Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue
“Magawa was one of the best rats we’ve ever had,” said Michael Raine, who works for Apopo, a nonprofit that trains animals to detect land mines.
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Russian spooks hack Wi-Fi routers to spy on West – POLITICO
Officials believe the hacking group used the stolen data to conduct cyberattacks, information sabotage and intelligence gathering and focused on military, government and critical infrastructure targets. “The Russians tried their best to cover all vulnerable routers, while redirecting requests only to domains they were interested in. For example, *.gov.ua, or with names corresponding to Microsoft […]
Continue ReadingVladimir Putin’s poll numbers in Russia are falling: the reasons
Since the attack on Ukraine, Putin’s approval ratings in Russia have been an incredible 80 percent. This image is now showing visible cracks. April 8, 2026, 10:14 amApril 8, 2026, 10:15 am Maxim Kireev / Time Online An article by There is hardly a question that causes Russia experts to argue as passionately as this […]
Continue ReadingRutte meets Trump in Washington amid US threat to leave NATO
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte begins a scheduled three-day visit to Washington on Wednesday, amid renewed threats from US President Donald Trump that he is considering withdrawing from the alliance. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Rutte is expected to meet Trump following Tuesday’s last-minute reprieve in tensions with Tehran, which reportedly includes a two-week ceasefire and the reopening […]
Continue ReadingEurope cheers Trump’s Iran ceasefire – POLITICO
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it “a moment of relief” and is set to travel to the Middle East on Wednesday to work with Gulf partners on making the reopening of the strait permanent. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the goal now was a “lasting end to the war.” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez […]
Continue ReadingTehran keeps its trump card – and celebrates a strategic victory
Donald Trump surprisingly announced a ceasefire in the Iran war on Tuesday. Image: keystone analysis The American president still agrees to negotiations with Iran about a peace plan – on the terms of the opponent, who also retains control of his most important trump card. 04/08/2026, 06:3004/08/2026, 06:30 Renzo Ruf, Washington The announcement came 88 […]
Continue Reading“Artemis 2” crew makes its way back to Earth
The crew of the “Artemis 2” moon mission is on the way home. April 8, 2026, 5:31 a.mApril 8, 2026, 5:31 a.m The US space agency Nasa said its capsule “Orion” had passed the point at which the earth’s gravity was once again acting more strongly on the spacecraft than that of the moon. The […]
Continue ReadingAnthropic AI Claude finds decades-old security holes
The new AI model from OpenAI rival Anthropic has found, among other things, a 27-year-old security hole in a widely used operating system. Now other companies also want to benefit from it. Apr 08, 2026, 05:29Apr 08, 2026, 05:29 The new AI model is so good at finding previously undetected software vulnerabilities that it could […]
Continue ReadingNorth Korea has tested several missiles
North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles eastward, according to the South Korean military. April 8, 2026, 5:25 a.mApril 8, 2026, 5:25 a.m The missiles are said to have landed in the Sea of Japan (Korean: East Sea) and traveled a distance of around 240 kilometers, said the South Korean chief of staff according […]
Continue ReadingEU farm fraud scandal rocks Greek government, PM urges swift action
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to decide swiftly whether to indict lawmakers from his centre-right New Democracy party as part of a farm fraud probe, as he seeks to stem the political fallout from the scandal. European prosecutors charged dozens of Greek stockbreeders last year with faking ownership of pastureland to claim millions […]
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