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For much of the war, Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv followed a particular rhythm; they almost always came at night. The warnings would begin on monitoring channels on Telegram in the late evening. They announced drones moving south, missiles being launched, air defences working. Ukrainian civilians judged whether it was prudent to stay indoors or make for shelter in the metro based on the severity of the threat. Now, Russia has changed tactics with the use of fast-flying, jet-powered drones and the expectation that daylight brings a return to normal life has been shattered. Since…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 8:38 GMT+2 Argentine President Javier Milei said on Thursday that “winds of change” were beginning to favour Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. In a TV address, the right-wing leader touted US President Donald Trump’s recent suggestion that Washington could reconsider its neutral position on the islands, which have been at the centre of a long running and bloody dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom. “President Trump recently stated that the United States is reevaluating its historical position regarding Las Malvinas,” Milei said, using the Argentine name for the islands. “This threat is not to…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 8:03 GMT+2 Volkswagen is about to shed one in seven of its workers. The German car giant said on Thursday that management and unions had agreed to cut a further 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, on top of 50,000 already planned, bringing total losses to 100,000. “It is essential to systematically align workforce levels with economic realities,” the 10-brand group said in a statement. The firm had approved a plan involving “the reduction of around 50,000 jobs” on top of another 50,000 already agreed, it added. Hit by US tariffs, patchy demand for…
“Sex seems so easy for so many people,” a young filmmaker tells her new lover, laying half-naked in a pool of discarded sweet wrappers. “But I’ve never been able to get there with someone else unless I’m really far away in my head.” This is one of many moments in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun’s delirious dissection of slasher movies, that captures its absurd yet intimate magic — but also one that serves as a core reminder for viewers: To reach this movie’s orgasmic plane, you too must learn to let go. The story begins with…
Billboards and election posters featuring election campaign ads for various parties are pictured in Magdeburg. | Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images But the chancellor comes into the election in Saxony-Anhalt — and two more elections on Sept. 20 — in a precarious position. Already the least popular chancellor on record after 16 months in office, Merz’s fellow conservatives have been quietly debating what would be a remarkable scenario by German standards: replacing the chancellor — a so-called Kanzlertausch, or chancellor swap. “Given the dissatisfaction, the poll numbers and the fact that there are additional elections coming up next year … the…
Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government will become the longest-lasting in Italy’s postwar history on Friday, a notable record that belies considerable challenges ahead of elections next year. In a country once a byword for political instability, Italy’s first woman leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days, one more than the late Silvio Berlusconi managed during one of his four stints in office. “It is certainly a point of pride,” Marco Osnato, a prominent lawmaker with Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, told the AFP news agency of the milestone. The record is likely to…
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel on Friday as emergency teams continued an operation to reach others believed to be trapped inside, officials said. The two men were rescued from the Trishuli 3A tunnel nine days after floods, caused by a glacier collapse, devastated towns and swept away villages in Nepal on 26 August. Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane posted about the second rescue on his Facebook page shortly after army spokesperson Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet confirmed the first trapped worker’s rescue. The men were named as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and…
Office workers have a quiet new advantage and their bosses cannot always see it. Research published on Tuesday by Use.AI, a platform that bundles several large language models into a single subscription, surveyed 9,684 working adults in the US, UK, Canada, the EU and Latin America. The study found that 52% said AI had made them appear more experienced than they actually are, painting a picture of delivered results running ahead of underlying skill. Some 64% said they had used AI to complete work they would otherwise have been unable to do independently, while 43% said it had helped them…
There is something both disconcerting and fascinating about the road trip to Budva in the height of summer. On one side lies the Adriatic, surprisingly calm, blue and bright. On the other, almost clinging to the shoreline, rise Montenegro’s mountains. Between them runs a road that in July and August seems unable to cope with the sheer number of cars, buses and tourists heading to one of the destinations that is most rapidly gaining prominence in this part of Europe. Budva is one of the clearest examples of that transformation. The city combines a walled medieval old town with beaches,…
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