Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk without electricity.
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Senate votes to check Trump’s military moves in ‘stunning rebuke to White House’: report
The Senate has voted 52-47 on Thursday to push forward legislation that would force President Donald Trump to have congressional approval before any further military action in Venezuela.The move was considered a sharp criticism of the Trump administra…
Iran protests turn violent: Viral video shows moment protester drives car into security forces
Violent clashes erupted across Iran as anti-government protests, fueled by economic hardship and currency devaluation, entered their eleventh day. Reports indicate security forces used gunfire and tear gas against demonstrators, with videos showing a c…
Google and AI startup to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots led to teen suicide
Lawsuit accuses AI chatbots of harming minors and includes case of Sewell Setzer III, who killed himself in 2024Google and Character.AI, a startup, have settled lawsuits filed by families accusing artificial intelligence chatbots of harming minors, inc…
‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour
At the Oxford farming conference there were signs the government has much to do to win back farmers’ trustFew symbols were more potent than the wooden coffin bearing the inscription “RIP British agriculture, 30th October 2024” that greeted Labour’s env…
MAGA Senators Switch Sides to Rebuke Trump on Invasion Mania – The Daily Beast
MAGA Senators Switch Sides to Rebuke Trump on Invasion Mania The Daily BeastSenate Backs War Powers Measure Intended to Block Trump in Venezuela Time MagazineWhat the Senate’s Venezuela vote does — and doesn’t — mean: From the Pol…
Anger in Minneapolis as state investigators ‘barred’ from fatal shooting probe
Minnesota state investigators say they have been barred from the probe into the shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
More chaos at CBS Evening News as producer fired just days into Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ tenure
Javier Guzman, who has been the program’s senior broadcast producer since August, was dismissed after Wednesday night’s broadcast.
US senators vote to curb Trump’s ability to take more Venezuela military action
The US Senate has voted for legislation that would bar Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without authorisation from Congress.
Digital forwarder owned by Bolloré merges with French forwarding group
The merger will see Fatton & Lyseo use Ovrsea’s proprietary operating software across its air and sea customers in Asia, Africa and North America.