LIVE: Russia votes in parliamentary election
Russians began voting in a three-day parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for the war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. #russia #russiaelection #putin #ukraine #moscow #russiaukrainewar #live #Reuters #NewsContinue Reading
EU pledges €3.3 billion for Ukraine, von der Leyen says “more is coming” as Russia’s escalating air war makes life in Ukrainian cities increasingly difficult
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe will provide Ukraine with another €3.3 billion for missiles and drones as Russia intensifies attacks on Kyiv and seeks to make daily life in Ukraine’s cities impossible. Ukraine has repeatedly appealed to its partners for more air defense as Russia developsContinue Reading
Russia’s war has devastated Donetsk Oblast, with losses already exceeding $26 billion
Donetsk Oblast’s preliminary economic losses from Russia’s full-scale invasion exceeded 1.08 trillion hryvnias ($26 billion) as of 1 August 2026, according to data provided by the Donetsk Regional Military Administration to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realities project. Donetsk Oblast has been at the center of Russia’s war against Ukraine sinceContinue Reading
‘My children did not attack Iran’: 2bn South Asians suffer from distant war
A quarter of the world’s population faces a surging cost of living crisis because of the wars in the Middle East., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal are together home to nearly two billion people, about 23 percent of the world’s population. Even before the war on Iran, the region dependedContinue Reading
Israel is killing the people who could end its wars
From Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, assassinations have repeatedly removed figures capable of negotiating an end to conflict., In international politics, it is often assumed that wars end when the fighting becomes unbearable and the parties turn to diplomacy. But diplomacy requires interlocutors — figures with the standing to negotiateContinue Reading
Miracle-wm v0.11 gains a fancy new overview mode
Miracle-wm v0.11.0 gains a fancy new overview mode inspired by GNOME Shell. For those unfamiliar with miracle-wm, it’s a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, created to be a “hackable and flashy” alternative to other tiling WMs, like hyprland and sway. The overview mode gives users anContinue Reading
5 internet-improving Chrome extensions worth trying on Android
Browsing the web on Android sure ain’t what it used to be. Earlier this week, we talked about how the Vivaldi web browser is bringing support for Chrome extensions to Android. Vivaldi has the same Chromium code foundation as Chrome but with lots of extra features and options. I’ve beenContinue Reading
Troye Sivan samples Madonna and eats cake in raunchy ‘Party’ video
Troye Sivan has left fans agog after sampling a Madonna classic and getting involved in some raunchy renaissance antics on his brand new single “Party”. The Australian pop star, 30, released the breathless dance track on Thursday (17 September), complete with one of the stand-out music videos of the year,Continue Reading
NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in FloridaContinue Reading
The moon’s new crater is 728 feet wide and a once-in-a-century find
This side-view image of McGetchin crater encompasses an area about 1.5 miles wide. Credit: NASA The moon may look desolate and calm, but a lot happens on that dusty landscape. With zero atmosphere, space rocks of all sizes regularly bombard the lunar surface. Most of the debris is microscopic, but astronomers estimate around 140 coffeeContinue Reading
Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions
As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat of rock-ice avalanches and other glacial hazards grows., Read MoreContinue Reading
Heavy rain and floods in northern Vietnam submerge homes and disrupt economy
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of northern Vietnam on Thursday, disrupting travel, inundating homes and pushing several rivers above dangerous levels, authorities and state media said. Rain has fallen across northern and north-central Vietnam this week, with some areas receiving more than 5src centimeters (19.7 inches…Continue Reading
Illinois residents file claims against DHS over excessive force, rights violations in Operation Midway Blitz
A lawyer for the residents said they, “all had their civil rights violated by masked federal agents, and were unlawfully detained.”Continue Reading