A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, aid workers said Thursday, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month.
Venezuela: US forces seize oil tanker
President Donald #Trump said Wednesday that US forces seized a large oil #tanker off the coast of #Venezuela, marking his administration’s latest escalation in its pressure campaign against President Nicolas #Maduro.
Venezuela’s foreign ministry den…
Austria votes to ban headscarves in schools for girls under 14
Law passes despite fears it will ‘normalise Islamophobia’ and fact it could be struck down by constitutional courtLawmakers in Austria have voted overwhelmingly to ban headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14, despite concerns the legislati…
US: Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the …
Reaching net zero: what will it cost the UK and is it a price worth paying?
An official report says the bill for switching to clean energy will rise sharply – and puts forward a slower, ‘falling behind” alternativeThe cost of hitting net zero targets has been laid bare by the UK’s energy system operator, showing a surge in spe…
Bulgarian government resigns after mass protests
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov says cabinet stepping down before parliament had been due to hold no-confidence vote.
‘Coalition of the Willing’ moves to counter US shift on Ukraine
As the US pressures Ukraine to accept a Russia-leaning peace plan, Zelensky is turning to Europe for support. The UK, France, and Germany are leading the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to counterbalance Washington and coordinate military backing. With Eur…
Does the ICC unfairly target certain countries?
International justice expert Ruben Carranza says who stands trial reflects who is enforcing the court’s mandates
Time magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as 2025 ‘Person of the Year’
Time magazine chose “Architects of AI” as its annual “person of the year” for 2025. One of the two covers released on Thursday plays on the famed 1932 “Lunch atop a Scryscaper” photograph, this time portraying US tech titans Elon Musk, Open AI’s Sam A…
AT&T launches Connected Life, a smart home security system with hardware from Google and Abode, designed to keep working during power or internet outages (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
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AT&T launches Connected Life, a smart home security system with hardware from Google and Abode, designed to keep working during power or internet outages — Connected Life combines Nest and Ab…