Seneline/Shutterstock The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so. ConsideringContinue Reading
Russia had expected to be victorious long before now. Its initial plan envisaged ground assaults across Ukraine in the first ten days and a rapid capitulation thereafter. But Kyiv did not fall – and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to leave the capital, saying, “I need ammunition, not a ride,”Continue Reading
Iran’s execution of protester Mohsen Shekari is the first after a huge wave of unrest swept around the country in the autumn of 2022. Shekari was found guilty by a Iranian Revolutionary Court of “moharebeh” (enmity against God), news sources reported. Human rights groups say Shekari and other protesters whoContinue Reading
The AI chatbot was trained on text created by humans. Of course its writing is superficially impressive and lacking in substance.Continue Reading
imtmphoto/Shutterstock Have you ever been asked to make a cup of tea for your colleagues in the workplace? A recent survey commissioned by Samsung of around 2,000 employees in the UK showed that this is about three times more likely to happen to you if you are a woman. WomenContinue Reading
Ireland will see at least another week of arctic weather as Met Éireann extended a weather advisory and issued further warnings for hazardous conditions. It comes after the first snow of winter began to fall across parts of the country late on Thursday evening, with social media users posting videosContinue Reading
Physicists study starlight to find whether the fine structure constant, whose value makes our universe possible, really is the same everywhere.Continue Reading
Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable. So it is in Ukraine. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and hisContinue Reading
Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country. The group is accused of trying to instate Heinrich XIII – a descendant of German royalty – as their leader. Among those arrested were members of the Reichsbürger (whichContinue Reading
If nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine, it won’t be Russia that starts it, says Russian president Vladimir Putin – ostensibly seeking to reassure the world while also delivering an arch reminder that he does, after all, have the power to swing the world’s largest nuclear arsenal into action ifContinue Reading
