January 29, 2026, 11:07 amJanuary 29, 2026, 11:07 am Metal detectors will be able to be used in Italy’s schools in the future to prevent acts of violence involving knives and firearms. The right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni published a corresponding decree in Rome. The country is reacting to several knife attacks. It […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s oil giant Lukoil said on Thursday that it will sell its foreign assets to The Carlyle Group, a US investment firm. This comes as Russian drone strikes killed three people and wounded another person overnight in southern Ukraine, the governor of Zaporizhzhia said. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Continue ReadingShe added Russia’s insistence on getting all of Donbas is merely a stalling tactic. “It’s a sort of a game from the Russian side where they agree to talk about a supposed peace settlement, while meaning something completely different,” said Stanovaya. “They can talk about the subject for hours, but it has nothing to do […]
Continue ReadingTesla is discontinuing its larger electric car models S and X to free up capacity for robot production. 01/29/2026, 03:4201/29/2026, 03:42 Production of the two models is scheduled to end in the coming quarter, said Tesla boss Elon Musk. Tesla’s S model will no longer be produced in the future.Image: keystone Owners of the cars […]
Continue ReadingFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to use artificial intelligence to tailor his online platforms more closely to individual users. 01/29/2026, 03:3301/29/2026, 03:33 Today, services from the Facebook group Meta are there to stay in touch with friends or discover interesting things, said Zuckerberg. But soon when you open the meta apps you will encounter an […]
Continue ReadingMore than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a five-kilometre section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge, authorities said Monday. Land was continuing to give way due to rain that has soaked the area in recent days, said the mayor of the southern hill town of Niscemi. […]
Continue ReadingThe scramble for tickets to K-pop band BTS’ comeback tour, which comes after a four-year hiatus, has seen Mexico’s president appealing to her South Korean counterpart to add more shows in her country. “I wrote a letter to the [president] of Korea… I still haven’t received the answer, but let’s hope it’s positive,” Mexico’s president […]
Continue ReadingMany people in Russia see themselves surrounded by foreign enemies while viewing their own country as a victim, according to a survey. 01/28/2026, 04:3501/28/2026, 04:35 This is a consequence of incessant anti-Western propaganda, said Russian sociologist Lev Gudkov from the independent Levada Center Moscow in Berlin when presenting his results. People on Red Square in […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Emanuella Kälin January 28, 2026, 12:15 p.mJanuary 28, 2026, 12:15 p.m An exceptionally strong cold wave has reached the Niagara Falls region, causing temperatures to drop to as low as -55 degrees. This is due to a so-called polar vortex outbreak, through which arctic cold air is pushed both into deeper layers (troposphere) and […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission president (currently Ursula von der Leyen) leads the bloc’s executive arm, which has power over trade, agriculture, the single market and other internal policy areas — although foreign affairs is handled by the EU’s top diplomat (Kaja Kallas) and the European Council president (António Costa), with both reporting directly to EU countries. […]
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