A statue of a Confederate general that was torn down and set on fire in 2020 during social justice protests in Washington has been reinstalled under orders from President Donald Trump. General Albert Pike’s statue has long been a source of controversy, as have many Confederate monuments across the US which were erected decades after […]
Continue ReadingMatt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Only 64 countries have submitted new plans to cut carbon, the UN says, despite all being required to do so ahead of next month’s COP30 summit. Added together these national pledges would fail to keep the world from warming by more than 1.5C, a key threshold to very dangerous levels […]
Continue ReadingRayhan Demytrie,in Tbilisi and Tom Burgess,North East and Cumbria Rustavi 2 Bella Culley, pictured at a previous hearing, appeared at Tbilisi City Court on drugs charges The family of a “heavily pregnant” British teenager who is on trial for drug smuggling in Georgia has paid £137,000 to reduce her sentence. Bella Culley, 19, from Billingham, […]
Continue ReadingOpenAI has released new estimates of the number of ChatGPT users who exhibit possible signs of mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company said that around 0.07% of ChatGPT users active in a given week exhibited such signs, adding that its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot recognizes and responds to these sensitive […]
Continue ReadingBird flu is spreading unusually early and rapidly in Germany this autumn. Some fear that the consequences could soon also be felt in supermarkets. Oct 27, 2025, 4:52 p.mOct 27, 2025, 4:52 p.m Since the beginning of September, 30 outbreaks of bird flu in poultry farms and 73 cases in wild birds have been registered […]
Continue ReadingAround half of Russian war returnees are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (symbolic image)Image: Shutterstock The war left deep psychological scars on Russian soldiers. A new study from Moscow shows the extent of psychological stress. October 27, 2025, 5:25 p.mOctober 27, 2025, 5:25 p.m Jakob Hartung / t-online An article by The 22-year-old Russian soldier […]
Continue ReadingBrigitte Macron is repeatedly exposed to hostility on the Internet.Image: keystone Oct 27, 2025, 4:32 p.mOct 27, 2025, 4:32 p.m Eight men and two women are on trial in Paris for cyberbullying of France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron. The defendants are accused of making numerous malicious statements about the gender of the president’s wife and […]
Continue ReadingHeading off the coast of Venezuela: The USS Gerald R. Ford.Image: keystone Trump’s most important means of pressure against Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro: The US President is sending a floating fortress off the coast of South America. Bojan Stula / ch media Oslo, Mallorca, Split… and now off to the Caribbean: When it comes to […]
Continue ReadingGetty Images Lithuania will begin to shoot down balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from neighbouring Belarus, its prime minister has warned. The measure comes after balloons entering Lithuanian airspace forced Vilnius Airport to close multiple times over the past week, including at the weekend, with the government also closing Belarus border crossings temporarily each time. […]
Continue ReadingTwo suspects in the Louvre robbery were arrested in Paris. They are said to be part of a four-man team that stole the valuable French crown jewels. As “Le Parisien” reports, two suspects were arrested on Saturday evening. The two men come from the Paris region and are said to be part of a four-man […]
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