How Germany is training medical staff to fight Ebola
With 9,000 infections and 4,000 deaths, Ebola continues to spread in eastern DR Congo. German experts are training local healthcare workers to treat patients safely and contain the virus.
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EU's methane rules face one-year delay, sparking environmental backlash
Environmentalists warn that delaying EU methane rules will do little to lower energy prices, accusing Brussels of using energy security and competitiveness to justify weakening the Green Deal.
EU's methane rules face two-year delay, sparking environmental backlash
Environmentalists warn that delaying EU methane rules will do little to lower energy prices, accusing Brussels of using energy security and competitiveness to justify weakening the Green Deal.
Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis | First Thing
Vatican says operation on US-born head of Roman Catholic church was ‘successful’. Plus, after six decades in the US, Joni Mitchell has become a citizenDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. Pope Leo XIV, the head of the 1.4 billion-strong Roman Catholic church, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The Vatican made the announcement after Leo, 71, the first US-born le...
First Thing: Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis
Vatican says operation on US-born head of Roman Catholic church was ‘successful’. Plus, after six decades in the US, Joni Mitchell has become a citizenGood morning. Pope Leo XIV, the head of the 1.4 billion-strong Roman Catholic church, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The Vatican made the announcement after Leo, 71, the first US-born leader to assume the role, underwent an operation and had t...
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Albanian students clash with police as they protest over education and jobs
Albanian students clash with police as they protest education costs, poor university conditions and bleak job prospects.
Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research
Pledge spanning five years from world’s most valuable firm comes as concerns about AI agents have risenThe $5.5tn (£4.1tn) US chipmaker Nvidia is donating $250m worth of computing power to the UK to support AI safety research.The donation from the world’s most valuable company comes as the UK government confirmed its AI Security Institute, which tests advance AI models, will be able to examine cut...
Pope Leo slept well after cancer surgery, but recovery could take ‘longer than expected’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from cancer surgery could take “longer than expected,” the president of Peru warned Wednesday, as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church continued to mend at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
Pope Leo spends a peaceful night in the hospital after cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV spent a calm night in the hospital after successful surgery that saw part of his right lung removed and a confirmed cancer diagnosis, the Vatican said early Wednesday.
Israeli air strike kills Palestinian woman in Gaza City
The woman's young daughter was rescued from a large fire inside the apartment, caused by the attack.
Climate change is putting Europe’s brain health at risk
Rising temperatures, poor air quality and the spread of infectious diseases could increase the burden of neurological disorders, with the most vulnerable communities facing the greatest risks.
Trump heads to rallies in Arizona and Montana after campaign stop-off in Alaska – US politics live
Trump has taken to campaigning in conservative-leaning parts of competitive states, rather than in more politically diverse areasHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump will attend campaign rallies in Arizona and Montana later today, having spent the past 24 hours in Alaska – a sign of his party’s recent polling woes.In Alaska, Donald Trump repeated his false claim that he had...
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US holds ‘unusual’ civil-military meeting in Tokyo ahead of Trump’s China trip
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific g...
‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams
Congress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammerMary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that cost her almost $100,000.“There was a lot of conversation, and then it started with the constant contact, pressure an...
'Super-Earths' might be better than our planet. But are they reachable?
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 14: Portuguese papers are discussing the country's housing problems. Next: in Germany, a humanoid robot has sexually assaulted a teenage girl. In science news, there might be planets more habitable than Earth out there. Finally, Cosmopolitan helps us find out if we are dating a loser.
Bali tipping row: call for Indonesian tourists to pay up triggers backlash
A debate over tipping culture has erupted across the Indonesian resort island of Bali and beyond, triggered by a politician’s unfavourable comparison of domestic and foreign tourists. In a social media video, I Gusti Arya Wedakarna urged domestic tourists to “normalise giving tips in touristy places”, which he said was part of the island’s “ethics”. “Perhaps that’s the psychological reason why Bal...
A new night train will launch between Hamburg and Munich in March 2027
Nox Mobility’s first night train will link Hamburg and Munich via Bremen and Augsburg, with individual private ‘suites’ for all passengers.
How a radio glitch triggered a false hijack alert in Germany
Authorities scrambled fighter jets to escort a plane from Corfu to Nuremberg after a pilot sent a hijack alert.
Nigel Farage says charities that help asylum seekers get to UK should be prosecuted
Reform leader did not say who should be targeted but party figures have been critical of small boat rescues by RNLICharities and volunteers who help asylum seekers get to the UK should face potential criminal prosecution, Nigel Farage has said in an interview with a rightwing US podcaster.While the Reform UK leader did not specify which organisations should be targeted, he and other senior Reform ...
Portuguese parliament backs extension of parental leave: what changes?
The new legal framework, arising from a joint proposal by PS and PSD, will give parents a more favourable regime than the one currently in force.
A bear with a taste for honey: Winnie the Pooh turns 100
The world's most famous and very greedy bear is celebrating his centenary this year. Winnie the Pooh made his debut in a story called "The Wrong Kind of Bees" in the London Evening News. The first collection of stories, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, was published as a book on October 14, 1926.
Ukrainian ex-officer stands trial in Germany over Nord Stream bombing
A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from the biggest source of Russian natural gas. The suspect, identified under German privacy rules only as Serhii K., is accused of leading a group of Ukrainian agents including divers and an explosi...
Nearly 1 in 3 unattended dogs captured in Hong Kong euthanised this year
Roughly one in three unattended dogs captured by Hong Kong authorities had been euthanised as of May this year, a sharp rise from 18 per cent in 2021, according to the latest legislative documents. The proportion of captured unattended dogs later reclaimed by their owners or transferred to animal welfare groups for rehoming has also fallen over the past five years, the Environment and Ecology Bure...
Spanish royals make sensitive official visit to sensitive Ceuta enclave
Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags filled Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia made a diplomatically sensitive visit to the city following July's migrant influx from Morocco. Their trip is the first royal visit since 2007, when a diplomatic crisis erupted with neighbouring Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain's other North African territory of Melilla.
Russell Brand was ‘ruthless and calculated’, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins – live
Russell Brand back in Southwark crown court today where his rape and sexual assault trial beginsThe prosecution cited remarks made by Brand’s friends during the early years of his career, including one who described the comedian as someone who “was rampant in his desire to have sex”.Another friend, speaking about Brand before he found fame, described him as “very impulsive. His impulsivity led him...
Russian strikes leave 600,000 without power in Ukraine, as Starlink restrictions affect front line
Critical energy infrastructure is hit, as Ukraine says speed restrictions of Elon Musk's Starlink are disrupting battlefield missions.