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 Finland is set to establish a new maritime surveillance centre in the Gulf of Finland, a move aimed at protecting critical undersea infrastructure amidst heightened regional tensions. The initiative, […]
Continue ReadingLeaders rubber-stamped the law on Monday, but Hungary and Slovakia — which are highly dependent on Russian fossil fuels — voted against the measure, arguing that it would send energy prices skyrocketing. Hungary said it would begin proceedings against the EU as soon as the law is formally adopted, which is likely to be in early […]
Continue ReadingKeir Starmer will travel to China on Tuesday for the first British prime ministerial visit to the country in eight years, Downing Street has confirmed. The UK prime minister will also fly to Japan this week, No 10 said. The visit marks a significant moment in Mr Starmer’s bid to build bridges with Beijing after […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s X has been hit by a European Union probe over concerns it failed to prevent its Grok AI chatbot from spewing out deepfake images “that may amount to child sexual abuse material.” The European Commission said the investigation, which risks another wave of criticism from White House, will check whether the social-media platform […]
Continue ReadingKelly Ngand Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo correspondent EPA Twin cubs Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will return to China on Tuesday Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country’s last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday. Emotions ran high at the Ueno […]
Continue ReadingLarge parts of Australia are groaning under extreme heat with temperatures approaching 50 degrees. Bushfires have already triggered evacuations in the southeast. January 26, 2026, 11:08January 26, 2026, 11:08 The states of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland are particularly badly affected. Many Australian media reports are talking about one of the hottest […]
Continue ReadingAn explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in central Greece has killed at least four workers and left one person unaccounted for, authorities said. Seven others, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital after the blast at the Violanta biscuit factory near the city of Trikala, about 200 miles north of Athens. The blast […]
Continue ReadingAfter reports of blackened noses and swollen faces from back alley plastic surgeons, China is sounding the alarm on the booming aesthetics industry.
Continue ReadingThe Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine must cede the Donbas region as a “fundamental” condition of any peace agreement, Russian state media reported. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Russia will take the region in east Ukraine – of which Moscow’s forces currently control 90 percent – by force unless Kyiv gives it up […]
Continue ReadingByEuronews Published on 01/26/2026 – 10:33 GMT+1 The European Commission will today launch a formal investigation into Grok, X’s chatbot, after its image-editing function was widely used to virtually undress pictures of real women and underage girls without their consent, according to a report by German newspaper Handelsblatt. The concerns emerged last summer after the […]
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