The contract follows a competitive tender process assessing shipyards on capability, capacity and facilities, with no UK yards submitting bids.
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Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)
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Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays — Finland put on ice a plan to move its elec…
Qatar says it is not mediating as it remains in ‘the eye of the storm’
Missile and drone attacks on Qatar have eased in recent days with no alerts issued, but officials say the country remains vigilant and reserves the right to respond, as indirect talks continue in the region.
Mel Schilling, Dating Expert on ‘Married at First Sight,’ Dies at 54
Ms. Schilling, an Australian psychologist, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023. Two weeks ago she said the disease had spread to her brain.
China FM Wang Yi tells Iran counterpart ‘talks better than fighting’
China’s top diplomat says that while Beijing remains a key partner of Iran, it “does not go along” with Tehran’s strikes on Gulf states.
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)
Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML — Engineers building browser agents today f…
Israeli strike hits Tyre during Al Jazeera report
An Al Jazeera journalist’s report was disrupted by an Israeli missile striking a waterfront building in Lebanon’s Tyre.
ONE takes stake in Busan’s Dongwon terminal ahead of Premier network shift
The carrier alliance will shake up its Asia-Europe network in April with Busan becoming the focus of its North Asia trade and direct calls ending to ports in Japan and Taiwan.
In Beirut, refugees stay put despite Israeli strikes
Since the start of the war in the Middle East, over one million people in Lebanon have been displaced. In the southern suburbs of Beirut, Israeli strikes have become a daily part of life. But in this neighbourhood FRANCE 24 went to, where refugees res…
‘We do not have a single war on Iran: We have an Israeli war and an American war’
Delano D’Souza is pleased to welcome Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. Mr. Lucas warns there has been no breakthrough whatsoever in diplomacy: An improvised and r…