Sweden receives its last upgraded Archer artillery system

BAE Systems Bofors, the manufacturer of the Archer artillery system, has delivered the final upgraded unit to the Swedish Armed Forces according to a release issued by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 30 October 2025. This...

Sweden tests new unmanned boat in Baltic trials

Key Points Sweden’s FMV conducted trials of an unmanned surface vessel named Ran in Hårsfjärden to test software, control, and safety functions. The three-year project, ordered by the Swedish Armed Forces, aims to study the use of USVs in future...

‘One miscarriage of justice is too many’: Top lawyer builds case for baby shaking rethink

In his judgment, Crispin wrote: “It is difficult to envisage any circumstances in which a medical expert would be entitled to express an opinion that the injuries must have been inflicted deliberately because divining the state of mind of an...

Government resumes poultry imports from Argentina, Romania, Turkey

Alden Monzon - The Philippine Star November 2, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the import of wild and domestic birds from Argentina, Romania and Turkey, marking the latest in...

Minister of Education, cauterization is the last resort!

I believe that nations are built by engineers, as in China, and minds are shaped by creative thinkers, as in the United States and other countries. However, the engineer or educator, who is the subject of this article, has failed to fulfill either...

‘King of K-pop’ Lee Soo Man on his career, a global industry and what’s next

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Soo Man resisted the title at first. “King of K-pop” sounded too brash, too nightclub-esque — like something you’d see on a neon sign in Itaewon, a nightlife neighborhood in the South Korean capital Seoul once popular...

Audrey Tang, hacker and Taiwanese digital minister: ‘AI is a parasite that fosters polarization’

Audrey Tang, 44, uses her hacker skills, her IQ of 180, and her position as Taiwan’s minister of digital affairs — which she has held for nearly 10 years — to make the internet a safer place. Her goal is to ensure that the web serves its users,...

Trump to Nigeria: Stop the killings or face military action

The United States President, Donald Trump, has threatened to deploy military forces in Nigeria if the alleged genocide against Christians is not stopped in the country. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, directed the...

US Government signs $80bn nuclear deal with Westinghouse, Cameco and Brookfield

The US Department of Commerce has entered into a binding term sheet with Canada-based Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Asset Management to accelerate the global deployment of Westinghouse Electric Company’s nuclear reactor technologies. The...

‘I’m succeeding better now’: what Finland’s partying prime minister did next

The leaked video appeared while the prime minister was wrestling with the biggest threat to Finland’s security in decades. It showed her at a party in a lacy black top, grinding against her friends and lip-syncing to the Finnish pop song The Beast...

Emerging Czech government plans to scrap fees for public media

The emerging coalition of the ANO, the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), and the Motorists’ parties plans to abolish licence fees for public Czech Television and Czech Radio. According to the draft government manifesto obtained by ČTK, their...

EC officials receive training to enhance communications skills ahead of elections 

EC officials receive training to enhance communications skills ahead of elections DHAKA, Nov 1, 2025 (BSS) – Officials of the Election Commission (EC) have received training today to enhance their communication skills for effectively engaging with...

Embraer Starts Production Of Swedish Air Force's C-390 Millennium Fleet

It has been widely known that the Swedish Air Force is in the hunt for a C-130H replacement, and it has now moved to the procurement stage. Embraerformalized a sale of four C-390 Millennium airlifters to Sweden four weeks ago, with options for up...

Tunisia ranks 85th in Rule of Law Index 2025Tunisia ranks 85th in Rule of Law Index 2025

Tunisia has moved down eight spots in the Rule of Law Index for 2025, ranking 85th worldwide, while maintaining its 9th place position in Africa. Out of a total of 143 countries evaluated by the World Justice Project, Tunisia ranks as the 85th...

Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims election victory over populist Geert Wilders

Anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders has been defeated in the Netherlands general election, according to vote analysis. His hard-right anti-immigration Freedom Party was neck and neck with the centre-left D66 led by the 38-year-old Rob Jetten,...

European governments opt for open source alternatives to Big Tech encrypted communications

European governments are increasingly turning towards open standards alternatives to end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration services dominated by WhatsApp and Microsoft Teams. An open network messaging architecture, known as Matrix, is...

Omani Foreign Minister says Israel is prime source of insecurity in region

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi on Saturday described Israel, rather than Iran, as the principal source of regional instability, and encouraged fellow Gulf countries to engage with Tehran rather than isolate it. Mr Al Busaidi said the five...

Making Cheap Clothes Costly: How European Lawmakers Are Fighting Fast Fashion

Did you know that making one cotton t-shirt uses around 2,700 liters of water, around the amount that a person drinks in three years? Fast fashion may offer cheap, on-trend clothes, but it also generates an annual 12kg of textile waste per person...

Within A Week, Burger King Austria U-Turns on Promise to Replace Dairy with Oat Milk

4 Mins Read Fast-food chain Burger King has walked back on its pledge to swap dairy for Oatly’s barista milk in hot drinks in Austria, announcing that cow’s milk will remain on the menu. On October 20, Burger King Austria made an unprecedented...

Infographic showing the estimated stocks of nuclear warheads by country in 2025, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons, but again failed to clarify whether he meant live explosions in an order that has provoked global tension and confusion..