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Published on 05/12/2025 – 11:13 GMT+1 Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely “starved to death en masse” amid collapsing food supplies. A new study from the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the University of Exeter found that between 2004 and 2011 around 62,000 African penguins died as a result of severe food shortages. Researchers warn that populations have declined in two of the most important breeding colonies of the species (Dassen Island and Robben Island), with around 95 per cent of the birds that bred in 2004 believed to have died…
Published on 05/12/2025 – 11:08 GMT+1 •Updated 11:36 A Cloudflare outage hit websites including Zoom, Canva, and Fortnite on Friday, just weeks after the internet services provider suffered another major outage. The incident has affected many online services, underscoring that much of the internet is dependent on IT infrastructure from a handful of providers. Downdetector, a website that shows services affected by internet outages, reported issues across the web, including Canva, Zoom, Fortnite, League of Legends, Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot, and LinkedIn. Cloudflare said it is experiencing “internal service degradation” on Friday morning, with internet users reporting that they were…
That narrative is likely to resonate deeply among most of Europe’s far-right parties, whose electoral programs are primarily based on criticism of the EU, demands for curbs on migration from Muslim-majority and non-European nations, and a patriotic push to overturn their countries’ perceived declines. The new security strategy offers a clear ideological alignment between U.S. President Donald Trump’s populist MAGA movement and Europe’s nationalist parties. The U.S. administration — which has developed increasingly closer ties with far-right parties in countries such as Germany and Spain — appears to hint it could help ideologically allied European parties. “America encourages its political…
Published on 05/12/2025 – 11:22 GMT+1 Europe will never go back to Russian energy after Moscow’s all-out war in Ukraine, Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today, adding that a new law to ban Russian oil is in the works and will be presented soon. Jørgensen described the EU27’s ban on Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a point of no return moment for the bloc during an exclusive interview with Euronews. “Even when there’s peace, we won’t buy Russian gas again. Our agreement will stand even after a peace agreement between Russia…
By Rajesh Roy with AP Published on 05/12/2025 – 9:58 GMT+1 Chaos gripped major Indian airports on Friday as passengers of the country’s biggest airline, IndiGo, scrambled to cope with widespread flight disruptions and cancellations triggered by newly enforced rules limiting working hours for crew and pilots. Scenes of frustration played out as passengers slept on airport floors, queued for hours at customer service counters and waited without clear communication from the airline. Friday was the fourth straight day of disruptions as the low-cost carrier struggles with new regulations that mandate longer rest periods and limit night flying hours to address concerns about…
The European Commission opened formal proceedings against X under its Digital Services Act in December 2023, roughly a year after Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it as X. But the EU has yet to finalize its probe, after accusing X of breaching its obligations around transparency and blue checkmarks in preliminary findings in July 2024. A decision could come as early as Friday, according to media reports Thursday. Under the EU rules, companies can be fined up to 6 percent of their annual global turnover. French President Emmanuel Macron last week voiced concerns about the slow pace of Brussels’ probes into American tech…
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the prolific actor best known for his roles in the films “Mortal Kombat” and The Last Emperor, as well as the TV series The Man in the High Castle, has died aged 75. The Tokyo-born actor died due to complications from a stroke, his manager, Margie Weiner, confirmed. “Cary was a rare soul: generous, thoughtful, and endlessly committed to his craft,” she said. “His loss is immeasurable. My heart is with his family, friends, and all who loved him.” Tagawa was raised mostly in the US South while his Hawaii-born father was assigned to US mainland Army bases.…
But Trump is mercurial by nature, so it’s hard to predict how closely or how long he will stick to the ideas laid out in the new strategy. A surprising global event could redirect his thinking as well, as it has done for recent presidents from George W. Bush to Joe Biden. Still, the document appears in line with many of the moves he’s taken in his second term, as well as the priorities of some of his aides. That includes deploying significantly more U.S. military prowess to the Western Hemisphere, taking numerous steps to reduce migration to America, pushing…
Published on 05/12/2025 – 9:21 GMT+1 Living with your parents has its perks. Free laundry, zero rent, and dinner is always on the table. It’s fun when you are 15. But is it still fun when you are 35? For a record number of Europeans, the “Mum and Dad’s Hotel” is not a luxury— it is an economic necessity. The latest data shows the average European now leaves home at 26.2 years old. But statistics lie. If you live in Finland, you are likely independent by 21. But in Croatia, you are stuck in your childhood bedroom until you are…
The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games arrived in Rome on Thursday after being handed over in Greece. Carried in a small lantern aboard an ITA Airways flight, the flame was brought off the plane by tennis player and Olympic champion Jasmine Paolini alongside organizing committee president Giovanni Malagò. A 63-day, 12,000-kilometer relay will begin Saturday, passing through all 110 Italian provinces before reaching Milan’s San Siro Stadium for the February 6 opening ceremony. On Friday, the flame will light a cauldron at the Quirinale Palace in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella and IOC president Kirsty Coventry.