and intensified offensives in recent days.
No 10 accused of trying not to upset French by renaming HMS Agincourt
Decision to change name of new submarine to HMS Achilles is ‘craven political correctness’, says ex-navy officer
Downing Street has defended the government’s decision to change the name of a new attack submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, after critics accused ministers of trying not to upset the French.
A No 10 spokesperson called the decision to change the planned name of the vessel “appropriate and fitting”, despite criticism that ministers were being “craven”. Officials say the name Achilles had been chosen in part to pay tribute to an earlier ship of the same name.
Continue reading...Lebanon says Israeli troops killed 24 ahead of ceasefire extension – The Washington Post
- Lebanon says Israeli troops killed 24 ahead of ceasefire extension The Washington Post
- White House Statement on Agreement Extension Between Lebanon and Israel The White House
- Hezbollah chief says group won't accept any justification to extend period for Israeli troops withdrawal The Times of Israel
- Israel forces kill two in south Lebanon as displaced people try to return Al Jazeera English
- Hezbollah does not accept reasons for time extension for Israeli troop withdrawal, chief says Reuters