African Union mission in Somalia in question after US funding to end
This week several African nations are meeting in Kampala to discuss the future of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The US announced it will withdraw its funding from the mission which has the objective of fighting…
Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to ‘rapidly’ making deal
Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran subject to «rapidly» striking a deal with the country. In a post on Truth Social, the US president wrote that he had decided to «cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL»…
France: Major Gironde wildfire contained
In France, the wildfire in Gironde has now been contained, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, meaning the flames are no longer spreading. Around 42,000 hectares have been burned over the past nine days. Keywords for this article Fuente: Leer…
How Spain’s migrant crisis created a political storm – whipped up by social media
Italy is not the only country to see Spain as soft on migration, though. Meloni’s call for an urgent meeting of interior ministers to be held on Tuesday was signed by almost two dozen EU heads of state, calling for the elimination of all policies…
European football body declares no confidence in FIFA’s Infantino after World Cup sell-off plan
Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino ’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global football politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending…
‘We are not lonely’: Solitude as a new aspirational lifestyle
It’s a Friday night. A young woman trudges back to her apartment after a day of work. She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven. What follows is a nightly routine that is…
Scientists study Greenland’s melting ice
A scientific expedition is underway in Greenland to study the island’s rapidly melting ice. A team of researchers will spend six weeks investigating whether the loss of glaciers could disrupt a major Atlantic Ocean current system, potentially affecting…
Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe
The Natland case illustrates how the VaaS system works. Natland is the son of two journalists in Stavanger and had a comfortable upbringing, but he drifted into drugs and developed psychosis, ending up spending time in rehab and a short period in a…
Ceuta enclave «almost» back to normal after migrant influx
Almost all of the migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta had left by Saturday, according to officials. An estimated 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco over just a few days, with at least 67 people losing their lives in the…
How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight fire
Back at Yebra’s centre, the team’s work is particularly timely with weather forecasters predicting a super El Nino this summer – which could increase the probability of extreme heat, drought and bushfires. «Our next fire season is…