White House denies journalist’s claims it blew up Russian gas pipeline
Seasoned reporter Seymour Hersh claimed Joe Biden gave orders
Europe
When did Russia invade Ukraine and how could the war end?
Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation
Meet the people fighting for the survival of the Breton language
France’s latest Eurovision song was in Breton – a language whose existence the government doesn’t even acknowledge. From roughly a million back in the 1950s, the number of Breton speakers has shrunk to less than 200,000 today, leading UNESCO to warn t…
Cacti replacing snow on Swiss mountainsides due to global heating
Invasive species proliferating in Valais is encroaching on natural reserves and posing a biodiversity threatThe residents of the Swiss canton of Valais are used to seeing their mountainsides covered with snow in winter and edelweiss flowers in summer. …
The Changing Landscape of Air-Defense
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine demonstrates the strategic shift in air warfare from direct attacks by bombers to standoff attacks using missiles. The ground-based air defenses have yet to embrace this change.
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Turkey earthquake: 10-day-old baby saved after spending almost half his life under rubble
Boy and mother taken away in an ambulance for health checks at a hospital
British mother cries ‘oh my God’ as she grabs baby from cot at precise moment earthquake hits
Chilling baby monitor footage shows family’s ordeal in Turkey, with little Katelyn’s music box playing on through the carnage
Amsterdam to outlaw cannabis-smoking in red-light district streets
‘Historic’ clampdown on tourist excesses aims to make life more bearable for local residentsSmoking cannabis on the street in Amsterdam’s red light district will soon be illegal, the city council has announced, as part of a range of bylaws designed to …
Anti-war protest journalist Ovsyannikova releases book after fleeing Russia
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist known for storming a prime-time news broadcast on state television to protest against the war in Ukraine, has released an autobiographical book describing the media “propaganda factory” in Moscow.
Adidas could take €1.2bn revenue hit if it writes off Kanye West’s Yeezy stock
German sportswear company cut ties with rapper in 2022 over his antisemitic commentsAdidas has warned that it could take a revenue hit of €1.2bn (£1bn) and slump to a loss this year if it decides not to sell its remaining stock of products made in coll…