European gas prices triple in 2026
Economy euronews.com

World

World
Last witnesses of Kristallnacht dwindle as Germany marks 88th anniversary 94-year-old survivor tells police officers their predecessors guarded the camps and carried out deportations, memory passes from those who were there to institutions that commemorate them
independent.co.uk
World
Twelve bodies recovered from migrant boat south of Crete, 18 rescued by passing cargo ship as Frontex spots two more boats the same morning Deaths recur monthly on the EU's busiest route while crossings fall
independent.co.uk
World
Researchers trace worldwide grid disturbances to synchronized battery checks The same dip appears on four continents every 60 seconds, Irish sag quadrupled as data centers grew to 18 percent of load
techcrunch.com
World
Thousands gather in Amsterdam for fourth Red Line rally against Israel's Gaza war Demonstrators demand end to Dutch purchases of Israeli weapons and sanctions over war crimes, prime minister Rob Jetten who marched as D66 leader now finds attending inappropriate
dutchnews.nl
World
Museum skeleton buried in Adelaide 113 years after death German immigrant's bones sold for £10 by anatomy professor who fled murder charges, body donation was not legally possible at the time
theguardian.com
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United States

Trump says his own deportation policy might have been too tough 60 Minutes interview floats amnesty for immigrants resident 10 to 15 years, architect of the removals starts as chief of staff the same week
theguardian.com
Two Spokane County sheriff's deputies killed forcing entry after woman reported being shot K-9 deputy Parker Perry and SWAT sniper Mason Acheson came under fire during the attempted rescue, examiner names suspect's own mother and sister among the dead
foxnews.com
Nvidia board probes whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by foreign intelligence Chip boss admits affair with alleged Chinese spy in staff memo, Trump says he probably has an excuse for it and wants him to stay
businessinsider.com the-decoder.com
US warns of ongoing cyber threat to industrial freezers and cold storage Five agencies tell operators to assume they are targets, Stockholm supermarket freezers reached 50 degrees before anyone noticed
zerohedge.com
Nuclear startup sues US regulator while asking it for a Texas reactor permit Last Energy challenges 1956 rule that licenses every reactor like a full-size plant, founder says building a new US reactor of any size has become virtually impossible
zerohedge.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Small plane clips pickup truck in emergency landing on Florida highway Cessna 172 put down on Bayshore Road fifty minutes after takeoff from Sebring, no injuries one week after Learjet crash killed nine in Palm Beach County
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Cruise ship pianist rescued after nine hours treading water off California Ovation of the Seas crew member spotted by marlin fishermen near Catalina Island, coast guard still investigating how he went overboard
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Spanish village of 321 inhabitants seeks barkeeper for 160 euros a month Berbegal offers El Meridiano on the village square on a four-year concession, price and applicant qualifications decide
bild.de
Miscellaneous
Willie Nelson publishes memoir The Last Leaf at 93 Outlaw who paid a 32-million-dollar tax bill with a double album says he learned nothing new about himself
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Ton-heavy water valve vanishes from Hamburg street 1927 cast-iron shutoff was headed for the city-history exhibit, Hamburg Wasser is missing a monument nobody guarded
abendblatt.de
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Media

Media
Advertisers pull spots from podcast after hosts laugh at Charlie Kirk joke, Chappelle draws fire for Kirk line at Madison Square Garden No authority intervened in either case — the sponsors did
businessinsider.com
Media
Maya Jama quits Love Island after nine series Third host to leave ITV flagship in under a decade, presenter exits to throw herself into something new while streamers bid for faces
standard.co.uk
Media
Ava DuVernay releases 14th on Netflix Follow-up to Oscar-nominated 13th documents systematic assault on birthright citizenship and equal protection, director says neighbours are hiding in their houses
theguardian.com
Media
Macklemore says nine major US arenas refused his Free Palestine tour Madison Square Garden and Kia Forum among venues that declined once they learned shows were Palestine benefits, no authority banned anything while Fox News panel praises venue bans as powerful example
foxnews.com
Media
Trump begs UFC boss Dana White to take press secretary job Public plea follows predecessor's firing, promoter who spent quarter century turning hostile press conferences into content would inherit the briefing room
businessinsider.com
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Politics

Politics
Norwegian PM warns Britain against copying Norway's EU single-market arrangement Argues Brussels takes too much control, Oslo already adopts the rules with no vote on writing them
dailymail.com
Politics
British Columbia tribunal orders medical lab to pay for misgendering patients LifeLabs owes $32,000 plus costs to three transgender and non-binary clients, tribunal member found no evidence the male-or-female standard is medically necessary
globalnews.ca
Politics
Trump says his own deportation policy might have been too tough 60 Minutes interview floats amnesty for immigrants resident 10 to 15 years, architect of the removals starts as chief of staff the same week
theguardian.com
Politics
Kremlin statistics leak exposes at least 390000 Russian war dead Moscow's own registers contradict official casualty silence as Abu Dhabi talks approach, Europeans wait to learn who will represent them
independent.co.uk
Politics
Trump orders DOJ to investigate Democrats for extortion after midterm rout Impeachment threats reframed as crime, president who campaigned against weaponized prosecutions now aims them at named senators and donors
timesnownews.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Luca Cesari: Italian chef sacked in Brisbane for refusing pineapple on pizza Food historian traces culinary authenticity to shifting recipe books and one 1860 newspaper, tradition's own elite already serve the forbidden fruit
theguardian.com
Opinion
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Propranolol prescriptions to English teenage girls up 90% in a decade Beta blockers blunt panic symptoms while the causes go untreated, therapy waiting lists make the cheaper pill the default answer
theguardian.com
Opinion
Simon Jenkins: Notre-Dame was rebuilt in five years under budget by donors free to walk away Westminster's repair estimate has climbed from 5.7 to 40 billion pounds, the MPs who commission the work also approve its budget and occupy the building
theguardian.com
Opinion
André Spicer: UK equality watchdog wants workers to see colleagues' exact pay Gender-gap reporting shrank the gap 19 percent by curbing men's raises, Danish transparency cut wages across the board
theguardian.com
Opinion
George Monbiot: Bird flu has circulated on a Utah mink farm since August Officials skipped testing the workers because farmers were annoyed, the virus has killed nearly half of the people known to have caught it
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
Rubio brings G7 tour to Paris days after Washington ran Abu Dhabi track alone Allies get consultation on Ukraine and Iran after the deals are shaped, no joint communique expected
wtop.com
Europe
Russell Brand applied to change ownership of £5m family home six weeks before rape conviction Comedian faces significant custodial term at Monday sentencing while victims face years of asset litigation, Nandy says similar crimes probably happening today in the industry that platformed him
dailymail.com
Europe
Six dead in Kraków market square shooting, three more bodies found at gunman's home Interior minister cites far-right ideology as Poland declares national mourning
independent.co.uk euronews.com
Europe
Five killed and more than a dozen injured in Kraków shooting Attacker fired at random people from a car in central square before police shot the perpetrator, motive unknown in a country where mass shootings are rare
theguardian.com
Europe
Russian barrage knocks out power and water in Kyiv 172 drones and 36 missiles hit substations feeding the capital two days before Abu Dhabi talks, Zelensky calls Kushner blueprint Yalta 2.0 as Trump promises big beautiful agreement
theguardian.com
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North America

North America
Two Spokane County sheriff's deputies killed forcing entry after woman reported being shot K-9 deputy Parker Perry and SWAT sniper Mason Acheson came under fire during the attempted rescue, examiner names suspect's own mother and sister among the dead
foxnews.com
North America
Nvidia board probes whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by foreign intelligence Chip boss admits affair with alleged Chinese spy in staff memo, Trump says he probably has an excuse for it and wants him to stay
businessinsider.com the-decoder.com
North America
Pardoned January 6 rioter disrupts Seattle Diwali festival with anti-Hindu placards Jake Lang now seeks Republican Senate nomination in Florida after jail term for the Capitol attack, Trump lit a diya in the Oval Office the day before
newsweek.com
North America
Georgia House seat flips after memory card reveals hundreds of uncounted votes Incumbent Gerald Greene turns a 58-vote deficit into a 262-vote lead, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger investigates the county that failed to upload them
newsweek.com
North America
ICE releases Wisconsin state trooper detained at airport while boarding domestic flight One DHS agency had cleared him for police work through 2030 while another arrested him, experts tie airport detentions to White House arrest quotas
theguardian.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Paraguays ousted president Peña under house arrest after impeachment over Ueno bank collapse 2.9 million frozen accounts represent 60 percent of adults, resignation gambit to reach senator-for-life immunity fails as prosecutors open money laundering probe
theguardian.com
Latin America
Paraguay's president Santiago Peña resigns as Ueno Bank collapse freezes 3 million depositors Digital lender licensed under his administration carried up to 850 million dollars in state and pension funds, Peña held shares in the group that ran the bank until early last year and had called the favouritism reports a false media campaign
theguardian.com
Latin America
Belize declares state of emergency after seven weekend murders Decree covers 19 areas of Belize City and three villages for 30 days, second emergency this year as officials head to El Salvador to study Bukele's crackdown
breitbart.com
Latin America
US drone strike hits ELN camp on Venezuelan soil At least 20 dead in Apure operation backed by American intelligence and drones, century-long oil concessions worth up to 100 billion dollars take shape the same week
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Milei courts AI data centres with no regulation and tax breaks Patagonia pitch runs on Vaca Muerta gas while incentives require no local compute or energy disclosure, planned $3 billion hall has no customer yet
euronews.com
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Asia

Asia
Beijing underground church pastor arrested on fraud charges over member offerings, wife says 100 police joined raid that ended 200-strong congregation Squeeze tightens while Xi courts Trump and Putin
independent.co.uk
Asia
Ousted Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport from Delhi exile Death-sentenced former premier vows December return, Dhaka demands extradition while refusing to state what happens on arrival
independent.co.uk
Asia
Delhi wakes to hazardous smog after Diwali 99 of world's 100 most polluted cities are Indian, court exempts its own lawyers from vehicle ban while farmers burn what they cannot afford to clear
scroll.in scroll.in
Asia
Thailand prepares to deport two long-held Uyghurs to China Men who fled as part of 200-strong group in 2014 say return means slavery, Beijing's trade leverage outweighs UN protests over last year's 40 forced disappearances
theguardian.com
Asia
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures 22 in central Japan Epicenter 40 km below Shizuoka shakes Aichi Kyoto and Mount Fuji region, strict building codes turn potential disaster into broken glass and falling books
independent.co.uk
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Middle East

Middle East
Dozens of Ethiopians await beheading on Saudi death row Trials without lawyers or interpreters ended in minutes, kingdom executed a record 356 people last year
english.elpais.com
Middle East
Winter storm floods 70,000 tents across Gaza overnight Nearly a million displaced people live on flood-exposed ground with shelter supplies covering 18 percent of need, blockade keeps out the caravans that would replace the tents
truthout.org
Middle East
Syria prepares to send 600 special forces to Saudi border Riyadh recruits veterans of a rebellion it once funded to fight the Houthis, Damascus refused the same mission when Trump proposed it
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Leaked Cisco memos treat Israeli intelligence outages as a customer sentiment problem Military intelligence contracts worth about 67 million dollars over three years, Splunk pitched for Project Nimbus while workers called the company an instrument of genocide
theguardian.com
Middle East
Qatari plan trades Hormuz reopening for nuclear inspections of Iran's bombed sites, US would lift naval blockade and release part of 8 billion dollars in frozen assets Tehran fears inspection data would become targeting data
theguardian.com
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Africa

Africa
Seven dead as two trains collide south of Cairo Stationary Cairo–Aswan train struck from behind with passengers trapped in carriages, second train collision in same district in two months
theguardian.com
Africa
Mali midfielder Mamadou Sangaré shines after club-record £39m move to Brentford 24-year-old rose from a neighbourhood club in Bamako spotted by Austrian scouts on video, the fee changed hands between two European clubs
theguardian.com
Africa
Bantu expansion was a relay of migrations not a single wave Iron furnaces and DNA redraw millennia of African prehistory, 500 languages from Zulu to Swahili trace back to a spread no state directed
arstechnica.com
Africa
Kenya weighs foreign bids for rare earths beneath Mrima Hill Australian and Nasdaq-listed consortia chase a deposit with projected gross revenue of 62 billion dollars, Digo community vows to refuse digging on its ancestors' graves
independent.co.uk
Africa
Britain flies Ebola-infected healthcare worker home from Congo First British case in an outbreak that has killed five thousand of more than ten thousand infected, medevacs run to European isolation units while Congolese nurses face mobs
theguardian.com
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Economy

Economy
easyJet axes up to 50 head office jobs ahead of Apollo takeover Consultation runs before Wednesday's shareholder vote on the £5.7 billion deal, buyer's one-year no-cuts pledge starts only at completion
standard.co.uk
Economy
Dominic Raab joins uranium explorer Reveille Resources as non-executive director Ex-deputy PM who quit government over bullying findings will advise on investor and government engagement, board already chaired by former US secretary of state Michael Pompeo
standard.co.uk
Economy
Nuclear startup sues US regulator while asking it for a Texas reactor permit Last Energy challenges 1956 rule that licenses every reactor like a full-size plant, founder says building a new US reactor of any size has become virtually impossible
zerohedge.com
Economy
Chatbot complaints swamp UK public bodies Machine-written grievances take minutes to send and hours to answer, councils with one fixed budget now judge letters by their bullet points
theguardian.com
Economy
Hillingdon still faces 45-million-pound hole after 175-million-pound bailout, west London council must cut deeper while government absorbs its school debt Greenwich councillors line up 42 percent pay rise the same week
standard.co.uk
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Technology

Technology
York University breach exposes online form data spanning 2007 to 2026 Unauthorized actor reached residence applications and surveys on select websites, remedy is two years of credit monitoring
globalnews.ca
Technology
US warns of ongoing cyber threat to industrial freezers and cold storage Five agencies tell operators to assume they are targets, Stockholm supermarket freezers reached 50 degrees before anyone noticed
zerohedge.com
Technology
Royal Navy launches first autonomous squadron of uncrewed boats Portsmouth unit of 180 will operate Rattler and Kraken craft under £1.5 billion hybrid navy plan, admiral insists people remain at the heart of it
independent.co.uk
Technology
Ninja AutoBarista automates thirteen coffee drinks for a thousand dollars Reviewer's dealbreaker is the daily drip tray, machine brews the pleasant ninety seconds and leaves the cleanup to the human
techcrunch.com
Technology
BYD unveils Rolls-Royce-rivaling Altior limousine that floats Yangwang flagship pairs jade trim and tank turns with 621-mile range, Chinese maker now targets Europe's last premium margin
independent.co.uk
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Science

Science
Dead Sea microbe grew and reproduced in Mars-like conditions University of Florida team kept Haloferax volcanii half a year on Martian perchlorates at a fraction of Earth's pressure, growth slowed but never stopped
zerohedge.com
Science
HIV spreads beyond risk groups in 27 Russian regions Over one percent of pregnant women diagnosed in every one of them, hospital outbreaks hit 15-year high as single-use catheters serve several patients
euronews.com
Science
Two green kiwis a day beat prunes for constipation relief Review of 33 studies finds fruit adds up to two extra bowel movements weekly with fewer side effects, unpatentable remedy reaches public via press releases rather than drug trials
foxnews.com
Science
Young adults dominate cardiac-event reports on stimulant drinks and supplements Ages 18 to 34 account for 45 percent of cardiovascular cases with cardiac arrest 4.5 times more frequent, researchers flag pre-workout use and sleep loss among contributing circumstances
timesnownews.com
Science
Saul Newman traces supercentenarian records to pension fraud Jiroemon Kimura died at 116 with two official birth dates and three different school-leaving years, longevity industry sells escape from death to buyers who already own everything else
english.elpais.com
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