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- Probe Says Russian Military Hackers Target Romanian Surveillance Cameras To Track Ukraine Aidon May 23, 2025 at 11:59 am
Russian military intelligence (GRU) has targeted thousands of surveillance cameras across Romania and other NATO countries bordering Ukraine in an attempt to monitor the flow of military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, according to an investigation involving the US and several European nations.
- Trump threatens 50% EU tariff from June 1on May 23, 2025
Stock markets in Europe and the United States all plummeted on Friday after the US president announced that trade talks 'are going nowhere' and was recommending 'a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1.'
- MoneyWeek Readers' Choice Awards Winners – 2025on May 23, 2025
The MoneyWeek Readers' Choice Awards 2025 celebrate the products and services that help you make, keep and spend your […]
- Republican Calls for Gaza to Be “Nuked” Like Hiroshima and Nagasakiby Sharon Zhang on May 22, 2025 at 9:07 pm
Rep. Randy Fine said “the Palestinian cause” is “evil” in stunning remarks on Fox.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
In yet another challenge to press freedom in Hong Kong, government authorities have targeted numerous independent media outlets with simultaneous tax audits. Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) Selina Cheng shared the news in a press conference on Wednesday. The Hong Kong Free [...]
Last week, Beijing hosted the fourth China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum. While this triennial gathering was described as a ministerial-level meeting, the presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and Chile attended, showing their commitment to deepen ties with China. In the backdrop were [...]
The massive success of Ne Zha 2, boosted by patriotic group-buys and shielded by censors, buoyed a series of triumphal state media headlines earlier this year. Box office takings for the year to date were indeed up substantially from 2024, but this was a relatively [...]
Researchers from the censorship monitoring platform Great Firewall Report (GFW Report) published an investigation last week that “sounds the alarm” about the emergence of regional online censorship in China. They noted that in August 2023, netizens in Henan began reporting an uptick in inaccessible websites [...]
Government censorship in China has increasingly targeted books, bookstores, and publishers. Last fall, over a dozen bookstores were shuttered or targeted for closure, generating a chilling effect on China’s publishing industry. Last April, an online repository of pirated ebooks closed its WeChat account under mounting [...]
The recent “4+4” scandal, which started with the public exposure of one doctor’s extramarital affairs and medical malpractice, has morphed into a broader societal discussion about medical and personal ethics, research fraud, “returnee” students, intergenerational privilege, nepotism, and more. The themes of privilege and nepotism [...]
Xiangqi, Beijing, 20250320, by Gilbert Sopakuwa (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
At Project Sinopsis, Ansel Li examines how many young Chinese are seeking solace in mystical crystals and spirituality-based scams. Superstitious elements have blended with livestream- and app-driven hyperconsumerism; Li even attributes a substantial slice of homegrown AI champion DeepSeek’s public adoption to demand for AI-generated [...]
Self-driving cars which eliminate traffic jams, getting a healthcare diagnosis instantly without leaving your home, or feeling the touch of loved ones based across the continent may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But new research could make all this and more a step [...]
For the nearly 30 percent of major depressive disorder patients who are resistant to treatment, ketamine provides some amount of normalcy, but it requires frequent treatment and can have side effects. Researchers now show in proof-of-concept experiments that it may be possible to extend ketamine's [...]
As the US national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study is challenging conventional wisdom about 'brain drain'--the idea that when skilled workers emigrate from developing countries, their home economies suffer. [...]
Research reveals that for C. elegans worms, the presence of dead members of their species has profound behavioral and physiological effects, leading them to more quickly reproduce and shortening their lifespans. [...]
New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast. [...]
Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it gained and lost genes in the process. [...]
Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big. [...]
Engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation. [...]
The UK, France and Canada condemned the expanded Israeli military operation in Gaza this week. [...]
The attack is being investigated as a hate crime and could lead to the death penalty, prosecutors say. [...]
Yaron Lischinsky bought engagement ring days before he and girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were killed in Washington, ambassador says. [...]
BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack. [...]
The aid, including flour and baby food, was picked up three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade. [...]
Parents say children are having to drink unsafe and salty water, as fuel shortages threaten desalination and hygiene facilities. [...]
The UN agency says Israeli ground operations and evacuation orders are putting hospitals out of service or making them inaccessible. [...]
Protesters were seen in videos calling for an end to the war and the removal of the armed group from Gaza [...]
In El Salvador, human rights violations extend beyond the country’s notorious prisons. [...]
Turning Taiwan into a porcupine will be essential for staving off a Chinese attack. [...]
The Israeli leader is facing growing pressure, even from Trump, over his prosecution of the Gaza war. [...]
The Iranian foreign minister dangles U.S. investment in reactors as a win-win. [...]
Incidents of antisemitism have skyrocketed since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October 2023. [...]
New Latin American lending raises more questions than answers. [...]
Due to strategic myopia, New Delhi faces a potential crisis on another border. [...]
Sidelined by Trump and facing a business backlash, the world’s richest man plots his next steps. [...]
[allAfrica] Too often, women are seen as indirect victims. But they are direct targets of bombs and missiles. [...]
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[MSF] Gambella Region -- As violence intensifies across the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to relocate our medical services from the border town of Burbeiye to Mattar, in Ethiopia. This move corresponds with a mass displacement of South Sudanese refugees, who [...]
[RFI] Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate has overwhelmingly voted to strip former president Joseph Kabila of his honorific immunity. It follows accusations he backed the M23 rebel group which has seized land in the mineral-rich east of the country with Rwandan support. [...]
[RFI] An agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the United Kingdom back to Mauritius has been cleared by a British court, after being blocked by a last-minute injunction, prompted by a legal challenge from exiled islanders. [...]
[Premium Times] The Ivy League university, however, denounced the allegations, describing them as retaliatory action that threatens its community. [...]
[FPRI] The West African geopolitical landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) inability to effectively address the region's political and security challenges has eroded faith in its vision. The institution has lost its legendary prestige in the eyes [...]