Spain denies power grid ‘experiment’ caused giant blackout (Photo: AP) Spain’s government on Wednesday denied a press report that an “experiment” on the national power grid caused a huge blackout that crippled the Iberian Peninsula one month ago.Authorities have been scrambling to find answers after the April 28 outage cut telecommunications, halted transport and plunged […]
Donald Trump’s use of the nickname “Pocahontas” to refer Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t new, but it’s making headlines again. On May 28, 2025, President Trump’s advisor David Sacks reignited the controversy by claiming Warren controlled former President Joe Biden’s autopen, suggesting she had significant influence in his administration. The remark, widely seen as another swipe […]
Last week, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a major tax and spending package championed by President Donald Trump. Dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” by Trump himself, the legislation combines multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks with a significant boost to defence spending and funding for mass deportations.But one of Trump’s most prominent backers, Elon Musk, is […]
Beyond Trump’s film tariffs: Is Hollywood really in decline? (Image credit: AP) When Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on any film “produced in foreign lands,” a globalized US film industry began to panic.Shares in major production companies like Netflix and Disney immediately fell due to an assumed rise in costs when […]
German court dismisses climate case against RWE (Photo: AP) In a decision that has been ten years in the making, judges in the western German city of Hamm have thrown out the case of a Peruvian farmer seeking damages from energy giant RWE for the risk of flooding connected to melting glaciers.Delivering its verdict in […]
Netanyahu faces mounting international doubts over Gaza war (Photo: PTI) After more than 18 months of war in Gaza, international patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be wearing thin. Most notably, close allies like Germany and the United States have seen a shift in rhetoric that challenges Israel’s long-standing diplomatic insulation. Growing […]
UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5 degrees Celsius in next 4 years (Photo: AFP) The United Nations warned on Wednesday that there is a 70 per cent chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 would exceed the 1.5 degrees celsius international benchmark.The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels […]
EU hardens tone on Israel, but will it make a difference? (Representative AI image) With reports of acute suffering in Gaza flooding the airwaves, EU leaders have toughened their tone on Israel, but the bloc will need to bridge deep divisions to move from rhetoric to a real-world impact on the conflict.The shift has been […]
Gunfire at a new Gaza aid distribution hub leave 1 dead and 48 injured (Photo: AP) Gaza’s health ministry said on Wednesday that at least one Palestinian was killed and 48 were wounded when gunshots were fired on a crowd that overran a new aid distribution site in the war-battered enclave that was set up […]
Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani (Image credit: X/Antonio Tajani) Italy’s foreign minister on Wednesday again urged Israel to stop its strikes on Gaza, while warning that expelling Palestinians from the territory “is not and never will be an acceptable option”.“The legitimate reaction of the Israeli government to a terrible and senseless terrorist act has unfortunately […]
