How Roman Sailors Repaired Ships on the Fly Far From Home – Gizmodo

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  1. How Roman Sailors Repaired Ships on the Fly Far From Home  Gizmodo
  2. Roman-Era Wreck Reveals How Ships Were Built to Last 2,000 Years Ago  ScienceAlert
  3. This 2,200-year-old Roman wreck hid a repair story that rewrites how ancient ships survived long voyages  Phys.org
  4. Analysis of Roman shipwreck’s coatings tells story of its time on the seas  Chemistry World
  5. Adriatic shipwreck shows signs of waterproofing and repair with novel materials  Courthouse News
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Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel; talks resume between Israel, Lebanon – Haaretz

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  1. Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel; talks resume between Israel, Lebanon  Haaretz
  2. Israeli military says launches from Lebanon intercepted  Reuters
  3. Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists killed in 24 hours before Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, IDF reveals  Yahoo
  5. Hezbollah claims it targeted IDF bulldozer in south Lebanon demolishing homes  The Times of Israel
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Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment – AP News

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  1. Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment  AP News
  2. Pope Leo condemns Iran’s killing of protesters but says he cannot support war  CNN
  3. Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war  Reuters
  4. A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War  Just Security
  5. Pope Leo vents about failure to end Iran war: 'Many innocent people have died'  NBC News
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Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

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US president accuses UK of thinking it can ‘make an easy buck’ from US tech companies, weeks after warning that UK–US trade deal can be changed

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on US social media firms.

The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies.

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After toasting €90B loan, EU leaders face up to the morning after – politico.eu

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  1. After toasting €90B loan, EU leaders face up to the morning after  politico.eu
  2. $106 Billion Loan Reflects E.U.’s View That Peace in Ukraine Is Far Away  The New York Times
  3. E.U. approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto  NBC News
  4. Sidney Crosby got a penalty for embellishment. This Flyers fan from Fishtown gave him a look that spoke for everyone.  Inquirer.com
  5. EU formally approves 90bn euro Ukraine loan and new sanctions on Russia  Al Jazeera
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India voices anger after Trump shares comments calling it a ‘hellhole’

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Foreign ministry says remarks of conservative podcast host Michael Savage that were shared by US president were ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’

India on Thursday criticised as inappropriate a post by Donald Trump in which he shared comments that called the South Asian country a “hellhole”.

The inflammatory post on Truth Social comes ahead of a planned visit next month to India by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who is seeking to ease recent tensions between the normally friendly powers.

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Paige Shiver says ex-Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore ‘had complete control over me’

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  • First interview since Moore’s firing, sentencing

  • Shiver details alleged control, repeated contact

  • ABC to air full interview on Friday morning

Paige Shiver said former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore “had complete control over me” in an interview set to air Friday on Good Morning America, marking her first public appearance since Moore’s high-profile firing and sentencing, ABC said Thursday.

In excerpts released by the network on Thursday, Shiver said Moore controlled “my emotions, my career … and he knew that, and he used it against me”.

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12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit “dirty war” command post in occupied Donetsk – Euromaidan Press

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  1. 12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit "dirty war" command post in occupied Donetsk  Euromaidan Press
  2. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv says it killed 12 FSB officers in drone swarm attack on Russian command centre  The Independent
  3. Azov and Unmanned Forces Strike FSB Base in Temporarily Occupied Donetsk, Killing 12 Officers  UNITED24 Media
  4. Madyar: Drones Destroy Russian FSB Special Forces Command Post in Donetsk  Мілітарний
  5. Ukraine Leverages Drone Warfare As New Offensive Season Begins  Aviation Week
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Europe Burns $28B With No Extra Energy as Crisis Deepens – Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

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  1. Europe Burns $28B With No Extra Energy as Crisis Deepens  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
  2. $28 billion and counting: Europe tallies the cost of another energy crisis  CNN
  3. EU touts temporary energy subsidies, but costs risk ballooning  Reuters
  4. Europe’s Iran Energy Shock Didn’t Have to Happen  Bloomberg.com
  5. EU plans to cut electricity taxes to shield households from Iran war energy crisis  The Guardian
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Haiti’s new UN-backed gang-fighting force exceeds funding expectations – AP News

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  1. Haiti’s new UN-backed gang-fighting force exceeds funding expectations  AP News
  2. UN told new Gang Suppression Force in Haiti is taking shape as Qatar gives $30M  Miami Herald
  3. Chad to send 1,500 troops to Haiti, 400 already deployed  Reuters
  4. New multilateral force for gang-plagued Haiti to deploy soon, UN told  The Pryor Information Publication
  5. UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-HAITI-GANG SUPPRESSION FORCE-MEETING  Big News Network.com
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Police in Israel detain Jewish man for kippah showing Israeli, Palestinian flags – CNN

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  1. Police in Israel detain Jewish man for kippah showing Israeli, Palestinian flags  CNN
  2. Police detain professor for wearing kippa with Israeli and Palestinian flags  Haaretz
  3. Police detain Modiin man for wearing kippa with Israeli, Palestinian flags, cut out the Palestinian one  The Times of Israel
  4. Police officers under investigation after detaining man, cutting Palestinian flag off his kippa  The Jerusalem Post
  5. My kippah had both Israeli and Palestinian flags on. Ben Gvir’s police locked me up  Jewish News
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Ukraine first to scale remotely operated interceptor drones, defense minister says – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Ukraine first to scale remotely operated interceptor drones, defense minister says  The Kyiv Independent
  2. In first, Ukrainian unmanned vessel launches interceptor to knock out Shahed drone  Defense News
  3. Ukraine's Soviet-era 'Shahed hunter' turboprop plane is launching interceptor drones from the sky  Business Insider
  4. Ukraine has remote-control drones that can hit targets at great distance, minister says  Reuters
  5. Ukraine’s drone pilots hit Russian targets from 500km away  Financial Times
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UK investigates after big health dataset listed for sale on China’s Alibaba – Reuters

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  1. UK investigates after big health dataset listed for sale on China's Alibaba  Reuters
  2. Biobank data incident caused by 'a few bad apples', boss says  BBC
  3. Call to ban sharing of medical data after UK Biobank breach  The Times
  4. Medical data of 500,000 people in UK for sale on Chinese site  Financial Times
  5. What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?  The Guardian
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