No Man’s Land: An ungoverned border market
No Man’s Land is an ungoverned strip of riverbank between Thailand and Myanmar, where a unique market thrives, selling everything from vapes to bootleg alcohol.
Day: June 5, 2025
The beasts and besties – German chancellors and US presidents through time
German chancellor Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz’s predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the …
The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about
Security teams are overwhelmed by a flood of alerts, most of which lack the context needed to accurately assess and espond to threats, according to ARMO. Respondents report receiving an average of 4,080 security alerts per month – or 136 alerts per day…
Thursday briefing: How Geert Wilders’ exit from Dutch coalition might set up his own comeback
In today’s newsletter: The Dutch government collapsed after Wilders pulled out of the coalition – leaving renewed political uncertainty as parties scramble to redefine their positionsGood morning. The Dutch government dramatically collapsed on Tuesday …
WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on France’s D-Day battlefields, 81 years later
The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago.
Rare oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi to be auctioned in London
The auction house Bonhams says this is “thought to be the only oil portrait that Gandhi actually sat for”.
Rare oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi to be auctioned in London
The auction house Bonhams says this is “thought to be the only oil portrait that Gandhi actually sat for”.
MPs vote to recognise suffering of families brought to France from Indochina
In a historic step, France’s lower house of parliament has voted unanimously to recognise the suffering of people repatriated to the mainland from the colonies in Indochina in the 1950s. The bill, brought by the Socialists, proposes a national day of …
HAL Refutes Report of Stalled GE414 Engine Deal, Flags It As Fake News, Says Negotiations On Track
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has firmly refuted recent media reports
suggesting that negotiations with General Electric (GE) for the local
production of GE414 engines have stalled.
In an official statement, HAL clarified that such reports are factually
incorrect and misleading, emphasising that negotiations with GE remain on
track and are progressing well.
The company also
US Man Kills Crying Baby After Throwing Him “Out Of Frustration”
A West Virginia stepfather admitted to fatally fracturing the skull of his wailing 17-month-old baby by throwing him “out of frustration.”