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Everything was in place. Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of police, soldiers and other guards deployed to maintain security on the big showpiece day to kick off the Olympics. But the saboteurs struck away from the capital, at five apparently unguarded places. France’s state-owned rail…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – May 15, 2026
Greetings from Tyler, Trump says twenty years is enough. But Iran is not being forthcoming. The way he looks at it most of us will be dead, and the next generation can deal with the situation. But Trump’s not happy about the way Iran is negotiating. But the way we’ve been dealing death to Iran’s…
Breaking News | Germany | NewsStrike over pay paralyzes rail, air travel in Germany
BERLIN — Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members. The 24-hour walkout – one of the biggest in decades – also affected cargo transport by rail and ship,…
Poland exits Article 7, the EU’s special procedure on rule of law
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to restore the rule of law and reset relations between Warsaw and Brussels. Poland has officially exited Article 7, the European Union’s exceptional mechanism to rein in countries that openly defy the bloc’s fundamental values. “We consider there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach…
Migrant crossings to UK hit new record, heaping pressure on Sunak
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache. Provisional data from the Home Office, or interior ministry, showed on Wednesday that…
Study: Scientists use X-ray to identify single atom for first time
May 31 (UPI) — For the first time, scientists have taken the first X-ray signal of a single atom, with such detection having the potential to revolutionize such areas of science like quantum information, nanotechnology, and environmental and medical science research, authors of a new study said. Results from the research conducted by a team…


