One person has died after being swept away by waves in Taiwan's Liuqiu island, authorities say. #TyphoonChampi #SevereWeather #Taiwan
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Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Champi shuts Taiwan
Russia's Federal Tax Service data center in Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region, was reportedly struck last night. It stores and processes government registry data, including tax databases. Damage to the facility could potentially disrupt Russian government information systems.
Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm
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Rolls-Royce nears taxpayer subsidy deal to develop new engine in UK
✈️🔥🔥The moment Ukrainian drones reportedly struck a russian Federal Tax Service data center in the Nizhny Novgorod region overnight. The strike could disrupt key russian government information systems.
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Romanian lawyer and politician (born 1970)
The author claimed that the traditional press in Romania and the West was concealing information about a civil lawsuit for damages initiated in the Netherlands against Bill Gates and Albert Bourla, whom he described as the CEO of Pfizer and the recipient of secret messages. #Media #Justitie #BillGates #RO #NL #US (translated)
Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises
Meta, condemned to pay 25 billion dollars for deceiving users about the protection of their personal data. (translated)
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Meta, condenada a pagar 25.000 millones de dólares por engañar a los usuarios sobre la protección de sus datos personales
Towering waves crashed against Taiwan's coastline as Typhoon Champi swept past the island on Friday, leaving one person dead, 94 injured and hundreds of flights cancelled. #TyphoonChampi #Taiwan #ExtremeWeather
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Taiwan: Deadly Typhoon Champi brings travel chaos and school closures
Some of Europe’s highest energy costs expected in Britain this winter. Since privatisation UK gas storage capacity reduced to about 8 - 12 days, EU has 80 -120 days. UK is net importer of electricity. Wars, privatisation and profiteering take toll.
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Some of Europe’s highest energy costs expected in Britain this winter
Swedish linguist
The author praised a Guardian article about Korean adoptees in the United States and worldwide, highlighting its suggestion that international adoption might one day be regarded as a historical practice with a defined beginning and end. #AdopciónInternacional #KoreanAdoptees #Historia #KR #US
According to a report by the Financial Times, Matthias Döpfner apparently wants to dismantle TikTok in Europe following the model of the USA with the aim that Springer becomes the new owner - and has met with Kushner senior for this purpose. Expropriation is bad, unless you benefit from it yourself. (translated)
A violent man, convicted for domestic violence and for splitting his daughter's lip on another occasion, has the backing of our judges to insult, humiliate, and hit the girl for vomiting in the car. (translated)
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El Supremo absuelve a un padre por la bofetada que dio a su hija por vomitar en el coche: es "derecho de corrección"
Sure, we should, if we can (many cannot). But as I keep pointing out, the government itself is making no provision at all. No stockpiles, no back-up, no alternative sources. It's individuating the response to a collective problem, and that never ends well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises
Polish journalist
The author of the post wrote that the European Parliament awarded this year's Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He added that the MEPs stood in defense of the court, which — as he put it — administers justice to war criminals around the world, after sanctions were imposed on it by the USA. https://t.co/p0CISgDKCe #NagrodaSacharowa #TrybunałKarny #sprawiedliwość #NL #US (translated)
How is that supposed to be in a 2.8-degree world, Mr. Merz? (translated)
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Studie - Mehr als 50.000 Hitzetote in ganz Europa
Officials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October. #EbolaOutbreak #PublicHealth #CrossBorderTransmission
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Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
French economist
The post cited a CNBC report in which Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said he saw no sign of a memory glut in 2029, adding that demand could always grow. https://t.co/P09gXkuK9e #Nvidia #MemoryTechnology #TechNews #US
The clashes broke out after parliamentary leadership rejected opposition demands to debate ten days of student demonstrations that have gripped the capital Tirana. #AlbaniaProtests #StudentDemonstrations #PoliticalUnrest
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Albanian opposition and ruling party lawmakers scuffle in parliament over student protest tensions
