Unless he is banned, ultranationalist Călin Georgescu seems very much in the race to win the presidential election rerun in May. Romania has set a date to rerun its presidential election after concerns of Russia’s “aggressive hybrid action” first time round, but there’s still a risk the result may be similar at the second attempt…
A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the planet’s orbit in 2026. BepiColombo was built by the Stevenage-based company Astrium, now Airbus, and launched in 2018. The spacecraft comprises two satellites that will gather data for at least a…
Horrifying aerial footage captured huge areas of wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles looking like a charred war zone. The drone footage taken Wednesday panned over a completely abandoned neighborhood of crumbled homes and structures coated in char and dark, smoky dust from the fires, which have left at least five dead and more than 130,000 under evacuation…
BEIRUT, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel. In a speech to the chamber, Aoun, 60, vowed to work…
Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an effort to embrace free speech. “We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression…
Shandong Port Group, operator of key oil ports used by China’s independent refiners, has prohibited access and services to tankers sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury, a move that could curb Chinese oil imports and raise costs for local refiners, trade sources have told Reuters. Shandong Port Group has issued a notice, seen by the trade…
Jan. 7 (UPI) — At least 126 people are dead and 188 injured after a strong earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet in China on Tuesday morning. A 7.1-magnitude temblor struck at a depth of about 6 miles just after 9 a.m. local time in Tibet’s Dingri County, a mountainous region located near the…
The Pentagon announced Monday that it has released 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. The detainees, none of whom have been charged with a crime, will be resettled in Oman as the Biden administration moves to wind down operations at the notorious detention facility….
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he intends to resign from his post but will stay until a new leader of the country’s Liberal Party is in place, effectively ending nine years of power. Trudeau’s departure comes amid mounting pressure for him to step aside before an upcoming election that his Liberal Party is forecasted to…
If successful, it would mark Austria’s first far-right-led government since World War II. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen gave the green light to far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl to attempt and form the new ruling coalition after the two met in Vienna on Monday. “Kickl has the confidence to find viable solutions…