Overwhelmed? Take a hike
As world and national events have become dispiriting, the wilderness has become particularly important to my sanity.
Day: August 25, 2025
Trump wants to meet ‘little rocket man’ Kim Jong-un AGAIN for nuke talks after ‘crazy’ DMZ handshake
DONALD Trump said he wants to meet Kim Jong-un again after he shook hands with the tyrant inside the Korean Demilitarised Zone.
Trump, who met the North Korean dictator three t…
French PM’s proposal to scrap public holidays ‘psychologically not a good idea’, expert says
FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin speaks to Paul Smith, Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Nottingham University, about French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s confidence vote gamble as he tries to muster support for his 2026 budget. He says that Ba…
You can now add AI images directly into LibreOffice documents – here’s how
There’s a new extension that adds Stable Diffusion to LibreOffice documents.
Navy looking to drone vessels to take on future enemies
Ukraine’s stunning success with drones in the Black Sea — sinking or heavily damaging an estimated 30 Russian naval vessels over three years of war — has not gone unnoticed in the U.S.
Once elusive Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in US
Charges relate to his decades-long involvement in leading the Sinaloa cartel and its role in funnelling drugs to the US.
Russia is learning. The West is running in circles
The negotiations over peace in Ukraine show that Moscow lives in the real world, unlike the West
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I took this 360-degree camera around the world – here’s why
The Insta360 X5 is my go-to travel camera for its versatility and ease of use – and it’s currently at the lowest price we’ve seen.
French PM’s job on line with call for confidence vote
France’s embattled Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday his government would request a vote of confidence on September 8, seeking parliamentary backing for his battle against soaring public debt. The move is high-risk for both Bayrou, whose m…
Gardening grandfather is trampled to death by rampaging elephant after ‘trying to scare it away’
A GRANDFATHER was trampled to death while trying to scare off a rampaging elephant – and another villager injured.
Jaran Promtoo, 60, was working his garden in Khon Kaen, northeast Thailand, when the humungous animal stormed in.
J…