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Spain’s power and information blackout

If governments want to decarbonise while maintaining public trust, they will need to invest in the right infrastructure

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Chinese civilian handheld device can compromise US stealth radar, study says

Chinese experiment used modified commercial detection gear to track emissions from US low-probability-of-intercept radar.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Abused Chinese wife jailed for 11 years for killing knife-wielding husband while escaping

Scared wife tries to flee husband who jumped onto bonnet of car as she drove off, he dies from injuries suffered in resultant crash.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Latest news bulletin | May 3rd – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

UK sees political earthquake as Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform surges in local elections

The party overturned a massive Labour majority - by six votes - to win a parliamentary seat, as well as securing its first mayoralties and winning control of 10 councils.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Anthony Albanese, riding anti-Trump wave, claims victory for Labor Party in Australia

Australia's Anthony Albanese claimed a second term as prime minister on Saturday in a dramatic comeback against once-resurgent conservatives that was powered by voters' concerns about the influence of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Zelenskyy rejects Russia's 3-day ceasefire proposal, pushing for 1-month truce instead

The Ukrainian president insisted on a month-long truce, in accordance with a proposal tabled by the US.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

What issues do Australians care about this election?

From cost of living to the housing crisis - voters told the BBC what their top issues are in the 2025 election.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Germany updates: Politicians weigh in over calls to ban AfD

The classification of the far-right party in its entirety as an extremist organization has sparked calls for an all-out ban, which some German politicians say would be a dangerous move.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Two dead after Peruvian navy ship hits oil platform in Amazon River

Thirty crew members were rescued from the vessel, while one person remains missing, Peru's defence ministry says.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: BBC South America favicon BBC South America

Hong Kong police arrest man, 71, after 5 kittens found tied up in plastic bags

Kittens, believed to be one or two days old, were discovered wrapped in multiple plastic bags inside giant bin.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Chinese, Italian tourists among 7 killed in US after horror crash near Yellowstone

A truck driver and six people among a tour van group of 14 died and eight others were injured, some of them helped by police and bystanders as the van burst into flames.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

β€˜You realise there’s nothing you can’t do’: Why solo travel is the ultimate act of self-care

'When you’re solo on the road, you’re constantly being tested. But in those moments, you realise just how strong, adaptable, and resourceful you really are.'

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

β€˜Turned into mere commodities’: Inside South Africa’s illegal leopard trade

On International Leopard Day, FOUR PAWS warns how leopards are threatened by their commercialisation.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Romania election 2025: Results, who’s standing and what’s at stake?

It's the country's second poll in less than a year after a previous election was anulled.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds of Loss Into Action

The flames took Erica Solove by surprise. It was the middle of winter in Colorado. Blizzards were to be expected. A fire? Not so much. Yet on Dec. 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire tore through the towns of Louisville and Superior in Boulder County, killing two people and destroying more than a thousand homes. Solove’s […]

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

S Korea’s conservative party picks Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate

Snap election was triggered by removal of Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency for declaring martial law on December 3.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

India bans imports from Pakistan over Pahalgam attack

The Indian government said the ban on Pakistani imports is "imposed in the interest of national security and public policy." Pakistan meanwhile says it has test fired a ballistic missile.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Five Patagonian Lakes Are Rapidly Drying, Study Shows

Hidden between volcanic cones in the Patagonian Steppe lies Laguna Blanca, an oasis-like lake in an otherwise arid region. Home to black-neck swans, red-eyed silvery grebes and dark-spotted endemic frogs, the serene body of water is the main attraction of the Laguna Blanca National Park, a natural reserve in the Argentine Province of NeuquΓ©n. Over […]

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

How Massive Cuts to NOAA Could Impact Everything From Weather Apps to Agriculture to National Security

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with journalist Abrahm Lustgarten, an editor covering climate at ProPublica. It is not an easy time to be a climate scientist. The Trump administration is slashing research funds. And on April 28, hundreds of scientists were dismissed from […]

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Five people survive 36 hours in swamp 'surrounded by alligators' after plane crash

The small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a swamp in the Bolivian Amazon after an engine failure.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: BBC South America favicon BBC South America

Trump’s tariffs are waking Asia up from the dream of export-led growth

Asian economies responded to Western exhortations to pursue export-led growth. The resulting β€˜economic miracle’ now looks like a mistake.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Keeping Russian control of Crimea? Crimean Tatars respond

"Crimea will remain with Russia," President Donald Trump said as he set the agenda for talks to end of the Ukraine war. But what do the indigenous inhabitants of the peninsula, the Crimean Tatars, think about this plan?

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Greece: Woman dies after device explodes in her hands

Police in Thessaloniki say the woman had been carrying an explosive device, which then detonated. A police official reportedly said the woman apparently planned to plant the device at a bank ATM.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

'Boring' and 'weird': Australians sum up their election in one word

The BBC took to the streets of Sydney to ask people their thoughts on the 2025 federal election campaign.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Ukraine lacks capacity to supplant China’s critical minerals supply: analysts

Analysts say US deal for Ukraine’s rare earths - meant to replace China as a supplier - will be of little use without the ability to process it.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Chinese youth unwind by dressing as emperors, empresses for β€˜royal banquets’

From fine dining regal cosplay to weekends gathering wild vegetables and living like a β€˜rat’, young mainlanders are taking relaxation to new places.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

In a small Alaska town, Canada-U.S. tensions are upending a longstanding relationship

Skagway, Alaska, a town of about 1,100, has long roots with Yukon. But as tensions between the Canada and U.S. governments rise over tariff and sovreignty threats, some Skagway residents fear a breakdown of that relationship.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Labor wins election in landslide: full results

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Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Can Europe wean itself off US credit card firms?

Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal dominate the cashless payments landscape in the EU and the European Central Bank warns about the region's reliance on US payment giants. But what alternative does Europe have?

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Hong Kong property giant SHKP sells out second batch of Sierra Sea flats on strong demand

As of 6pm, Hong Kong’s largest property developer sold all 288 of new Sierra Sea units it offered on Saturday.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Rockets, VanVleet beat Warriors in Game 6, force playoff decider

Fred VanVleet scored 29 points as the Houston Rockets produce stunning 115-107 victory over the Golden State Warriors.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

The Ethiopian bookbinder connecting a city’s people with its forgotten past

For three decades, Abdallah Ali Sherif has been on a mission to explore Harar's once-repressed cultural identity.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

As it happened: Election 2025

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Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

458 complaints involving HK$2.7 million filed with Hong Kong watchdog over clinic

One doctor also says Alliance Medical Group, which shut its two clinics without warning, owes him as much as HK$800,000 in wages.

Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post