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 Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity, has marked her 69th birthday with a special, sugar-free feast at Berlin Zoo. The primate enjoyed a spread of cherry tomatoes, […]
Continue ReadingThe Ukrainian army has been scaling up the use of ground robotic systems, currently piloted by humans from a safe distance, to perform different assault operations and pull out wounded troops from the kill zone, where human evacuation teams could be destroyed by drones. In January, Ukrainian ground robot Droid TW-7.62, equipped with artificial intelligence […]
Continue ReadingJD Vance is disappointed with the outcome of the Hungarian elections.Image: keystone April 14, 2026, 09:59April 14, 2026, 10:23 US Vice President JD Vance has no regrets about his campaign help for Hungarian election loser Viktor Orban. Vance said in an interview with US broadcaster Fox News on Monday (local time) that he was “sad” […]
Continue ReadingEurosceptics may come and go… but there’s only one Viktor Orban. It took 16 years and Sunday’s record turnout in Hungary to vote out the seemingly unbeatable far-right leader who once boasted of building an illiberal state. Why did the far-right idol of Magaworld finally fall out of favor? And not just by a nose: “The […]
Continue ReadingThe man who wrote Sir Keir Starmer’s defence review says the government is putting UK ‘in peril’ at a time of war. With more pressure to overhaul the defence budget, Sam reveals that talks are going on this week to find billions of pounds worth of savings from this year’s MOD budget. Also – has […]
Continue ReadingThe official said the group will focus on medium-term scenario planning over the coming weeks and months, starting with efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury officials are braced for a surge in the cost of living, while experts have warned Britain could face shortages of jet fuel in future. Downing Street has not […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/14/2026 – 9:25 GMT+2 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić became the first foreign leader to clash with Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar, just one day after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Magyar’s Tisza Party secured a landslide victory at the polls, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power. Orbán and Vučić had maintained close […]
Continue Reading04/14/2026, 09:0404/14/2026, 09:04 After three years behind bars, China has released civil rights activist and lawyer Yu Wensheng from prison. His wife wrote on the online platform X that he had returned to Beijing. The EU had noted the release, a spokesman said. “We fear that Yu Wensheng will continue to be subject to surveillance […]
Continue ReadingThe woman has been sentenced to a year in jail for laundering money for her son who is imprisoned in Cambodia.
Continue ReadingApril 14, 2026, 08:57April 14, 2026, 08:57 The whale stranded off the German Baltic Sea island of Poel is still alive. «The situation is unchanged. During the night, the stripers were unable to determine whether the whale was still breathing. But you can see from the stream that he is still breathing,” a spokesman for […]
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