Robots move in as waste firms struggle to find staff
Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.
‘Extensive brutality’: Rebel attacks reap hell on Congolese civilians – Al Jazeera
- ‘Extensive brutality’: Rebel attacks reap hell on Congolese civilians Al Jazeera
- Islamic State massacres Christians in front of their families The Telegraph
- DRC: Rampant ADF abuses against civilians ‘war crimes which the world must not continue to ignore’ – new report Amnesty International
- IS-Linked ADF Kills 60 in Eastern DRC as UN Mission Cuts Widen Security Gap SOFX
- Amnesty accuses ADF fighters of war crimes in eastern DR Congo africanews.com
‘Extensive brutality’: Rebel attacks reap hell on Congolese civilians
ISIL-linked group has tortured, killed and abducted civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including children.
California seeks millions in penalties from State Farm over alleged claims violations after LA wildfires
State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfires
California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company was slow to investigate and underpaid claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, regulators announced on Monday.
State Farm violated the law hundreds of times in a sampling of 220 cases, the state’s insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, said. The maximum penalty amount allowed by law would be about $4m if State Farm is found to be “willful” in violating state law. Regulators may also temporarily suspend the company’s license, effectively prohibiting the state’s largest home insurer from writing new policies for a year in California.
Continue reading...US strikes Iranian fast boats as Iran attacks UAE oil facility
Meanwhile shipping company Maersk said one of its US-flagged commercial vessels had successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz under US military protection.
1 missing U.S. soldier jumped into water to try to save another, search continues in Morocco, officials say – CBS News
- 1 missing U.S. soldier jumped into water to try to save another, search continues in Morocco, officials say CBS News
- 2 U.S. Service Members Are Missing After Military Exercise in Morocco The New York Times
- New Details Emerge After U.S. Soldiers Fall Off Cliff The Daily Beast
- US military says two service members taking part in Morocco drills missing Al Jazeera
- 2 U.S. service members missing after military exercises in Morocco NPR
The most talked-about looks at this year’s Met Gala
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, intolerance is becoming normal
Despite official framing, for Christians there is little new in last week's assault on a French nun in East Jerusalem.
Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’
Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds
Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found.
Norway is the largest farmed salmon producer in the world, and nutrients in fish feed are excreted directly into coastal waters. Analysis from the Sunstone Institute found that Norwegian aquaculture released 75,000 tonnes of nitrogen, 13,000 tonnes of phosphorus and 360,000 tonnes of organic carbon in 2025.
Continue reading...At Least 3 Dead After Suspected Rat-Borne Virus Outbreak On Cruise Ship – Forbes
- At Least 3 Dead After Suspected Rat-Borne Virus Outbreak On Cruise Ship Forbes
- 3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. Says The New York Times
- What to know about hantavirus after 3 died in suspected cruise ship outbreak The Washington Post
- Exclusive | Inside the deadly hantavirus-infected cruise ship, MV Hondius, where 3 passengers have died New York Post
- Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on ship off Cape Verde Reuters
Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd in German city of Leipzig
A 33-year-old German citizen was detained following the incident, the authorities say.
Brazil’s Lula to travel to US to meet with Trump later this week
Media reports say the Brazilian president will meet with his US counterpart in the White House in the coming days.
Hormuz tensions push ceasefire to the brink as Trump threatens Iran
US military says it is encouraging ships to pass through Hormuz Strait, but Iran says it is in full control of waterway.
Tricked Into Fighting for Russia – The New York Times
- Tricked Into Fighting for Russia The New York Times
- ‘The Death Zone’: How Russia Is Luring Africans to Ukraine The New York Times
- Kenya: Russia's African Recruitment Web Is Expanding Foreign Policy
- 'We ate snow mixed with sand to survive' - Survivor recounts ordeal in Russia-Ukraine war GhanaWeb
- How Russia Dupes Kenyans into Fighting in Ukraine DER SPIEGEL - The German View
Is Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla legal?
Spain says Israel's detention of two activists is abduction.
Video: Modi’s BJP poised to take control in India’s West Bengal
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP is set to GAIN (wrest) control of West Bengal.
Russia and Ukraine declare competing ceasefires
Moscow's declaration of May 9 truce comes as Kyiv revels in its adversary's 'fear' of Ukrainian drones.
UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran – Al Jazeera
- UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran Al Jazeera
- Iran War Takes a Dangerous Turn as Fighting Erupts in Hormuz WSJ
- Despite rift, MBS calls Emirati counterpart to condemn Iranian strikes on UAE The Times of Israel
- Global oil prices top $114 and settle at 4-year high after Iranian attacks on U.A.E. revive worries of further supply disruptions MarketWatch
- Iran ceasefire in peril as UAE says it's under attack Axios
Police clash with protesters after ICE arrest in New York
Police clashed with protesters outside a New York hospital where a man arrested by ICE agents was being treated.
Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney – The Guardian
- Europe will not submit to an ‘insular and brutal world’, says Carney The Guardian
- Mark Carney Pulls Canada Closer to Europe as Both Struggle With Trump The New York Times
- European leaders converge on Armenia as Russia looks on BBC
- European and Canadian leaders hold security talks in Yerevan amid uncertainty over US policy France 24
- European Leaders Meet as Trump Adds More Threats: What to Watch Bloomberg.com