May 26, 2026, 9:33 p.mMay 26, 2026, 9:33 p.m The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning (local time).Image: sc/x.com According to authorities, people were killed in an explosion on the premises of a packaging company in the northwest of the USA. The local fire department in Washington state said on Facebook in a joint statement with […]
Continue ReadingThe top U.S. diplomat visited the world’s largest democracy in a bid to reverse soured relations over Trump’s tariff agenda and embrace of Pakistan.
Continue ReadingThe BBC’s Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield described people scurrying for shade “as if it was the middle of August” in the French capital, with temperatures reaching 34C (93.2F) on Tuesday. This comes as France’s national weather service said a “heat dome” settling over Western Europe was producing temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Celsius above the […]
Continue ReadingTrump has dismayed European allies by announcing he would pull 5,000 troops out of Germany, which later turned out to include 4,000 soldiers from Poland — before U-turning and saying he would deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland. The exact nature of the cutbacks is not yet finalized, the diplomats said, and the U.S. […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the spate of recent drone incursions into the airspace of European Union (EU) countries over the past few weeks are “not isolated incidents,” as Baltic leaders and EU officials caution that hybrid threats along Europe’s eastern border are intensifying. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “This is a deliberate strategy […]
Continue ReadingGarbage on Mount Everest is collected and separated.Image: SPCC Nepal Every year, mountains of rubbish on Mount Everest make the rounds on social media. That’s why new regulations in the fight against rubbish were launched for the new season. Whether this will pay off remains to be seen. May 26, 2026, 11:19 amMay 26, 2026, […]
Continue ReadingMay 26, 2026, 4:35 p.mMay 26, 2026, 4:35 p.m Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. (archive image)Image: keystone The head of the Russian parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, has threatened to use weapons of mass destruction against Ukraine in the event of attacks against the civilian population in Russia. “All of this can lead to us using the weapon […]
Continue ReadingThe tacit approval of permits for new energy projects has emerged as one of the most politically explosive issues in the EU’s negotiations over the renewal of its aging power grids, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Under proposals for the EU’s new European Grids Package_,_ certain stages of the permit process […]
Continue ReadingRussia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine between May 25 and May 26 as the country’s foreign ministry noted that Moscow’s recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new. This comes after Russia urged foreign citizens, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv and told residents to […]
Continue ReadingMay 26, 2026, 3:18 p.mMay 26, 2026, 3:20 p.m An explosion occurred on a tanker off the coast of Oman following a suspected Iranian attack. The captain reported an explosion on the ship’s hull, the British Merchant Shipping Safety Authority (UKMTO) said today. The crew was safe, but fuel had leaked and flowed into the […]
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