Turkish Airlines drops Luanda as Angola’s new airport struggles
The Istanbul carrier permanently axed Luanda, along with four other African routes, becoming the latest international airline to exit the Angolan capital since its new airport opened in 2023. The facility was built for 15 million annual passengers but handled fewer than 800,000 in 2025.Continue Reading
Iran seizes assets of 240 dissidents and journalists as protest arrests top 6,000
The judiciary froze 182 bank accounts and confiscated property belonging to journalists, activists and public figures accused of acting in favour of “hostile governments”. Tehran has executed at least 532 people since January, including 29 linked to the protests.Continue Reading
The Traitor’s Fraudulent War on Fraud
I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection for fifteen years. I have a hard time taking the administration’s campaign against fraud very seriously.Continue Reading
Embroidering to Survive
What was once a hobby passed down by her mother has become a thirty-five-year-old Palestinian woman’s main income.Continue Reading
Statement: don’t trust the AI bros. But take the danger of AI seriously.
AI “doomerism” is going mainstream. This week the heads of major frontier AI companies ratcheted up their rhetoric about how dangerous the technology they are building is, calling for a “pause” on AI development.Digital rights group Fight for the Future, which has run many of the highest profile campaigns againstContinue Reading
Sudan aid networks at risk of collapse, UN agencies warn
Without immediate donations, shelter and aid relief supplies could be depleted by the end of the month, says IOM., Without immediate donations, shelter and aid relief supplies could be depleted by the end of the month, says IOM, as civilians continue to bear the brunt of attacks. Sudan’s aid networkContinue Reading
Funerals for children killed after fire spreads to school in DR Congo
Memorial services were held for at least 28 children who were killed after a fire spread to their school in DR Congo., Funerals for children killed after fire spreads to school in DR Congo NewsFeed Memorial services were held for at least 28 children who were killed after a fireContinue Reading
‘Racist’ Transformers-inspired DHS campaign sparks outrage over AI imagery
The image, made to look like a movie poster for “Transformers,” urged the man to self-deport. The agency later deleted it., Read MoreContinue Reading
Oil prices surge after Middle East attacks; The Traitor downplays need for AI guardrails
Plus, The Traitor insists $5,000 checks will happen as Johnson says they need congressional approval. And a second federal judge blocks The Traitor’s mail ballot order.Continue Reading
The Traitor doubles down on $5K checks as Johnson says Congress must approve
The Traitor previously announced the checks at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas and is now insisting they will happen.Continue Reading
Crocodiles are famous for finding their way home. These ones didn’t
Captive-raised saltwater crocodiles released into Bangladesh’s Sundarbans surprised scientists by settling into the wild rather than trying to return to their breeding facility. The result suggests that releasing larger, mature captive crocodiles could help restore depleted populations more successfully than relying only on vulnerable hatchlings., Read MoreContinue Reading
Moment a Russian drone strikes a train by the Ukraine-Poland border
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials — including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden — passed through, Ukraine’s state rail operator said. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisersContinue Reading