Ukrainian drone strikes inflict damage on critical Russian oil refineries
Ukrainian drone strikes are inflicting significant damage to Russia’s oil refineries, which are critical to that country’s economy and war effort.
Month: October 2025
Taylor Swift moves into ‘Showgirl’ era with new pop album
Superstar Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Lo…
Luxembourg’s Grand Duke abdicates in favour of son – Financial Times
Luxembourg’s Grand Duke abdicates in favour of son Financial TimesLuxembourg crowns a new grand duke after the former grand duke abdicates AP NewsLuxembourg’s grand duke will abdicate, passing the throne to his son ABC …
UK authorities on ‘heigh alert’ after Manchester synagogue terror attack
The UK was on “high alert”, with increased “police resources” deployed across the country, British Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said Friday, a day after a deadly terrorist attack outside a Manchester synagogue. Two people were killed in the attac…
Last flotilla boat sails on towards Gaza after Israel arrests 450 activists
Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said. Story by Morgan Ay…
Two Georges, one vision: Greek shipbroker Allegiant hits 50 staff
‘We’re in love with this business’: The making of the Greek shipbrokers who met as students in London
Gaza Crisis Overshadows Mexico’s Annual 1968 Massacre Commemoration March
The annual march to commemorate the 1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital was eclipsed Thursday by demands to end a humanitarian crisis halfway around the world in Gaza.
Why a Saudi comedy festival drawing big US comedians is no barrel of laughs
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 3: We look at reactions in the British papers after a fatal stabbing outside a Manchester synagogue on a holy Jewish holiday. This Friday also marks 35 years since the reunification of East and West Germany, but have the…
Trump calls Democrats ‘the party of hate, evil, and Satan’ in late-night Truth Social rant
President continues social media attacks on opposition over government shutdown
Japan’s Unemployment Rate Edges Up To Highest In Over A Year
Japan’s jobless rate rose to its highest in over a year, signaling a slight loosening of the labor market as speculation swirls over a Bank of Japan rate hike in the near term.