Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
The Guardian •

Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England

Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supplyLess than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought.Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, w...

Australia news live: Anthony Albanese extends ‘deepest condolences’ to Nepal’s PM after deadly floods; total fire ban for greater Sydney on Saturday
The Guardian •

Australia news live: Anthony Albanese extends ‘deepest condolences’ to Nepal’s PM after deadly floods; total fire ban for greater Sydney on Saturday

Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members of the Nepali Australian community later today.Every person who’s been rescued or found is a relief to their family and to the broader Australian community. But of course, we still have 36 Australians who are missing ...

Snow in Malaysia? Viral highway fun dampened by soapy truth

Snow in Malaysia? Viral highway fun dampened by soapy truth

SCMP •

A “wintry wonderland” on a highway in tropical Malaysia left motorists awestruck – until a police revelation melted away the viral moment and turned it into a road safety warning. Social media videos showed thick white foam carpeting several lanes of the Shah Alam Expressway as vehicles drove through the “snowy” route. The spectacle was extremely unusual in Malaysia, where there is no traditional ...

Play, deport, repeat: Trump launches arcade-style immigration games

Play, deport, repeat: Trump launches arcade-style immigration games

Times of India •

The White House has introduced online games with a "MAGA" theme to promote immigration policies. Players can engage in activities like deporting migrants and building a border wall. One game, Rio Run, features a border official chasing migrants along the Rio Grande. Another game, Build the Wall, involves stacking blocks to construct a border barrier. These games aim to communicate administration p...

Australia news live: five hospitalised after forklift fire in Brisbane; ex-rail boss in Victoria jailed over corrupt contracts

Australia news live: five hospitalised after forklift fire in Brisbane; ex-rail boss in Victoria jailed over corrupt contracts

The Guardian •

Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members of the Nepali Australian community later today.Every person who’s been rescued or found is a relief to their family and to the broader Australian community. But of course, we still have 36 Australians who are missing ...

White House video games depict migrant captures, building border wall

White House video games depict migrant captures, building border wall

SCMP •

US President Donald Trump’s White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games - but with a “Maga” twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration steps up its mass arrest and deportation programme for undocumented migrants. One game called Rio Run -...

White House video games simulate migrant captures, building border wall

White House video games simulate migrant captures, building border wall

SCMP •

US President Donald Trump’s White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games - but with a “Maga” twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration steps up its mass arrest and deportation programme for undocumented migrants. One game called Rio Run -...

White House launches video games depicting migrant arrests and border walls

White House launches video games depicting migrant arrests and border walls

SCMP •

US President Donald Trump’s White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games - but with a “Maga” twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration steps up its mass arrest and deportation programme for undocumented migrants. One game called Rio Run -...

Workers say AI makes them look more skilled than they are, study finds

Euronews •

A survey of nearly 10,000 employees across Europe and the Americas has found that most believe AI flatters their professional reputation, with 64% admitting they have used it to complete work they could not have done alone, raising an awkward question for managers deciding who to promote.

'Pragmatic international relations': Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat'

'Pragmatic international relations': Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat'

France 24 •

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Alana Moceri, International Relations Professor at IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs. The migrant crossings at Ceuta have become both a domestic and international political lightning rod. At home, Pedro Sánchez faces opponents who can cast migration in existential terms, with Spain's far right amplifying the rhetoric of "invasion." Internation...

'Pragmatic international relations: Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat'

'Pragmatic international relations: Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat'

France 24 •

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Alana Moceri, International Relations Professor at IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs. She sees the Ceuta migrant crossings as a both a domestic and international crisis. The scale and speed of the crossings point toward what she calls a form of "deliberate permissiveness" at the border and Pedro Sánchez's restrained response is understood less...

Two trapped hydropower workers rescued from mud-clogged tunnel in Nepal

Two trapped hydropower workers rescued from mud-clogged tunnel in Nepal

France 24 •

Rescue teams on Friday pulled two hydropower workers free from a tunnel blocked by mud and debris during the massive flood that swept through Nepal in late August. Officials believe that hundreds of workers remain trapped in tunnels connected to hydropower projects throughout the remote Himalayan region.

Body of war criminal Mladic returns to Serbia with military honours

Body of war criminal Mladic returns to Serbia with military honours

SCMP •

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic’s body arrived in Serbia Thursday, where it was received with military honours. The casket, draped in the Serbian flag, was carried from the plane by six soldiers after arriving from The Hague, accompanied by Mladic’s son Darko and Serbia’s Justice Minister Nenad Vujic. The body was then driven from the airport under police escort, reportedly to a Belgrade mi...

President Javier Milei says ‘winds of change’ support Argentina’s claim to Falkland Islands

President Javier Milei says ‘winds of change’ support Argentina’s claim to Falkland Islands

The Guardian •

President cites Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might reconsider US support for British sovereignty, and threatens swifter sanctions on British oil interestsPresident Javier Milei has said “winds of change favourable” to Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands were “blowing around the world” in a televised address, citing signs that Donald Trump might reconsider the US position on the islands’...

Europe calls out Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ in public. But how can it make Putin pay?

Europe calls out Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ in public. But how can it make Putin pay?

The Guardian •

Governments now moving faster to impose costs on Moscow for its increasing attacks over support for UkraineRussia’s suspected sabotage campaign across Europe appears to be gathering pace again, confronting governments with a problem they have struggled to solve since the start of the war in Ukraine: how to impose a meaningful cost on Moscow for attacks that remain deliberately below the threshold ...

Europe weighs solutions to curtail Russia’s growing hybrid warfare

Europe weighs solutions to curtail Russia’s growing hybrid warfare

The Guardian •

Governments now moving faster to impose costs on Moscow for its increasing attacks over support for UkraineRussia’s suspected sabotage campaign across Europe appears to be gathering pace again, confronting governments with a problem they have struggled to solve since the start of the war in Ukraine: how to impose a meaningful cost on Moscow for attacks that remain deliberately below the threshold ...