Money and might: How Trump’s second term is reshaping US-China relations
Over the past year, relations between the world’s two largest superpowers have been marked by trade wars, military signalling and uneasy truces.
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‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds
Full VAT on meat products could cost EU households as little as €26 a year but cut impact by 3-6%, says paperThe environmental impacts of meat consumption could be rapidly and cheaply reduced if governments applied full VAT on products such as beef, po…
Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in Peru
Prosecution over death of Quinto Inuma Alvarado seen as test of ability to curb attacks on environmental defendersFive men are due to go on trial on Tuesday over the killing of an Amazonian Indigenous leader, in a legal case that could test whether Per…
Syrian interior ministry: 120 Islamic State group members escape from prison amid clashes
Syria’s interior ministry says 120 Islamic State group members have escaped from a prison in northeast Syria.
Old habits die hard: 2025’s most common passwords were as predictable as ever
Once again, data shows an uncomfortable truth: the habit of choosing eminently hackable passwords is alive and well
WW3 fears explode as Russia accuses Starmer and NATO of ‘seriously preparing for war’
A senior Russian official and close ally of Vladimir Putin claimed NATO isn’t “hiding” it is preparing for a war.
Scam Marketplace Tudou Guarantee Shutters Telegram Ops
A notorious marketplace for fraud, Tudou Guarantee, appears to have closed its public Telegram groups
Manhunt after 120 Islamic State members escape from Syrian prison amid clashes
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces control more than a dozen prisons where some 9,000 IS members are held
Texts between Donald Trump, Jonas Støre, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte – BBC
Texts between Donald Trump, Jonas Støre, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte BBCDoctor who treated Dick Cheney calls for congressional inquiry into Trump’s presidential fitness The HillTrump Knocks Norway Over Nobel Prize Th…
Texts between Donald Trump, Jonas Støre, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte – BBC
Texts between Donald Trump, Jonas Støre, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte BBCTuesday briefing: Trump’s Greenland threats; Epstein statue; drought maps; Miami vs. Indiana; and more The Washington PostTrump’s Letter to Norway Should B…