German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea looks like an act of sabotage and a “hybrid action”, without knowing who is…
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USA: Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
US budget carrier Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection after a long run of financial losses and a series of failed merger attempts. On Monday, the Florida-based airline said…
USA: Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome
Google has said it would harm consumers and businesses if it is forced to sell Chrome, the world’s most popular web browser. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will propose…
German: Manufacturing sector at risk of crashing- industry leaders
In the 44 years since Beckhoff Automation opened for business, owner Hans Beckhoff says he hasn’t seen an economic crisis like this one. “You can usually expect a crisis about…
USA: Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Elon Musk has stepped up his ongoing feud with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI with a revived lawsuit against the firm, adding Microsoft as a defendant. Mr Musk, a co-founder of the artificial…
Tanzania: Four-storey building collapses killing 13, dozens still missing
Rescue teams in Tanzania say they have managed to establish contact with people who are still trapped a day after a four-storey building collapsed in the biggest city, Dar es…
Australia: Foreign students and universities concerned about visa cap
Education is Australia’s fourth biggest export, trailing only mining products. Foreign students, who pay nearly twice as much as Australian students on average, prop up some institutions, subsidising research, scholarships,…
USA: Two Democratic senators call for probe into Musk’s alleged contact with Russia
Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk’s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides. The lawmakers have urged the Pentagon and…
South Africa: Miners holed up in abandoned shaft ‘starving’
Miners at an abandoned South African mining shaft are starving due to police limiting supplies to force out the hundreds of people believed to be stuck underground, according to a…
UK: Court the holds fate of billions in North Sea oil deals
Seven advocates squeezed into the front row of courtroom number one where environmental campaigners are challenging the government’s approval of the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields. Behind them, a further three…