Mount Etna Erupts in Sicily, Sending Hikers Scrambling for Cover
Videos circulating on social media showed visitors rushing to descend the mountain as volcanic plumes rose overhead.
Day: June 3, 2025
Three things to know about South Korea’s snap election
South Korea is voting for a new leader after the former president was impeached for imposing martial law.
Halting spy operation placed CSIS team in unnecessary danger, watchdog report says
By Jim Bronskill in Ottawa A new spy watchdog…
Emmanuel Macron waxwork ‘borrowed’ from museum by French activists
A waxwork of Emmanuel Macron was removed from a French museum on Monday, 2 June, by activists who said they were “borrowing” the piece.
Linux User Share Hits a Multi-Year High On Steam For May 2025
Linux user share on Steam rose to 2.69% in May 2025 — the highest level recorded since at least 2018. GamingOnLinux reports: Overall user share for May 2025:
– Windows 95.45% -0.65%
– Linux 2.69% +0.42%
– macOS 1.85% +0.23%
Even with SteamOS 3 now…
Commentary: The world’s strongest currency is also super-competitive
Switzerland’s success shows that a nation can revalue its way to prosperity, says Ruchir Sharma for the Financial Times.
Commentary: Kicking out Chinese students will hurt US more than China
President Donald Trump’s administration misunderstands the cost-benefit analysis of having Chinese students in American universities, says Meghan Murphy of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Commentary: Why strongman politics will define US-China relations for now
Trump and Xi are overcompensating for years of US-China engagement in which their predecessors made concessions, says RSIS’ Benjamin Ho.
Trump wants his ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ to sail through the Senate. These five factions stand in the way
Between fiscal hawks, defenders of Medicaid and a potential stumbling block that may surprise you, this will be the first major test for Majority Leader John Thune, Eric Garcia writes
Sicily’s Mount Etna erupts in a fiery show of smoke and ash miles high
Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.