Published on 04/29/2026 – 18:54 GMT+2 An international taskforce formed to crack down on “violence for hire” has led to 280 arrests in its first year, the European Union’s police agency Europol said on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The arrests underscore a trend across the continent of criminals hiring people, many of them youngsters, via social […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/29/2026 – 17:47 GMT+2 Women MEPs will be allowed to delegate their vote to a colleague before and after childbirth, thanks to a new measure aimed at strengthening work-life balance – despite claims that it runs against the European Parliament’s gender equality policy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The changes, adopted by MEPs in Strasbourg on […]
Continue ReadingThe Iran war has already cost the Pentagon $25 billion, a top Defense Department official said Wednesday, providing the first official price tag for a U.S. military campaign that has stretched two months. Acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst gave the figure during a House Armed Services Committee hearing alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint […]
Continue ReadingApril 29, 2026, 5:08 p.mApril 29, 2026, 6:03 p.m Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova. (Archive image, January 2026)Image: keystone The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of provoking a nuclear war and threatened Europe with the consequences. Ukraine is shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and Zelensky is demanding not only […]
Continue ReadingThe lawsuits, filed in California, accuse OpenAI and Sam Altman of negligence and abetting a mass shooting by failing to flag the suspect’s ChatGPT activity.
Continue ReadingJuraj Cintula, accused of a terrorist attack on Robert Fico, arrives at the Supreme Court in Bratislava.Image: keystone April 29, 2026, 2:55 p.mApril 29, 2026, 2:55 p.m The man who critically injured Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico with five shots in May 2024 has to go to prison for 21 years. Almost two years after […]
Continue ReadingThe Irish government has announced further fuel supports for a number of sectors after nationwide protests in recent weeks.
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested in Berlin on suspicion of spying for Russia, German prosecutors said on Wednesday, the latest alleged Moscow-linked espionage plot uncovered in the country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Prosecutors said the suspect gave his Russian intelligence handler information about German military aid for Ukraine and photos of NATO military convoys moving along motorways […]
Continue ReadingCharlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, noted that while the loss of such equipment will be keenly felt by the military, there is no guarantee that the rebels will be able to adapt heavy, armoured vehicles to “insurgent-style tactics that rely on speed, manoeuvrability, and concealment”.
Continue ReadingMeta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram were charged on Wednesday with breaching landmark EU tech rules and must do more to block children under 13 from accessing the social networks, EU regulators said. The charges or so-called preliminary findings under the Digital Services Act, which requires Big Tech to do more to tackle illegal and harmful […]
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