France is on strike with public transit and schools shut down and energy companies slowed as people gear up for protests against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age and reform the pension system.
Germany pressed on tanks for Ukraine; Kyiv airs frustration
Germany faced mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry as Western allies conferred Thursday on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into R…
Deadly crush outside Iraq football stadium before Gulf Cup final
One fan is killed and dozens are injured ahead of the Arabian Gulf Cup final between Iraq and Oman.
Musk ‘lied’ when he tweeted about Tesla takeover | First Thing
Tesla investor seeks ‘billions’ in damages on behalf of those who traded stock after Musk posted plan to take company private. Plus, are cows at sea the future of farming?Good morning.As arguments began in the San Francisco trial alleging that Elon Mus…
Exploited Control Web Panel Flaw Added to CISA ‘Must-Patch’ List
The bug is described as an OS command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the login parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 and is considered trivial to exploit.
Shipowners Nordic Hamburg and Purus select scrubber and carbon capture system for newbuilding quartet
Value Maritime will fit its Filtree kit on vessels to be operated by BG Freight Line
Sanna Marin: Who is Finland’s prime minister?
Young leader determined to enjoy relatively normal life despite pressures of high office and inevitable criticism from opposition
Boris Johnson urges west to ignore Putin threats and give Ukraine tanks
Former PM calls for heavy weapons supplies and brands Russian nuclear threats as ‘nonsense’ in Davos appearanceDavos day 3: Johnson: Putin not going to use nuclear weaponsOpinion: If Germany has learned its history, it will send tanksBoris Johnson has …
Michael Gove denies south-east favoured by levelling up funds
Media appearances follow Labour analysis that London will receive more than Yorkshire and north-eastThe levelling up secretary has denied that the south-east is getting an unfair proportion of money aimed at tackling inequality in the UK.On a media rou…