‘We’re making it worse, not better,’ former New Zealand prime minister warns leaders Jacinda Ardern, who now calls Sydney home, has delivered a message to Australian politicians from the stage of the city’s Opera House. The former New Zealand prime minister turned academic told the audience on Sunday that politicians were exacerbating the problem of polarisation within society and needed to be better. Continue reading...
Jacinda Ardern in Sydney Opera House talk advises politicians to ‘rebuild trust by building financial security’
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Ryanair says it may freeze workers' pay and raise airfares
The airline says fuel prices may rise by €2bn in 2028 unless there is an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.
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Supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden hit by suspected cyber-attack
Chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg said fridge temperatures rose overnight, similar to hack that hit French stores in October Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack similar to one that caused millions of euros of food losses in France. Sweden’s Coop chain told the daily Aftonbladet on Monday that six of its stores had been affected, while ICA said it was “aware that a limited number of stores were affected by an incident overnight which impacted their refrigeration and freezer systems”. Continue reading...
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Hackers send fake nuclear threat alert to Ukraine emergency app
Residents in Kyiv also warned of chemical attack and street-to-street fighting in false message sent by unknown party Europe live – latest updates Unknown hackers have targeted Ukraine’s nationwide emergency alert mobile app, sending residents in Kyiv a warning that they were at risk of an imminent nuclear strike. The app reported a high possibility of nuclear radiation late on Sunday. It also wrongly warned of a chemical threat to the Ukrainian capital and street-to-street fighting. The messages were written in English with spelling mistakes, as well as in Ukrainian. Continue reading...
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Europe could face colder weather as polar vortex weakens
Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeks The stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 days, when it would typically be strengthening. A major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event is possible. This could influence weather patterns in the following weeks, increasing the likelihood of persistent areas of high pressure across the mid-latitudes and colder conditions weeks later. Continue reading...
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Ukraine and Russia say emergency air-raid warning systems hit by cyber-hacks – Europe live
In Ukraine, the app started to send out alarming fake messages late on Sunday night In Russia, authorities said this morning that hackers had gained access to the Emergency Ministry’s mobile app and sent out “fake information”. The Emergency Ministry said it had to take the app offline temporarily but reassured residents that the wider alert system – SMS texts, broadcasts, street sirens and loudspeakers – was still in operation. The king regrets that no agreement has been reached on a credible budget aligned with current challenges. In a context of great geopolitical uncertainty and significant economic challenges, the country cannot afford a prolonged political crisis. Continue reading...
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Sudan files complaints against Ethiopia with UN over deadly drone spree
One-way drone attacks have killed or wounded 484 civilians since February, Khartoum says.