EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but without using Russian assets | BBC News
European Union leaders have struck a deal to give Ukraine a €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) loan after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets. The agreement, which leaders said would meet Ukraine’s military and economic needs for the next two years, came after more than a day of talks atContinue Reading
Greece rescues 545 migrants off Gavdos as Libya route sees surge in crossings
Greek authorities rescued 545 migrants from a vessel off Gavdos Friday, one of the largest recent operations as arrivals from Libya continue to rise sharply.Continue Reading
Bulgarian protests continue, citizens demand end to corruption and fair judiciary
Bulgarian protesters continue to demand political change and an end to corruption despite the government’s resignation. The eurozone transition adds pressure to the situation.Continue Reading
RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants
As RFK Jr. continues to dismantle public health in this country policy brick by policy brick, there have fortunately been some consistent sources of sanity for the public to turn to. One of those sources has been the American Academy of Pediatrics, an important organization that provides guidance and dispensesContinue Reading
US strikes on narcoboats kill five more in Pacific amid mounting Venezuela tensions
US forces killed five in narcoboat strikes Thursday, bringing the total deaths to 104 since September, following the US president’s order to blockade sanctioned Venezuelan tankers in further escalation of tensions with Venezuela., Read MoreContinue Reading
AI chatbots share climate conspiracies, denial and disinformation
Investigators tested popular AI chatbots – ChatGPT, MetaAI and Grok – to see whether they provided climate disinformation, and whether they were more inclined to provide climate disinfo to users with conspiratorial beliefs than those without.Language around the recent COP30 climate talks put forward by Grok – the chatbot ofContinue Reading
Brown University gunman found dead, suspect in MIT professor’s murder | REUTERS
The suspect in the Brown University mass shooting, identified as Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, and tied him to the murder of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro near Boston. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #brownuniversity #massshootings #usa Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4qdBgnl 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeContinue Reading
The Age of Water: How radioactivity is costing lives in a Mexican town
After three girls die of cancer in a town in Mexico, a group of mothers and a scientist investigate the water supply., After three girls die of cancer in a town in Mexico, a group of mothers and a scientist investigate the water supply. When three young girls die fromContinue Reading
Gaza’s tech workers code from rubble as Israel’s war destroys digital life
Gaza’s coders and technicians battle to keep enclave online amid Israeli infrastructure destruction., In a territory where 81 percent of buildings lie damaged or destroyed, a small community of young Palestinians is fighting to preserve what remains of Gaza’s digital world. Coders, repair technicians and freelance workers are labouring underContinue Reading
UK retail sales drop unexpectedly as economy struggles
Volumes edged down src.1% in November, reflecting subdued mood among consumers…Continue Reading
FACT CHECK: Marcos not resigning, video twists podcast remarks
Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will resign as president of the Philippines. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A YouTube channel with 283,000 subscribers posted the claim on December 11. The thumbnail of the nine-minute video — which shows cut-out images of Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte with aContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Quote cards on Duterte interim release denial cites fake ICC judge
Claim: A judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) named Aishau Spede Adeyemi expressed his dismay at the denial of the interim release bid of former president Rodrigo Duterte, as stated in quote cards circulating online. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The quote cards can be found in postsContinue Reading