A new draft text from the COP29 climate summit is calling for $250 billion per year from developed nations to poorer countries. The COP29 climate summit presidency released the draft finance deal on Nov. 22, as world governments in Baku, Azerbaijan, try to agree on a sweeping funding plan to tackle climate finance that would […]

Damage to two undersea fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea—one between Lithuania and Sweden, and the other between Finland and Germany— should be regarded as sabotage, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday. “No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally. I also don’t want to believe in versions that these were […]

Ukraine has conducted its first strikes inside Russian territory with U.S.-made long-range ATACMS missiles, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defense. On Telegram, Russia’s Ministry of Defense posted that on Nov. 19 at 03:25, the “enemy launched strikes by six ballistic missiles targeting a facility in Bryansk region.” It said that according to confirmed data,”U.S.-made ATACMS […]

The U.N.’s annual agenda-setting climate talks got underway this week. COP, or the “Conference of the Parties,” serves as the central platform under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where world leaders, scientists, and negotiators convene annually to drive “global climate action,” often culminating in pledges of vast financial commitments. The summit lasts […]

The ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in Georgia’s parliamentary elections on Sunday with nearly 54 percent of the vote, prompting President Salome Zourabichvili to call for public protests amid opposition claims that the result favors Russia. Georgian Dream is headed for a fourth term in office and will take 89 seats in parliament, determining […]

Norwegian authorities have issued an international wanted notice for a man in connection with the dissemination of exploding electronic devices to the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Earlier this month, Hezbollah was struck by a two-day wave of explosions from rigged electronic devices, including thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies, killing dozens and wounding thousands. On […]

Elon Musk’s X has named a legal representative in Brazil, according to the firm’s lawyers, complying with one of the original orders made by the Supreme Court in the process that led to the shutdown of the platform. On Saturday Andre Zonaro and Sergio Rosenthal, who were recently appointed as X’s lawyers in Brazil, told […]

Electronic devices detonated across southern Lebanon and in Beirut’s southern suburbs for the second day in a row on Sept. 18, according to Lebanese officials and witnesses who spoke with Reuters. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 14 people were killed and more than 450 were injured in the second wave of explosions. Several of […]

The Taiwanese pager manufacturer whose branding appeared on remnants of beepers that exploded in Lebanon says that they were manufactured by another company in Hungary. The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon was made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo claimed on Wednesday. It said it had only licensed out its […]

President Emmanuel Macron has named the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s next prime minister. Barnier was announced in the role on Thursday after a caretaker government was in place for more than 50 days. The 73-year-old led the EU’s talks with Britain, from 2016 to 2021, over its exit from the […]

Massive protests have swept Israel following the execution of six hostages in Gaza at the hands of Hamas. On Monday, at least 500,000 demonstrated in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other cities, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do more to bring home the remaining 101 hostages. Protesters are pushing the government to accept a cease-fire […]

The Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered the full suspension of Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country for refusing to name an in-country legal representative. Brazil’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order on Aug. 30, putting millions of users of the platform in Latin America’s biggest economy on track to be […]

The Brazilian Supreme Court has said it will suspend social media platform X unless Elon Musk appoints a new legal representative within 24 hours. In a court order published on X at 6 p.m. local time Wednesday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded that Musk appoint a new legal representative for X Brasil in response to a […]

French authorities on Aug. 28 issued preliminary charges against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, accusing him of permitting alleged criminal activity on the messaging app. The charging decision comes four days after French authorities detained Durov at the Paris–Le Bourget Airport, as he arrived on his private jet from Azerbaijan. Earlier on Wednesday, Durov was released […]

Two fighter jet pilots died after their plane collided with another and crashed in France, according to the French military. The two Rafale fighter jets collided on Wednesday during a combat maneuver in the Vosges region near the town of Colombey-les-Belles, north-eastern France, the defense ministry said in a statement. Captain Sébastien Mabire, an instructor, […]

France’s high-speed TGV rail network has been paralyzed by vandalism and arson attacks, the train operator SNCF said, just hours before the Olympic Games in Paris are set to open. An SNCF spokesman told The Epoch Times by email that it was the “victim” of several simultaneous “malicious acts” affecting the Atlantique, Northern, and Eastern […]

The founder of WikiLeaks has won the right to challenge extradition to the United States where he faces espionage charges. In March, Julian Assange’s legal team won an appeal that put the onus on U.S. authorities to give assurances that he would not face the death penalty if extradited. At his final extradition hearing on […]

Los Angeles-based Climate Emergency Fund can fund Just Stop Oil’s activities, which often result in arrests, without exposing its U.S. donors to British democratic accountability. Just Stop Oil is just one of a number of organizations supporting the climate change agenda that are resorting to extreme methods to get their points across. Just Stop Oil, […]

In his resignation speech, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was reassembling his Cabinet as many as 59 government ministers and ministerial aides have quit in recent days. However, one Conservative MP said he was worried that not “all ministerial posts can be filled.” As he gave his resignation speech on Thursday, Johnson said […]

A Google whistleblower told The Epoch Times that the Internet giant has an “anti-conservative bias” and search results are “reconfigured to what the establishment thinks.” He added that “we have to use whatever democracy we have left to stop this.” It follows allegations from a Daily Mail study that articles from mostly left-wing outlets were […]