Musk fired back on X, writing: “Ryanair CEO is an utter idiot. Fire him.” In a follow-up post, he accused O’Leary of getting Starlink’s fuel-burn impact wrong “by a factor of 10” and added: “Fire this imbecile.” Ryanair’s official X account also joined the fray, mocking Musk during a reported outage on his platform, replying: […]
Continue ReadingJan 17, 2026, 10:19 p.mJan 17, 2026, 10:19 p.m Greenlanders protested in Nuuk on Saturday against Trump’s plans for their island.Image: keystone Representatives of the EU states are meeting for a special meeting this Sunday following US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat in the Greenland conflict. Following the latest announcements from the USA, an extraordinary […]
Continue ReadingAerial view of Camp Century, which was part of “Project Iceworm”.Picture: Wikimedia/US Army Under the code name “Project Iceworm,” the US military planned a secret missile base in the Greenland ice sheet. Denmark was not informed. Jan 17, 2026, 8:46 p.mJan 17, 2026, 8:46 p.m follow me In April 2024, a team of NASA scientists […]
Continue ReadingJan 17, 2026, 3:54 p.mJan 17, 2026, 3:54 p.m Yoweri Museveni is 81 and has been President of Uganda for 40 years. (Archive image, April 2025)Image: www.imago-images.de In Uganda, the incumbent Yoweri Museveni won the presidential election with a large majority, according to the state electoral commission. Accordingly, the 81-year-old head of state received 71 […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union Aviation Safety Agency on Friday advised airlines to avoid Iranian airspace, after threats of US attacks that have put the Islamic Republic on guard. “Given the ongoing situation and the potential for US military action, which has placed Iranian air defence forces on a heightened state of alert, there is currently an […]
Continue ReadingGoogle has appealed a US district judge’s landmark antitrust ruling that found the company illegally held a monopoly in online search. “As we have long said, the Court’s August 2024 ruling ignored the reality that people use Google because they want to, not because they’re forced to,” Google’s vice president for regulatory affairs Lee-Anne Mulholland […]
Continue ReadingA musician has reacted to a song streamed millions of times that has been banned from Sweden’s music charts for being created by Artificial Intelligence. The song, ‘Jag vet, du är inte min’ has been streamed more than five million times and is currently top of the Spotify playlist of Sweden’s most popular songs. “The […]
Continue ReadingThe entire EU could be caught in the crosshairs of additional tariffs, threatening the EU-US trade deal reached last year, as US President Donald Trump doubles down on his ambition to bring Greenland, a Danish territory, under US control. “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland because we […]
Continue ReadingJan 16, 2026, 7:06 p.mJan 16, 2026, 7:06 p.m After threats from Washington against Cuba and the US attack on its ally Venezuela, the socialist government in Havana is fighting. The Cuban leadership will not negotiate with the US government under pressure and will not make political concessions, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said at a rally. […]
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 Five men have been charged in Poland with taking part in a Russian-run sabotage plot to send explosive parcels that contained chemicals, massage pillows and sex toys to Britain, […]
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