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The Greens become the largest party in two former Labour strongholds in south London. Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles while visiting the We Are Together Fourm and Awards Ceremony, on December 3, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.”I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. He also said he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for…
Paula Barker, the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, told the BBC: “I have enormous respect for both Gordon and Harriet, but I would have had even more respect for them if they had declined the offer of, quite frankly, non-jobs and told the prime minister that it’s time for a change and he should set out his timetable.” Source link
Remote expedition cruises to places like Antarctica and the Arctic are booming as affluent travelers increasingly seek out isolated, experience-driven destinations far from traditional tourism infrastructure.The global cruise industry serviced a record 37.2 million passengers in 2025, up 7.5% from 2024, according to Cruise Lines International Association, with passenger volume expected to approach 42 million by 2028. Within that growth, expedition cruising has emerged as one of the industry’s hottest segments.Ritu Panesar, founder and president of luxury travel company Travelopod, said her clients routinely spend between $30,000 and $50,000 per person on remote expedition itineraries, often booked months or even…
And on Friday, the Department of Defense (which has renamed itself the Department of War without the required authorization from the US Congress) began releasing those files. So what’s in there? You can see for yourself here. The short answer is “not much.” Example photo from the UAP files released Friday. Credit: US military Example photo from the UAP files released Friday. Credit: US military The longer answer is that there are pages and pages of old FBI records, unresolved cases, eyewitness interviews, and the usual grainy, black-and-white images that show dots but nothing remotely conclusive about aliens, alien spaceships,…
Lib Dem leader hails gains in England and Scotland as his party profits from slump in support for Labour and the Tories. Source link
A general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. AFP | Getty ImagesFor now, prediction market traders aren’t too worried about the hantavirus.Kalshi data shows only a 21% chance of the hantavirus outbreak will be a concern this year. The prediction markets platform opened its market on the hantavirus on Wednesday night, noting it will be resolved if the World Health Organization verifies that the virus is “a public health emergency of international concern” in 2026.Compared to other markets opened on the same day, trading…
These now-routine price increases are a marked change from a decades-long period where game consoles routinely and quickly dropped in price in the years after their launch. Even before recent component shortages, though, a combination of higher-than-normal inflation, the slowing of Moore’s Law, tariff-related market shocks, and spiking gas prices have made the once-reliable console price drop a fading market memory. In updated financial forecasts also released today, Nintendo cited “the impact of these price revisions” in projecting sales of 16.5 million Switch 2 units in the current fiscal year (ending March 2027). That’s down from 19.86 million sales in…
Many voters have turned to Reform UK with devastating consequences for the main two parties, Labour and the Conservatives. Source link
Data centers are gobbling up land, driving up electric bills, and becoming a lightning rod for public discontent over big tech’s power in society.Maine’s legislature recently passed a data center ban in the state (but failed to override the governor’s veto). According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 14 states spanning the political spectrum from Oklahoma to New York are considering legislation that would ban or pause new data centers, as public opinion on AI has increasingly shifted to the negative.Still, despite the qualms of the public and politicians, there’s a torrent of capital for building new data centers.…