Opposition mounts as at least 20 projects proposed, including one in Fife billed as second largest in worldKat Jones might be the closest thing Scotland has to Erin Brockovich in 2026. Standing in the shadow of Arthur’s seat outside Holyrood, the 52-year-old is revving up the crowd of protesters around her. “Who is here from…
A Christian man by the name of Nader Boulos Tannous was murdered in Homs, Syria on August 15, 2026. After his death, Israel, Greece and Cyprus were quick to denounce what they called an anti-Christian act. Several days later however, authorities in Homs said the suspect had admitted killing Tannous as part of a personal…
Semi-conductor giant bets that support for open AI models could offset potential slowdown in demand for chipsNvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips.Shares in Nvidia were slightly lower after the $12.93bn…
Türkiye has criticised a proposal in the European Parliament to allocate funding for a monument intended to slander the Turkish Armed Forces over the Cyprus issue.”The allegations put forward by the Greek-administered Cyprus side distort historical facts and politicise them,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.The ministry said it had learned…
Syria announced that it has begun destroying chemical materials found in the country under the supervision of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), marking what Damascus described as a major step since the fall of the former regime.Speaking to the UN Security Council on Thursday, Syria`s Permanent Representative Ibrahim Olabi…
In Munich, a man and a woman allegedly attempted to carry out an arson attack outside the premises of two defence companies. The pair were arrested.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government would spend about 4.7 billion Canadian dollars (US$3.4 billion) to acquire new-generation passenger cars for state-owned Via Rail.
A 35-year-old candidate with folksy appeal has become the new face of Germany’s AfD party.
Opposition leader says interim government lacking democratic mandate to negotiate on natural resourcesThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government, saying the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”.In her first public comments since Trump announced what he called “the biggest oil deal…
The US president says the UK was not “there to help me” in his ongoing war with Iran.