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Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families. Source link
Whoever wins faces the daunting task of feeding the West African country’s poor and navigating the interests of global powers seeking critical minerals, analysts say. Source link
Indonesia is building a new, green city in the jungle. Its future is far from certain, but new residents like living there. Source link
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Apple has released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers actively exploited in highly targeted attacks. The company described the activity as an “extremely sophisticated attack” aimed at specific individuals. Although Apple did not identify the attackers or victims, the limited scope strongly suggests spyware-style operations rather than widespread cybercrime.Both flaws affect WebKit, the browser engine behind Safari and all browsers on iOS. As a result, the risk is significant. In some cases, simply visiting a malicious webpage may be enough to trigger an attack.Below, we break down what these…
Italian police have arrested nine people accused of raising around €7m (£6m) for Hamas over more than two years.The money was ostensibly collected as humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, a police statement said, but was instead sent to the militant group via a “complex fundraising system”.Alongside the arrests, police say they have seized more than €8m (£7m) in assets as part of the investigation. Police say the suspects are “specifically accused of carrying out financing operations believed to have contributed to terrorist activities”.The arrests were made as part of a joint initiative between Italy’s counter-terror police and financial police.The investigation…
The Saudis ramped up their rhetoric against a faction that has seized parts of Yemen in recent weeks. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! DoorDash wants to help you decide where to eat, not just how your food arrives. The company has launched Zesty, a new artificial intelligence-powered social app built to make finding local restaurants faster and easier. Zesty is now in public testing in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York. Instead of scrolling through endless reviews, menus and social videos, the app lets you ask an AI chatbot for recommendations in plain language.Think of it as a digital concierge for food discovery.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent…
Four hikers who went missing on Christmas Day have been found dead after being buried by an avalanche in the snow-covered Vardousia Mountains in Greece.The bodies of three men and a woman were found on Friday evening after a large-scale search in the mountainous region of Fokida, according to Greek state broadcaster ERT.Fire service teams located the bodies partially covered by snow on a steep and inaccessible slope near the summit of Korakas peak, at an altitude of about 2,000m (6,561ft). Rescue officials said the group was swept away by an avalanche.Authorities said the hikers had begun their ascent in…
The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has a major exhibition of 164 works from around the world depicting winter and the place of people and animals within it. Source link
A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions among the great powers. Source link
When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands. Source link
Adam GoldsmithandTiffany WertheimerReutersA house was hit in Kyiv during a Russian aerial assault on the capitalPolish fighter jets have been scrambled on its border with Ukraine, after the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was hit by Russian missiles and drones overnight.Poland’s military said its air force took a “preventative” response to secure its airspace, after at least one person was killed and 28 others were injured in Kyiv, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.As the fighting continues, so does the work to get a peace deal that all sides can agree to. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet Donald Trump in…
A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections. Source link
Amid a ruinous civil war, the military government is holding elections that are widely seen as a sham, as the main opposition remains barred or jailed. Source link
QTS’s data center in Cambois, North East of EnglandWhen the U.K. announced its AI Opportunities Action Plan — a grand blueprint to deploy the tech across society — in January, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the strategy would make the country an “AI superpower.” One of the key pillars of this plan was a rapid buildout of data centres capable of providing the huge compute requirements for the rollout of AI. This would be driven by “AI growth zones” — designated areas with relaxed planning permission and improved access to power. Nearly one year on, and Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google have all…
Europe stands at a crossroads: compete meaningfully in the AI race or stick to its world-leading climate goals. “It’s like a fork in the road moment for Europe,” Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives told CNBC. The bloc can either “play in the future” or risk “missing a big part of this technology wave.”The dilemma is compounded by the region’s mandates for green energy. Globally, energy is the biggest bottleneck for building out AI-related data center projects. While the U.S. fires up fossil-fuel plants to power its build-out, Europe requires developers to disclose energy and water efficiency measures, adding red tape that can slow project…
According to a note to correspondents issued by UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, the incident occurred as a patrol of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was inspecting a roadblock in the village of Bastarra in southern Lebanon.The Blue Line, set by the United Nations, stretches for approximately 120 kilometres along Lebanon’s southern frontier and serves as a “line of withdrawal” to confirm Israel’s withdrawal from the south of Lebanon.In a separate incident on the same day, another UNIFIL patrol reported machine gunfire from south of the Blue Line in immediate proximity to its position near the village of Kfar…
The 72-hour cease-fire could pave the way for an end to the fighting, which has killed dozens and displaced thousands over nearly three weeks. Source link
Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze. Source link
She was the first to crawl, the first to cut a tooth, the first to recognize her name, and the last to die. And, like her sisters, she resented being exploited as part of a global sensation. Source link
The appeal follows a peace initiative presented by Sudan’s Transitional Prime Minister during a Security Council meeting earlier this week.UN Secretary-General António Guterres “takes note of the peace initiative”, his spokesperson said on Friday, stressing that “the pursuit of lasting and inclusive peace is essential as the conflict enters a new year.”He called on the parties to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities and work toward a lasting ceasefire that preserves Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity, urging Sudanese actors to “prioritise compromise and articulate a shared vision for a civilian-led transition.”The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, remains…
At least eight people were killed and 18 injured in the explosion at the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque – a place of worship of the minority Alawite community – in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood. Syria has been on the path to political transition since the overthrow of the Assad regime last December but continues to face sectarian and other violence. A group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunna has claimed responsibility, according to media reports. Call for justice “The Secretary-General reiterates that attacks against civilians and places of worship are unacceptable. He stresses that those responsible must be identified and brought to justice,” the statement said. He also “takes note that the Syrian authorities have condemned the attack and reaffirmed…
The UN agency has revealed shocking figures related to attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, stressing that the country is recording the largest percentage of global deaths linked to the targeting of the health sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki from UN News, Shible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan, explains the severity of the situation, and how the organisation is supporting the health authorities and the country’s citizens.Shible Sahbani: The war started in April 2023, which means that, in just a few days, it will have been going on for 1,000 days. In that…
