Reuters The Grinch was intercepted by the French navy on Thursday French officials have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker into custody days after the oil tanker was seized. On Thursday, the French navy intercepted the tanker – named the Grinch – which President Emmanuel Macron said was “subject to … Read moreCaptain of suspected Russian shadow tanker in French custody
American climber Alex Honnold has successfully scaled a Taiwan skyscraper without a rope, harness or safety equipment. The building, named Taipei 101 for the number of its floors, is 508m (1,667ft) tall, made of steel, glass and concrete and is designed to resemble a stick of bamboo. Honnold is renowned for being the first person … Read moreClimber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear
Reuters The killing of a second US citizen in less than a month during immigration raids in Minneapolis has sparked angry protests and widespread condemnation. Hundreds of demonstrators braved freezing weather to take to the streets over the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, during a confrontation on Saturday. Videos from the … Read moreProtests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents in Minneapolis
EPA Crowds gathered in Minneapolis despite the freezing temperatures The National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined other US gun lobby groups in calling for a “full investigation” by the Trump administration into the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Comments from the NRA come after a border agent fatally shot Pretti – registered nurse at … Read moreNRA stress right to carry weapons in wake of Minneapolis shooting
The resignation of the UK’s West Midlands police chief, who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a football match in Birmingham last year, has triggered concerns that pressure from pro-Israel groups is being allowed to override policing decisions in the United Kingdom. Police decisions are supposed to be independent of the government or political … Read moreMaccabi football fans and the ousting of a UK police chief – why it matters
United States President Donald Trump’s simmering resentment in the wake of failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize has surfaced again when he told Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels obliged to “think purely of peace”. In the message that was confirmed on Monday as being delivered to Norwegian leader Jonas Gahr Store, … Read moreTrump tells Norway PM not bound to ‘think purely of peace’ after Nobel snub
On Friday, the retirement of Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom, was publicly announced. His decision to step down was prompted by what he described as the “political and media frenzy” surrounding the ban on Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from their team’s match with Aston Villa … Read moreThe UK is now willing to undermine British institutions to protect Israel
At the beginning of the year, German men aged 18 began to receive a compulsory questionnaire registering their fitness for army service under a law passed last month. Joining the army is voluntary for now, but the law allows the government to introduce mandatory service to meet its goal of building what it says will … Read moreWhy is Germany trying to build ‘Europe’s strongest conventional army’?
United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of AI chatbot Grok to generate deepfake sexualised images. Ofcom labelled the reports as “deeply concerning”, warning in a statement issued on Monday that the chatbot’s creation of nude deepfakes could amount to “intimate image abuse or pornography”, … Read moreUK to investigate Elon Musk’s Grok over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakes
The government of Greenland has firmly rejected threats from United States President Donald Trump, stating that it will not accept a US takeover under “any circumstance”. The self-governed Danish territory also underscored its NATO membership in a statement on Monday, saying that the territory’s defence falls to the transatlantic alliance. “The United States has once … Read moreGreenland rejects US takeover under ‘any circumstance’