Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in the US. In the scientific program "Debug," a natural bacterium is introduced into male mosquitoes. Those male mosquitoes are then released into the wild with a clear task.
A Russian drone has damaged a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This was reported by the Ukrainian authorities. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Starmer will receive Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on Sunday. All this while Putin trashed Zelensky's peace proposal.
A solution for your endless curiosity, a trigger for your unbridled competitiveness or fodder for your jealousy? Whichever way it turns out, the fact is that it was decided at the European level that employers must now tell employees how much their colleagues earn if asked the question. However, quite a few EU member states have not managed to get a legislative framework and the practical implementation in place in time. The clock is ticking, but even in the Netherlands there seems to be no escape from this landmark regulation aimed at reducing the gender pay gap.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participated in a ceremony commemorating D-Day at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Colleville-sur-mer on Saturday. He made the link between the Normandy landings and immigration.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s comments have sparked controversy, drawing outraged responses from many British politicians.
In an open letter, Ukrainian President Zelensky invited Vladimir Putin for a face-to-face meeting to reach an end to the conflict between their two countries. The Russian president firmly declined the invitation.
Ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Armenia, Russia has flooded the country with disinformation. This was reported by the New York Times.
A sea drone exploded in the Romanian port city of Constanța. Part of the port area was evacuated and shipping in part of the coastal zone was shut down as a precaution. Authorities say the device is believed to be an unmanned maritime device linked to the war in Ukraine. As far as is known, no one was injured.
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, will build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Albanian island. Trump's son-in-law wants to build a vacation resort on a nature reserve. The entire project will cost about $6 billion (5.16 billion euros). Everything seems to be in order, although a number of Albanians are not satisfied with the plans and took to the streets and protested for days against the arrival of this luxury resort off the Albanian coast.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted an open letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his website on Thursday evening. President Zelensky asks Putin for a complete ceasefire and peace negotiations. "The choice is yours now. Enough war. Ukraine proposes to end this war."