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Germany sees surge in young Ukrainian refugees as Kyiv eases travel ban

Since Ukraine allowed men aged 18 to 22 to travel abroad last August, Germany has seen a growing number of young Ukrainian refugees. Seeking work and hoping to avoid mobilisation, around 20,000 arrive...

Jan 18France 24PoliticsImpact

Laura Jadid warns 'there’s nothing legal, ethical, moral about what’s unfolding on American streets'

François Picard is pleased to welcome independent journalist Laura Jadid sharing a piercing exposé of systemic dysfunction, ethical erosion, and authoritarianism blossoming in the US. In an era marked...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

France imposes entry ban on 10 British far-right activists over anti-migrant activities

A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....

Jan 14EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Iran: Death toll soars in protests after brutal crackdown

The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

Hundreds of farmers protest outside French parliament

French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

I quit my job at Microsoft to be a more present mother. I'm not worried about finding a new job — I have a plan.

Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha left her Microsoft job to take an extended career break after maternity leave. She believes being present during her child's early yea...

Jan 17Business InsiderlifestyleImpact

Pakistan arrests rights lawyer, husband over 'cyber terrorism', family says

Pakistani rights lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband were arrested, according to her mother, politician and former minister Shireen Mazari. A judge ordered the couple's arrest in a cyber terrori...

2dDeutsche WellePolitics

Victim of Iranian crackdown buried in hidden grave, family says

Iranian official media on Wednesday said 3,117 people were killed during protests which first erupted in late December and which activists say were suppressed with a deadly crackdown. here are many ve...

4dFrance 24world_newsImpact

US visa freeze begins for 26 African countries

In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

International Bar Association ‘will speak out’ if US sanctions Hong Kong judges

The new head of the International Bar Association (IBA) has said that the organisation will speak out if unjustified and illegal sanctions are imposed on legal professionals in Hong Kong. The remarks ...

4dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Alex Pretti, the man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis

The parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who was shot dead by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, issued a written statement decrying top Trump administration officials who suggested the...

5hFrance 24crimeImpact

The $1 trillion reason Elon Musk ended Tesla FSD purchases

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reuters Tesla shifts its full self-driving service to a subscription-only model. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will end outright purchases of FSD in February. The lesson: Yo...

Jan 14Business InsiderautomotiveImpact

Religious practice is declining in Europe, Pew Research Centre data shows

Between 2010 and 2020, atheists represented the fastest-growing population group on the continent, according to new data....

4dEuronewssociety

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

Jan 14The VergeTechnologyImpact

Magic: The Gathering: Lorwyn Eclipsed is Out Today, Here's Where to Buy Everything From 2026's First Set

Magic: The Gathering has kicked off 2026 with a return to Lorwyn, and Lorwyn Eclipsed might be the most excited I've seen the community since, well, Edge of Eternities (the last Universes Within set)....

2dIGNeconomics

How Iran’s regime retook the streets

Details emerge of unprecedented crackdown, raising questions over future of protest movement...

Jan 16Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

Turkish Cypriots: The EU's invisible Europeans

The unresolved Cyprus problem leaves Turkish Cypriots in a state of limbo within the European Union, without full EU rights, recognition or political certainty and economically and diplomatically isol...

Jan 13Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...

Jan 13The VergePoliticsImpact

40M Americans Live Alone, 29% of households

Article URL: https://www.apolloacademy.com/40-million-americans-live-alone/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46718299 Points: 8 # Comments: 6...

3dHacker NewssocietyImpact

Why IRC is better than Real Life

Article URL: https://everything2.com/node/e2node/Why%20IRC%20is%20better%20than%20Real%20Life Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611119 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...

Jan 14Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact
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