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France probes ‘foreign interference’ after malware found on ferry
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» PARIS - France is investigating possible foreign interference after a passenger ferry was infected with malware that could allow the ship to be remotely controlled, the interior minister said on Wednesday.
Malaysia reviews sodomy law enforcement amid Islamist pressure
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia is reviewing how it enforces laws banning same-sex activity after authorities failed to charge about 200 men arrested in a recent raid, a sign of pressure by Islamic parties on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government to enforce religious conservatism.
Women don fake mustaches in LinkedIn 'gender bias' fight
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - Flipping their gender setting to "male" and even posting photos with fake mustaches, a growing number of women on LinkedIn have posed a provocative challenge to what they allege is an algorithmic bias on the platform.
Indonesians blame deforestation for flood devastation
Published on 02/12/2025
» South Tapanuli, Indonesia - Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more than 700 people in its deadliest disaster since a cataclysmic tsunami in 2004.
Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hit the corridors of COP30 in Belem on Wednesday, in a push to land a deal at the UN climate talks as nations remained divided over contentious issues.
France expected to adopt consent-based rape law
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» PARIS — French senators are on Wednesday expected to back a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making France the latest European country to pass a consent-based law.
Most US nuke workers to be sent home as shutdown bites
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US agency in charge of nuclear weapons is putting most of its workforce on unpaid leave, a top Republican lawmaker warned Friday, as a prolonged government shutdown bit further into already crippled public services.
Babis pledges loyalty to Europe as Czech government talks begin
AFP, Published on 05/10/2025
» PRAGUE - Czech billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis vowed loyalty to Europe as he met the president to start talks on a new government Sunday, a day after his movement topped a national vote.
EU leaders plot defence boost in shadow of Denmark drones
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» COPENHAGEN — European Union (EU) leaders will discuss bolstering Europe's defences and Ukraine's financial firepower at a Wednesday summit in Denmark, where mysterious drone flights have ramped up fears about the threat from Russia.
Russia vows to press on in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had no choice but to continue its military offensive on Ukraine and rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia was a “paper tiger”.