Internet Blackout in Afghanistan Disrupts Daily Life
A nationwide internet outage in Afghanistan has made it nearly impossible for people to communicate with one another or the outside world and has disrupted banking services and aid distribution.
Month: October 2025
Portugal tightens immigration rules with far-right backing
Portugal’s right-wing government has won parliamentary approval for a new immigration law, passed with support from the far-right Chega party. The reforms set stricter conditions for foreigners seeking to settle in the country.
Wikimedia Deutschland launches the Wikidata Embedding Project, a vector-based semantic search database with nearly 120M entries, to make data accessible to AI (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
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Wikimedia Deutschland launches the Wikidata Embedding Project, a vector-based semantic search database with nearly 120M entries, to make data accessible to AI — On Wednesday, Wikimedia Deutschland annou…
Indonesian rescue workers ‘racing against time’ in search for dozens in rubble of collapsed school
Indonesian rescue workers were racing against the clock on Wednesday in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java, with at least 90 students still unaccounted for, along with three confirmed dead and about 100 injured.
At Least 12 Civilians Killed In Firing, Clashes Amid Huge PoK Protests
Massive protests in PoK: Eight civilians were killed Wednesday after a third consecutive day of violent protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir against the Pak government, to add to the two who died yesterday.
US deploys abortion law against Israel critics who picketed synagogue
The DOJ claims the legislation was previously “weaponized” through one-sided enforcement that failed to protect places of worship
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Niger River boat accident kills at least 26 people in Nigeria
An accident involving a boat carrying passengers on the Niger River in north-central Nigeria has killed at least 26 people.
Hyundai Palisade vs Kia Telluride, a three-row SUV comparison from Edmunds
Nearly identical under the metal, the Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride have been leaders in the three-row SUV class since their introductions in 2020.
British families on holidays of a lifetime issued urgent US shutdown warning
A US government shutdown could cause flight delays and travel disruption for British families heading to Disney World, experts have warned.
Georgian PM Kobakhidze says EU membership path remains ‘steady and irreversible’
PM Kobakhidze insists that Georgia’s goal of EU membership by 2030 is realistic, despite past paused talks and strained relations.