Ebola deaths surpass 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Health experts are racing to stem the outbreak which WHO officials believe started months earlier than officially declared.
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Civilian casualties climb as Russia and Ukraine exchange fresh strikes
Russia and Ukraine traded fresh strikes overnight, with Moscow targeting Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk. Ukraine retaliated with a drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh region. Falling debris set fire to a Wildberries warehouse. Ukraine’s military said it also struck a Russian oil refinery in Orsk. The exchange of strikes comes after a deadly weekend of attacks, […]
Continue ReadingLatvia discovers secret migrant tunnel at Belarus frontier – POLITICO
Tunnels have previously been found in Lithuania, according to Baltic media, but this is the first time one has been used to cross into Latvia. “This is the first case in which a tunnel has been used for illegal crossing of the state border into Latvia. No signs of violations had previously been detected in […]
Continue ReadingRescuers scramble to find survivors as death toll rises in Colombia’s powerful earthquake
Dogs and drones have been deployed to search for those trapped under collapsed buildings, with local authorities reporting at least 150 deaths from the nation’s strongest earthquake in a decade.
Continue ReadingPutin used North Korean ballistic missiles in lethal attack on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says – POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un have deepened ties since the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine began. In September last year during a meeting in Beijing, Kim vowed to do “everything we can to assist Russia.” Zelenskyy also reported attacks on a Kyiv hospital and businesses overnight, with at least one […]
Continue ReadingEurope needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security – The Irish Times
More than 300,000 acres have been burned so far this summer in France, in the worst damage experienced by the country since the second World War. Spain, Portugal, the UK and Greece have also suffered badly, with tens of thousands of people displaced and emergency services continuing to struggle with the speed and intensity of […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s Supreme Court bars last anti-war party from elections
Recent polls showed the liberal-leaning Yabloko could have won seats in the parliamentary elections next month.
Continue ReadingNvidia gets $500bn from major investors to develop AI infrastructure
Nvidia has teamed up with some of Wall Street’s largest banks and investors to raise $500bn (£370bn) in capital for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The chipmaker said it had struck deals with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR, and that the investors were for the first time treating AI hardware and infrastructure, often […]
Continue ReadingThe lonely Chinese men being conned by fake brides
Just months into the marriage, debt collectors started calling, alleging she owed them money. Wang grew suspicious and wanted to know what else she had kept hidden. He checked her phone and found details of her former life, her birth certificate and former marriage documents. When he confronted her, she offered him a divorce, but […]
Continue ReadingNew train service connects Finland and Sweden for first time in decades
Finland uses the same track widths as Russia, which are wider than the European standard – a holdover from when the Nordic nation was part of the Russian Grand Duchy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is currently in the process of updating its track widths to match the European standard. The new, […]
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