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 Russia has announced the launch of 16 low-orbit satellites, signalling its ambition to create a competitor to Elon Musk‘s Starlink network. The aerospace firm Bureau 1440, which is developing […]
Continue ReadingParts of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf could be hit by strong thunderstorms later this week. Major highways and airports in the region could be inundated.
Continue ReadingPublished on 03/24/2026 – 14:37 GMT+1 The European Commission has delayed the presentation of a highly anticipated proposal to permanently ban the imports of Russian oil, as the war in the Middle East continues to send shockwaves across energy markets and keep the Brent barrel above $100. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It also comes amid a tense […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Emanuella Kälin Mar 24, 2026, 2:22 p.mMarch 24, 2026, 2:25 p.m Concerns about a whale stranded on the German Baltic Sea coast continue. In the morning the animal continued to lie in the shallow water in front of the town of Timmendorfer Strand. The whale is doing unchanged, said Carsten Mannheimer from the marine […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 The Vatican has announced that Catholics are permitted to receive transplants of animal tissues to address medical conditions, as advancements in procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 Poland scrambled jets on Tuesday after Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight. The Nato country’s Armed Forces’ Operational Command said that a pair of […]
Continue ReadingThat must follow a serious effort by the EU to tackle illegal and harmful content on social media, he said, which hasn’t happened yet. “We haven’t remotely tried hard enough yet to ensure effective oversight of the platforms.” The human rights chief praised the EU’s digital laws as world-leading, including the Digital Services Act, which […]
Continue ReadingA top US official is causing a stir. Gregg Phillips claims to have been teleported several times. March 23, 2026, 3:00 p.mMarch 23, 2026, 3:00 p.m Finn Michalski / t-online An article by Last December, a management position in the US crisis management agency FEMA was filled. In the middle of a stormy winter USA […]
Continue ReadingHungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said he speaks to his counterparts in Russia, Serbia, Israel, the United States and Turkey both before and after EU meetings on foreign affairs. “I speak not only with the Russian foreign minister, but also with the U.S., the Turkish, the Israeli, the Serbian ones, and our other partners before […]
Continue ReadingNamibia’s regulator noted that Starlink’s subsidiary is not locally owned.
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