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Ethiopian opposition groups unite to mount challenge to prime minister Abiy
Seven opposition groups in Ethiopia have announced the formation of an alliance to remove the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to an announcement made on Sunday
Latest German election humiliation puts Merz on borrowed time as CDU unrest grows
Chancellor acknowledges disastrous state election results but vow to push on is likely to further alienate voters, and his own partyGerman chancellor clinging to power after another loss to far-right AfDFriedrich Merz called it a “disaster”, and that was even before the full scale of the catastrophe for himself and his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came into view after Sunday’s state elections.In what one outlet called a “power move”, the German chancellor made a highly unusual televised speech just minutes after polls closed in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, attempting to get ahead of the narrative with a pledge to stay on and fight for his economic recovery programme. Continue reading...
Japanese islands brace for Dujuan to become a typhoon again
Storm system expected to hit Izu Islands as it strengthens. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quietTropical Storm Dujuan is skirting the coast of Japan and despite avoiding a direct landfall, is still expected to leave its mark. Dujuan briefly reached typhoon status on Friday before weakening to a tropical storm again on Sunday morning. But it is expected to restrengthen back to a typhoon by Tuesday morning. Sustained winds could reach 80mph (129km/h), with gusts approaching 100mph.Although mainland Japan has avoided a direct hit, Dujuan’s track takes it across the Izu Islands, where evacuation warnings are in place. Heavy rain, flooding and landslide alerts are widespread, with high waves adding another threat to exposed coastal areas and islands. Continue reading...
A projectile hits a tanker as it enters the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments
The British military says an “unknown projectile” struck a tanker as it entered the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. and China open communication line over alarming AI incidents
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. and China are speaking directly about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Google hit with $463 million fine for EU location data rule breach
Google has been fined 403 million euros for breaching the EU's privacy rules by mishandling users' location data
Britain’s Burnham is set to meet Trump for the first time at the UN in New York
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time
Iran says it has new weapons, threatens to 'change the geography of the war' if Trump orders attacks
Iran possesses new weapons capable of expanding "the geography of the war" with the U.S., a top Iranian general warned Monday as President Trump weighs whether to resume attacks against Iran and escalate America's involvement in a widening Middle East conflict.
Poisoning suspected in deaths of 10 lions in Tanzania conservation area
Authorities in northern Tanzania suspect poison may have caused the deaths of 10 lions inside a protected conservation area and UNESCO World Heritage site
What's next for Germany's chancellor after a string of state election defeats
Friedrich Merz says he intends to stay on as the leader of Germany and his party after a string of state election defeats
Explosion injures 3 South Korean military officers in border area with North Korea
An explosion has injured three South Korean military officers inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millionsNo one would tell the shackled detainees onboard the US immigration plane where they were going. The officers in charge would taunt them when they asked, they said. It was only when the seat-back video screens finally showed a map that the 18 migrants worked it out. Continue reading...
