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Russia launches drone attack on Dnipro and Kharkiv, killing one and injuring 50

Meanwhile, in Russia a Ukrainian drone attack led to a fire at an instrument-making plant in Murom. Three people were injured in the Kursk region.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Venezuela and Grenada Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

President Maduro and PM Mitchell reviewed initiatives such as food production through the AgroALBA project. On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell held a meeting to strengthen bilateral cooperation through the signing of agreements and the ratification of a roadmap for economic complementarity. RELATED: Grenadian PM Mitchell Paid Tribute to [โ€ฆ]

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Alibaba gives Taobao on-demand delivery an upgrade in Meituan, JD.com competition

Food delivery service Ele.me is handling orders for Taobao Instant Commerce as e-commerce giants compete on speed.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Homebuyer mortgage demand drops further, as economic uncertainty roils the housing market

Mortgage rates didn't move much last week, and neither did homebuyers who are less concerned with rates and more worried about their finances and their jobs.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Volkswagen Group sees plunge in performance as US tariffs pose risks

Volkswagen Group, along with the wider global car industry, is significantly vulnerable to changing US tariffs, mainly because of how globalised auto supply chains currently are.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Trump says he 'could' return mistakenly deported man if he wanted to

He had previously said he did not have the power to retrieve Kilmar รbrego Garcรญa from El Salvador.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC South America favicon BBC South America

Naked manโ€™s deadly rampage in Japan leaves public demanding answers from police

โ€œI shouldnโ€™t talk about it,โ€ he said when arrested, leading people to speculate on the motive behind his bizarre behaviour.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

DeepSeek quietly updates open-source model that handles maths proofs

The Chinese start-up has released the Prover-V2 model a day after Alibaba released Qwen3, and ahead of an anticipated release of DeepSeek-R2.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says

About 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine out of a total deployment of 15,000, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

76% of addicts in drug rehab run by Hong Kong NGO are readmissions: auditor

Audit Commission calls for publicly funded NGO to make โ€˜service improvementsโ€™ but organisation says relapses common in recovery process.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

France accuses Russian intelligence of spate of high-profile cyberattacks

Paris said Russian military intelligence has attacked a dozen French entities since 2021, and also targeted Emmanuel Macron's election campaign in 2017.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Samsung sees revenue increase but gives gloomy tariff-related outlook

The firm announced a record quarterly revenue but warned in an earnings call of economic uncertainty ahead, linked to US President Donald Trump's trade policies.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Targeted attacks on Colombian security forces leave 27 dead in two weeks

The government says armed illegal groups are launching deadly revenge attacks on the security forces.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC South America favicon BBC South America

From Spain to Sweden: European countries diverge on religious symbols in public office

As Berlin reconsiders its controversial secularism policy, Europe continues to debate the limits of religious expression in public life.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Chinese flight bookings to US in summer decline as tariff war โ€˜adds fuel to the fireโ€™

Cancellations of flights from China to the US in June have been outnumbering new bookings, according to China Trading Desk CEO.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Croatia is pushing for Bosnia's EU membership, PM Plenkoviฤ‡ tells Euronews

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ‡ voiced strong support for Bosnia and Herzegovinaโ€™s accession to the European Union, while also expressing concern over ongoing political instability in the region.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Police in Sweden say teenager under arrest after three killed in Uppsala shooting

The three victims were aged between 15 and 20, police said at a news conference, but Uppsalaโ€™s police chief said their identities have not been confirmed yet.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Advocates Respond to Civil Rights Rollback at National Conference

At a gathering of 1,300 racial and economic justice advocates in Washington, DC, participants sought to build a stronger movement amid a hostile political environment.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Fact check: Did India trigger a flood in Pakistan?

Viral posts on social media have claimed India triggered a flood in Pakistan by withholding, then releasing, large amounts of water from a dam, causing flooding.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Geopolitics high on list as Hong Kong trade body searches for new director

Current Trade Development Council executive director Margaret Fong will retire later this year.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Philippinesโ€™ new digital nomad visa: a boost for tourism or Pogo loophole?

Strict laws should be put in place to prevent these visas from being exploited by banned offshore gaming operators, critics warn.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

What ancient Chinese history reveals about todayโ€™s AI panic

In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across Chinaโ€™s sun-scorched plains: โ€œHeaven has gone blind!โ€ Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward the opulent vaults held by the Han dynastyโ€™s elite rulers. As recorded in the ancient text Han Shu (Book of Han), these [โ€ฆ] The post What ancient Chinese history reveals about todayโ€™s AI panic appeared first on...

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Taiwan condemns Somalia travel ban

Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Tens of thousands of Afghans return from Pakistan after deadline

More than 80,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan between 1 and 18 April, following the expiry of a voluntary return deadline, Pakistani officials have said.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Malta's golden passport scheme breaks EU law, top court rules

The scheme lets people become citizens after paying, buying or renting property of a certain value, and donating to charity.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

The Long List of Trumpโ€™s Harmful Reproductive Rights Restrictions

Click to expand Image Abortion rights demonstrators outside the US Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in Washington DC, April 2, 2025. 2025 Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images A report compiling harmful actions taken by US President Donald Trump against reproductive rights was released today by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a legal...

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Smart Fortress Europe: How Greece uses tech to crack down on migration

With EU funding, Greece is ramping up its use of drones and AI to monitor migration. A cross-border investigation by Solomon, Tagesspiegel, Inkstick, El Paรญs and Wochenzeitung reveals how far the surveillance system stretches.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

Mercedes-Benz stock dips after pulling profit guidance on tariff fears

The carmaker said that the impact of US trade policies remains difficult to quantify โ€” although warned of a hit to its margins.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Israeli forces arrest prominent Palestinian journalist in West Bank

Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during what the Israeli military said were counter-terrorism raids.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

50 years on, Vietnam Warโ€™s ecocide still not healed

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses. The term โ€œecocideโ€ had [โ€ฆ] The post 50 years on, Vietnam Warโ€™s ecocide still not healed appeared...

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Microsoft says it respects European laws as U.S. ramps up trade tensions with EU

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the U.S. tech giant is committed to respecting European laws โ€” even though it may not always agree with them.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Who was murdered best-selling novelist Alexandra Frรถhlich?

The German author was recently found dead aboard her Hamburg houseboat. Frรถhlich's quirky semi-autobiographical books drew on former ties to Ukraine and Russia.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Murder mystery: Who was best-selling author Alexandra Frรถhlich?

The successful German novelist was found dead aboard her houseboat in Hamburg last week. Her semi-autobiographical books drew on former ties to Ukraine and Russia.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Drone footage shows scale of deadly Peru landslide

Two people are killed after a glacial lagoon overflowed in the Ancash region triggering a landslide.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: BBC South America favicon BBC South America

Organizing for the Long Haul: How to Build a Network for Land and Liberation

Even as movement groups face multiple defensive battles, the Peopleโ€™s Network for Land & Liberation offers an expansive vision of how to win a new world.

Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly