Andy Dacy explains why the transport investment arm of the world’s biggest bank has put its faith in new tonnage
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s party holds final rally before polls
In less than one week, Ethiopians will head to the polls for the country’s general elections. Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and the ruling Prosperity Party are a shoo-in to be re-elected. But opposition figures say that the necessary pre-conditions for a …
U.S. CISA adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin flaw CVE-2026-48172 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS score of 10.0) affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel plugin before version 2.4.5 and allows […]
Conflict over Taiwan could risk US-China nuclear crisis, major study warns
Assessment by International Institute for Strategic Studies warns world is on cusp of new nuclear arms race
Iran and US trade air strikes after Trump dismisses report of Hormuz deal
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted a US airbase on Thursday after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes on an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report h…
Bolivia at ‘breaking point,’ president warns protesters
President Rodrigo Paz warned Wednesday that Bolivia was at a “breaking point” after nearly a month of protests that have caused shortages of food, fuel and life-saving medicine. The US-backed Paz, who took office six months ago amid the worst economic…
Children with Down syndrome struggle with devastation of war in Gaza
Children with Down syndrome struggle with devastation of war in Gaza
Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change
The UN climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was “a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis”. Britain and France have reported their hottest ever May days this we…
MOCA loop and a CIA official just caught with $40m gold bars at home
This NYT report of a government credibility failure reads like Snowden all over again. A basic IT tech guy has been inflating his resume forever and getting away with it because apparently the people checking aren’t able to tell he’s all ab…
France famous ‘Yellow train’ is back
It’s a 63 kilometre railway running between two villages in the Catalan region of the French Pyrenees, offering spectacular views along the way. France’s famous “Yellow train” is now back in service after being shut down for months because of a landsl…