01/26/2026, 07:2901/26/2026, 09:24 At least 24 people are still missing at sea after a ferry sank in the Philippines. According to the Coast Guard, the ship M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 had 359 people on board – 332 passengers and 27 crew members. The accident occurred at night (local time) on the way from the city […]
Continue ReadingBut TotalEnergies retains ties to fossil fuel trade with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Now, pro-Ukrainian campaigners and parliamentarians — including the Labour chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Ukraine — want ministers to rule out its subsidiary from winning the new contract. In a letter to Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds, who oversees government procurement body the Crown Commercial Service, they warn that “continuing a contract […]
Continue ReadingHowever, the equation is not yet balanced. Three-quarters of survey respondents state that current telecom infrastructure limits the ability to deliver on those ambitions. Meanwhile, 45 percent suggest these limitations would delay, constrain or entirely limit investments. There is clearly a disconnect between the ambition and the ability to deliver. At present, Europe lags the […]
Continue ReadingLightning struck dozens of people at a political rally in Brazil. 01/26/2026, 04:1901/26/2026, 04:19 72 people were treated after the lightning strike, the media in the South American country reported, citing the fire department in the capital Brasília. Around 30 of them were taken to hospitals, including eight seriously injured. In addition, several of those […]
Continue ReadingIranian nationals are currently not being expelled from Switzerland, even if the asylum decision is likely to be negative. 01/26/2026, 04:1601/26/2026, 04:16 The State Secretariat for Migration decided this and justified it with the protests in Iran and their brutal suppression by the regime. Thousands have been killed in the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests […]
Continue ReadingEven as Europe rapidly cut its dependence on Russian gas and is now swiftly moving toward a complete phaseout, exposure to fossil fuels remains the Achilles’ heel of our energy systems. The reality is that relying so heavily on fossil fuels — whether from Russia or elsewhere — can’t give us the energy security and […]
Continue ReadingCate Brown, Max Hudson and Julia LuftBBC Eye Investigations BBC Businessman Igor Pestrikov found Moscow had put him on a wanted list after he fled Russia in 2022 Thousands of files provided by a whistleblower at Interpol expose for the first time the extent of Russia’s apparent abuse of the international policing agency to target […]
Continue ReadingA worker tries to control the snow in front of the Capitol in Washington.Image: AP A massive winter storm has hit large parts of the USA. More than a million people are without power and several deaths have been reported. The storm hits the South, the Midwest and the East Coast all at once. Jan […]
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration’s unapologetic stance on territorial expansion and the plunder of resources goes hand in hand with its rejection of the postwar global order and its disdain for European nations perceived as being in civilisational decline. Historians warn it also harks back to an age of colonial land grabs and great-power rivalry that ultimately […]
Continue ReadingAs President Zelensky says today that peace talks are progressing and that a U.S. security guarantee is “100 percent there,” awaiting only formal approval from President Trump, there has so far been no confirmation from the White House, nor does it address President Putin’s continued insistence on claiming more Ukrainian territory; meanwhile, away from the […]
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