Forty years after the last one was poached rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda
Hunting for the horns and meat, Ugandan poachers once wiped out the southern white rhinos from the country.
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FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says
The FBI is buying up information that can be used to track people’s movement and location history, Director Kash Patel said during a Senate hearing Wednesday. It is the first confirmation that the agency is actively buying people’s data since former Director Christopher Wray said in 2023 that the FBI had purchased location data in the past […]
Continue ReadingIran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in air strike
Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingAbandoned Russian tanker could explode in Mediterranean at any time and cause ‘ecological disaster’, says EU
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A sanctioned Russian tanker adrift in the Mediterranean poses a “serious” ecological threat as a gaping hole pours fuel and natural gas into the sea. Nine EU countries have […]
Continue ReadingRussian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules
Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea – Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia.
Continue ReadingUSA allows research into Nazis in one’s own family
March 18, 2026, 5:08 p.mMarch 18, 2026, 5:08 p.m More than 80 years after the end of Nazi rule in Germany, the US National Archives enables historical family research via the Internet. Anyone looking for their own grandparents can click through millions of entries without registering beforehand. There is also a classification and instructions. Extensive […]
Continue ReadingEU leaders soften call to send naval ships to Middle East – POLITICO
The EU-led Aspides is confined to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and was launched in 2024 in response to Houthi militant attacks on naval traffic travelling to and from Europe via the Suez Canal. Atalanta, meanwhile, patrols the east coast of Africa and the Indian Ocean to combat piracy. The Trump administration […]
Continue Reading’48 hours and €100′: EU presents speeded-up business registration law
The European Commission presented a long-awaited set of digital rules on Wednesday, aimed at facilitating the establishment and operation of businesses in Europe by streamlining procedures, reducing costs, and expediting processes. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “With EU Inc., we are making it dramatically easier to start and grow a business all across Europe,” European Commission President Ursula […]
Continue ReadingHittler faces Zielinski as French town election contest goes viral
There are only a few of his tribe left in France, he says. His Hittler cousins in Alsace all had girls, so the name is disappearing there. One of his sons pronounces the name “Hit-lay”, in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers’ names.
Continue ReadingResearchers discover new palm tree in Colombia
“Attalea táam” is the name of the new palm tree.Image: www.imago-images.de Mar 18, 2026, 4:36 p.mMar 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m Two researchers from the University of Zurich have discovered and described a previously unknown species of palm tree in the jungle of Colombia. In collaboration with the local indigenous community, they mapped their occurrence, as […]
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