- Ukraine Sends Grenade-Launcher Robots Into Russian Positions Instead of Infantry UNITED24 Media
- 3,000 Russian Casualties Claimed: Ukraine Drops Combat Robots 10km Behind Enemy Lines Yahoo
- A Ukrainian commander tells us why troops attack in the day and roll out their war 'robots' at night Business Insider
- Ukraine’s 93rd Brigade Develops Heavy Drone System to Deploy Combat Robot Межа. Новини України.
- Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer arstechnica.com
Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
Firms manipulating process to avoid emission controls and scrutiny of their projects, environmental groups warn
Datacenter developers are manipulating the EPA’s air pollution permitting process to avoid emission controls and scrutiny of their projects, environmental advocates allege.
Companies need federal permits to emit a range of pollutants. In their permit applications, some in big tech are avoiding “major” reviews by dividing their emissions sources into separate, multiple “minor” sources that require less regulatory oversight, the advocates say.
Continue reading...How Trump Became Mob Boss of the United States – Rolling Stone
El Niño has surged into record waters. 11 charts and maps that show its strength – Sacramento Bee
- El Niño has surged into record waters. 11 charts and maps that show its strength Sacramento Bee
- Opinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. The New York Times
- Super-sized El Niño could cause more than 450,000 heat deaths by February, study suggests CNN
- What is a 'super El Niño' and how will it affect the weather? Reuters
- The impacts of this year’s record-shattering El Niño theclimatebrink.com
US installation commemorates victims of South African ‘white genocide’
Memorial crosses installed in the US have revived erroneous claims of a ‘white genocide’ against farmers in South Africa
Ethiopians celebrate Meskel and call for peace amid fighting
Ethiopians celebrate Meskel and call for peace amid fighting
Bomb squad searching vans near U.S. air base in Britain as five men arrested on terror charge – NBC News
- Bomb squad searching vans near U.S. air base in Britain as five men arrested on terror charge NBC News
- 5 arrested over alleged terrorism offenses near U.K. base used by U.S. Air Force Axios
- ‘Police were banging on the door’: villagers near RAF Fairford describe evacuation The Guardian
- UK police arrest several under explosives act in 'major incident' near US air base Yahoo
- British police arrest five men at US air base in major incident Reuters
‘Better deal’: What’s behind Trump’s rejection of Iran’s truce offer?
Experts say Trump sees economic sanctions as key to extracting more concessions but he risks losing leverage.
Two giant pandas arrive in Atlanta from China after Xi-Trump summit
Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to live at Atlanta zoo in Georgia as part of loan deal between Chinese and US governments
Two giant pandas from China arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday morning as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments.
While in Washington DC for a three-day summit with Donald Trump, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced that the pandas would arrive in Atlanta in the coming days. The loan of the pandas to the Atlanta zoo was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of Xi’s state visit with the US president, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the longstanding differences between the two countries.
Continue reading...Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadown – Al Jazeera
- Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadown Al Jazeera
- Controversial Northern Ireland march set to be held for first time since Good Friday Agreement CBS News
- Portadown stand-off: Taoiseach says decision to allow Orange Order to march on Garvaghy Road was ‘incomprehensible and wrong’ Irish Independent
- Protesters block Orange Order from marching through Catholic area in Northern Ireland Reuters
- Drumcree: DUP leader says Sinn Féin presence at Orange Order protest 'unlawful' as march delayed for hours BBC
Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum
About 71 percent of voters oppose initiative to impose stricter limits on neutrality.
Political rallies fill Brazil’s streets a week before elections
Rival political rallies have been held in Brazil as campaigns intensify with one week to go until election day.
Four American tourists among 6 killed after explosion levels building near Athens’ Acropolis – Fox News
- Four American tourists among 6 killed after explosion levels building near Athens’ Acropolis Fox News
- Four Americans among six killed in Athens blast that collapsed building near Acropolis WXLV
- 4 American tourists dead after building explosion and collapse in Athens cbsnews.com
- 4 Americans among 6 dead after explosion collapses building in Athens abcnews.com
- Six Dead After Explosion in Athens Tourist District The New York Times
Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for war in occupied West Bank – Al Jazeera
- Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for war in occupied West Bank Al Jazeera
- Smotrich: Israel should ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do what we did in Gaza’ Ynetnews
- 'Do there what we did in Gaza': Smotrich calls for full-scale war in occupied West Bank Middle East Eye
- Palestine: Smotrich's remarks explicit call for escalation Breakingthenews.net
- Smotrich: Israel must 'go to war' in West Bank as 'we did in Gaza,' annex most of Strip, south Lebanon The Times of Israel
Floods and landslides kill at least 56 people in India, 12 in Nepal
Authorities report increasing death toll over three days as rivers rise above danger levels in parts of both countries.
Only 3% of US sickle cell patients receive red blood cell exchange for disease, researchers find
Various factors block sufferers of disease from receiving treatment that is effective and has widespread availability
Sickle cell patients are missing out on an effective treatment despite widespread US hospital access to the technology, new research has found.
That treatment is called a red blood cell exchange, a procedure that discards a patient’s damaged red blood cells while simultaneously mixing the patient’s remaining plasma, platelets and white blood cells with red blood cells from a donor before returning them to the body.
Continue reading...Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth – NPR
Body of 10th Woman Found Near Johannesburg – Newser
- Body of 10th Woman Found Near Johannesburg Newser
- Ekurhuleni killings: What we know after bodies of 12 women found in South Africa BBC
- 11th woman’s body in South Africa as authorities investigate recent spate of killings AP News
- South African police discover body of 11th woman near Johannesburg Al Jazeera
- South Africa: 11th woman found dead as killings raise alarm africanews.com
‘Scourge’ of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visit – bbc.com
- 'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visit bbc.com
- Thousands of victims, millions in reparations. How France handled mass church sex abuse AP News
- Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France The Guardian
- Pope Leo urges Church to face failings before meeting French abuse survivors Reuters
- Pope urges Church to face failings ahead of abuse survivors meeting Yahoo
Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling The Times of Israel
- Egypt’s Warning to Israel The Atlantic
- Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 The New York Times
- Ex-defense chief said he learned of UAE, Egypt Oct. 7 warnings from media Haaretz
- Daily Briefing Sept. 27 – The curious timing of the Oct. 7 allegations against the PM The Times of Israel