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A Swiss mountain village has been buried in a deluge of ice, mud and rock, after a big chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed into the valley below. The village of Blatten, which was evacuated of its roughly 300 residents several days ago, was on Wednesday overwhelmed by thousands of tonnes of mud and ice….
Mass brawl breaks out in Georgian parliament over controversial media law
A huge punch-up has erupted in Georgia’s parliament over a controversial foreign influence law, some say follows in the Kremlin’s authoritarian footsteps. A massive brawl happened inside the Georgian Parliament on Monday, during heated discussions over a law deemed Russian-esque by critics. The legislation under debate will compel media and non-commercial organisations to register as being…
Breaking News | News | Russia‘All It Takes is One’: Iran Gives Russia Help From the Air
Russia’s new Iranian-made drones put Ukraine “a bit more on the defensive,” one expert said. The Iranian-made drones that Russia has sent in swarms high over Ukraine’s battlefields are not particularly fast, running on an unsophisticated two-stroke engine akin to a lawnmower. They’re not going to sneak up on anyone, either: Russian troops have nicknamed…
Europe’s most powerful nuclear reactor kicks off in Finland, helping country cut off energy ties from Russia
Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly. The Olkiluoto 3 reactor, which has 1,600-megawatt capacity, was connected into the Finnish national power grid in March 2022 and kicked…
Malaysia might halt palm oil export to EU in retaliation for new deforestation regulations
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 12): Malaysia may consider halting the export of palm oil to the European Union in retaliation for the trade bloc’s new deforestation regulations, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said this is one of the options Malaysians would consider to deal with the EU’s negative palm…
Germany to halve federal aid for refugees next year – sources
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Germany plans to halve the federal aid allocated for states to cover the expenses of receiving and integrating refugees next year, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, as part of belt-tightening amid soaring inflation and economic slowdown. More than 1 million Ukrainians sought refuge in Germany after Moscow’s invasion in…


