Two women die during failed Channel crossing attempt
Two women died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency. The incident happened overnight off the coast of northern France, when about 100 people set off by makeshift boat to try to get to the UK, authorities said. Sixty people from the attempt were rescued and…
Read MoreNATO military leaders meet to discuss Russian airspace violations
NATO chiefs-of-staff gathered in Riga on Saturday for talks on recent airspace violations by Russian forces. “Today, I express full and unequivocal solidarity with all allies whose airspace has been breached. The alliance’s response has been robust and will only continue to strengthen,” Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chairman of the 32-member organization’s Military Committee, said…
Read MoreHow To Spot a One-Sided Friendship Before It Drains You
Friendship is often described as one of life’s greatest buffers against stress and loneliness. But when the balance tips and you find yourself giving far more than you receive, the relationship can shift from a source of strength to a steady drain. Experts told Newsweek that the earliest warning signs of a one-sided friendship are…
Read MoreDoctors Without Borders suspends work in Gaza City, citing risk to staff
MSF claimed that the Israeli offensive in Gaza City posed an elevated risk to staff, and that airstrikes and tanks were currently less than half a mile from the organization’s facilities. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced on Friday that it had suspended its work in Gaza City, citing risks to its healthcare workers. MSF claimed…
Read MoreOn the trail of black jaguars in Cerrado, Brazil
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). I’m face to face with a black jaguar. With the unhurried, nonchalant gait of a predator at the top of its food chain, the feline ambles closer to our quad bike, which we parked at a distance along a dirt path. It’s about to overtake us,…
Read MoreApple builds a ChatGPT-like app to help test the revamped Siri
The software, code-named Veritas, Latin for “truth”, is meant for internal use, at least for now [LOS ANGELES] Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) division is using the…
Read MoreFaced with Russian threat, NATO flexes military muscle in North Sea
NATO flexed its muscles in the North Sea this week in a display of military might, as Russia allegedly tested the alliance’s defences on its eastern flank. F-18 fighter jets lined up on the world’s largest aircraft carrier, flanked by 20 ships and with some 10,000 military personnel from 13 countries. US destroyers and French…
Read MoreMoldovans to vote in critical parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans head to the polls Sunday to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election fraught with claims of Russian interference. The vote could decide the country’s geopolitical future: a stark choice between East and West. Landlocked between Ukraine and European Union member Romania, Moldova has spent recent years on a westward…
Read MoreFrench ambassador: ‘Recognizing Palestine basis for Arab countries normalize with Israel’ – KAN
Journès described how he believes the ongoing war and surrounding diplomatic turmoil could add up to something positive, explaining that “Israel can turn this status into a victory.” The French Ambassador to Israel, Frédéric Journès, discussed French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state and the Israel-Hamas War during an interview with KAN…
Read MoreTrump mulls tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips: sources
[WASHINGTON] The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each one, according to three sources familiar with the matter, as it seeks to drive companies to shift manufacturing to the United States. According to the plan, which has not previously been reported and could change,…
Read MoreFootage shows Serbia’s massive rally, not anti-Israel demonstration in Yemen
Huthi rebels have vowed to avenge their leader’s death after the group’s prime minister was killed in an Israeli strike in August, but footage circulating online does not show an anti-Israel protest in the rebel-held capital Sanaa. The clip actually shows an anti-corruption rally in Serbia in March. “Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis marched in…
Read MoreVeteran U.S. attorney in California insisted Border Patrol follow a court order. Then she was fired
The acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento has said she was fired after telling the Border Patrol chief in charge of immigration raids in California that his agents were not allowed to arrest people without probable cause in the Central Valley. Michele Beckwith, a career prosecutor who was made the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern…
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