#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Wednesday briefing: Why Keir Starmer cut foreign aid to pay for defence – and who loses out. In today’s newsletter: The prime minister announced a significant increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, funded entirely by a cut in the aid budget
#Politics #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × South Korea birthrate rises for first time in nine years amid surge in marriages. Rise comes from very low base and remains far below the 2.1 births per woman needed to stabilise population
#Asia #South Korea
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Arrest after woman dies on ferry from Wales to Ireland. Gardaí went on board after Stena Line ferry from Fishguard docked at Rosslare Europort
#Republic of Ireland #Europe
#bbc.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Guizhou: Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home's noodles. The noodle dish, provided only to mourners, has gone viral on Chinese social media.
#China #Asia
#bbc.com. #Feb.26.2025 × What Apple pulling UK Advanced Data Protection means for you. The tech giant's decision has prompted questions and concerns about reduced protections for UK iCloud users.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#oilprice.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Inpex’s $20-Billion Indonesia LNG Project Draws High Buyer Interest | OilPrice.com. The Abadi LNG project in Indonesia has received interest from potential buyers exceeding its planned production capacity, indicating strong market demand.
#Business #Japan #Indonesia #Asia
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Chile declares state of emergency as blackout plunges country into darkness. Chilean authorities say largest power outage in years caused by transmission line failure.
#South America #Chile
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Petition to strip Musk of Canadian citizenship gathers 280,000 signatures. Parliamentary petition accuses tech billionaire of acting against the national interest of Canada.
#Tech #Canada #North America
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × ‘Homegrown’ Swedish battery startup admits importing vital components. Northvolt, which claims to run Europe’s first homegrown gigafactory, admits it depends on Chinese suppliers for cathode active material
#Tech #China #Sweden #Europe #Asia
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Almost twice as many boys as girls cycle in UK, Sustrans report finds. Charity sounds alarm over gender gap – but finds children enthusiastic about measures to make cycling easier
#time.com. #Feb.26.2025 × 2025 TIME Women of the Year Gala: Honorees’ Toasts. The speakers included Nicole Kidman, A’ja Wilson, Olivia Munn, Fatou Baldeh, and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot.
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Dragonwing take flight to boost Qualcomm industrial, embedded IoT offer | Computer Weekly. Connected processor and artificial intelligence company establishes new brand for suite of industrial and embedded IoT, enterprise and networking solutions.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.26.2025 × UK law firm embarks on SD-WAN and SASE infrastructure upgrade | Computer Weekly. Network services provider collaborates with commercial law firm Hill Dickinson to enhance network connectivity and security by introducing SD-WAN and SASE frameworks to help safeguard corporate assets.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Engineering at tipping point as manufacturing embraces Industry 5.0 | Computer Weekly. Leading connected engineering software provider unveils vision of generative AI-based design to support new age of industrial applications with sustainability and virtual processes at the core.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Column | Trump’s new world order is taking shape. Donald Trump wants to reckon with a world shaped only by great powers and their supplicants, and to behave like the greatest power of them all.
#Politics #USA #North America #Americas
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × ‘We try to put applicants off’: couple chosen as live-in caretakers on uninhabited Irish island. Recently married couple selected to look after Great Blasket, the largest island on Europe’s most westerly archipelago
#Iceland #Republic of Ireland #Afro-Eurasia #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO
#Health #Science #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Arts sector’s use of unpaid interns for some roles could be illegal, experts say. Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industries
#United Kingdom #Europe
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.26.2025 × White House Kicks Out HuffPost Reporter From Press Pool. Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.
#Politics #USA #North America
#bbc.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Five takeaways from Canada's Liberal leadership debates. The Liberal Party of Canada will soon choose a leader that will replace Justin Trudeau and become Canada's next prime minister.
#Politics #Science #Tech #Canada #Justin Trudeau #North America
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.26.2025 × IoT and SaaS will underpin government legislation introduced to protect rivers | Computer Weekly. Tech platform will enable water companies, regulators and the public to monitor pollution levels in rivers.
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Scottish police fail to record ethnicity in DNA database | Computer Weekly. Scottish policing bodies are failing to properly record and publish data on the ethnicity of arrested people whose, making it impossible to determine under their statutory equalities duties whether the
#Tech #United Kingdom #Europe
#oilprice.com. #Feb.26.2025 × India’s Renewable Energy Investment Is Falling Short of Targets | OilPrice.com. India is facing a significant investment gap in renewable energy, with current investments only a fraction of what is needed to meet its ambitious clean energy targets by 2030.
#Business #Asia #India
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Nurse in Australia charged over video about killing Israelis. Police charge 26-year-old woman over video that prompted widespread condemnation.
#Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
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