âSignal fĂŒr Anliegen der Demokratieâ
Die venezolanische Oppositionspolitikerin Maria Corina Machado erhĂ€lt den Friedensnobelpreis 2025. Die Entscheidung sei ĂŒberraschend, aber verdient, so der Tenor der internationalen Reaktionen. Experten sehen auch in der BegrĂŒndung ein starkes âSignal fĂŒr das Anliegen der Demokratieâ und einen Beweis der UnabhĂ€ngigkeit des norwegischen Nobelkomitees. Kritik kam aus dem WeiĂen Haus. Machado widmete den Preis unterdessen auch US-PrĂ€sidenten Donald Trump. â Read more
US-StĂŒtzpunkt in Idaho wird Standort fĂŒr Katars Luftwaffe â Read more
Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho, US says
The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says. â Read more
I noticed Google put out this article: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html itâs very current day Google, but the comments under the YouTube video are pretty on point and I saw a few familiar faces there. There is also, unexpectedly, ways to contact Google.
First a form for âteachers, students, and hobbyistsâ, that I filled politely, as someone who falls under their hobbyist category. It can be filled both anonymously, or with an e-mail attached, to be contacted by them (I chose the second option).
Also a general feedback and questions form, that I was not as polite in and used to send them the following message:
I have already provided some feedback, in the teacher, student and hobbyists form/questionaire, as well as an open letter Iâve recently sent to the European Commission digital markets act team, as I do believe your proposal might not even be legal, given the fact it puts privacy-focused alternative app stores at risk (https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and it was proposed this early, after Google lost in court to Epic Games, over similar monopoly concerns. Why should we trust Google to be the only authority for all developer signatures, right after the European courts labeled it a gatekeeper?
Assuming this gets passed, despite justified developer backlash and at best questionable legality, can you give us any guarantees, this will not be used to target legal malware-free mods, or user privacy enhancing patchers, like the ones used for applying the ReVanced patches? I have made a few mods myself, but I am in no way associated with the ReVanced team. I just share many peoples concerns, Google Chrome has been conveniently stripped of its manifest v2 support, that made many privacy protecting extensions possible and now youâre conveniently asking for the government IDs, of all the developers, who maintain these kinds of privacy protections (be it patches, or alternative open-source apps) on Android.
Changes to title requirements: [Original] can now be used in the [series/origin] section of titles. â Read more
Little Tip: in little screens use :helpCurwin xxx for get helping in Vim! â Read more
Kinderschutz: Ermittlungen gegen US-IT-Konzerne â Read more
Do you use regex in Vim? What for? â Read more
How Trumpâs Supreme Court lackeys pushed us to the brink of one-man rule
Graham G. Dodds,  Professor of Political Science, Concordia University -  Raw Story | Commentary
Stephan:Â This is a good assessment of how the Republicans perverted the Supreme Court, creating its corrupt fascist majority.
_U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for their group port ⊠â Read moreRFK Jr. Ties Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol in Bonkers Rant
Farrah Tomazin ,  Political Correspondent -  Daily Beast
_Stephan: US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy, Jr, is now the man overseeing your healthcare and medical wellbeing in the Trump Republican coup. This is his latest insanity that circumcision results in autism. Never forget that Kennedy was a heroin addict in high school and college, and does not have 30 minutes of medica ⊠â Read more
News organizations hold out on signing Pentagon media policies âdesigned to stifle a free pressâ
Jeremy Barr,  Reporter -  The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Part of the Trump Republican Party fascist strategy is to use the American military to take control of Democrat controlled cities. And one aspect of that strategy is to suppress a free press from covering the military. Here is a good description of what they are doing. It has nev ⊠â Read more
đ€ đ đ§ What if, What if we built our own self-hosted / small-web / community-built/run Internet on top of the Internet using Wireguard as the underlying tech? What if we ran our own Root DNS servers? What if we set a zero tolerance policy on bots, spammers and other kind of abuse that should never have existed in the first place. Hmmmm
Kinderschutz: BrĂŒssel nimmt US-Plattformen ins Visier â Read more
LâautoritĂ© et le ridicule
RĂ©cemment, Trump et son Ă©quipe on usĂ© dâune technique redoutablement efficace pour dĂ©samorcer les critiques virulentes de leurs opposants DĂ©mocrates : le ridicule. Face aux piques acerbes du reprĂ©sentant Hakeem Jeffries, leader dĂ©mocrate Ă la Chambre des reprĂ©sentants qui dĂ©nonçait les motifs de la fermeture gouvernementale actuelle comme une pure posture partisane, les trumpistes ont ripostĂ© [âŠ] â Read more
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Nach der Klage gegen den frĂŒheren FBI-Chef und Widersacher von US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump, James Comey, ist am Donnerstag auch gegen New Yorks GeneralstaatsanwĂ€ltin Letitia James Klage eingereicht worden. Sie hatte in einem Prozess erreicht, dass Trump im vergangenen Jahr wegen Betrugs zu einer dreistelligen Millionenstrafe verurteilt wurde. Nun wird ihr Bankbetrug vorgeworfen. James weist die VorwĂŒrfe zurĂŒck. â Read more
Neue US-Ermittlungen zu Teslas âAutopilotâ-Software â Read more
New Yorkâs top prosecutor charged with fraud after Trump pressures justice department
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de I submitted it via the form on their website (https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en) and got the following response:
Dear citizen,
Thank you for contacting us and sharing your concerns regarding the impact of Googleâs plans to introduce a developer verification process on Android. We appreciate that you have chosen to contact us, as we welcome feedback from interested parties.
As you may be aware, the Digital Markets Act (âDMAâ) obliges gatekeepers like Google to effectively allow the distribution of apps on their operating system through third party app stores or the web. At the same time, the DMA also permits Google to introduce strictly necessary and proportionate measures to ensure that third-party software apps or app stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system or to enable end users to effectively protect security.
We have taken note of your concerns and, while we cannot comment on ongoing dialogue with gatekeepers, these considerations will form part of our assessment of the justifications for the verification process provided by Google.
Kind regards,
The DMA Team
US-Medien: Nationalgarde im Raum Chicago im Einsatz â Read more
**Colombiaâs president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians **
The White House calls the allegation âbaselessâ as the US Senate rejected a measure to bar Trump from using force against the boats. â Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I am betting he will not. The letter was not focused, nor used, politicianâs âlingoâ. If it was sent via email then it will be even easier to dismiss. I wish I was not such a cynic! đ©
Testing asynchronous workflows using OpenTelemetry and Istio
Learn how to test complex asynchronous workflows in cloud native applications using OpenTelemetry for context propagation and Istio for traffic routing. Explore cost-effective approaches to isolate test environments without duplicating infrastructure. Introduction Asynchronous architectures have become⊠â Read more
I keep getting this email occadionally:
Your iCloud storage is almost full
Now for various reasons, I donât want my children to be using iCloud to store data, files, photos or any of the sort. Theyâre free to use iMessages, and other Apple services like the App Store, etc, but not storage.
So Iâve set about blocking iCloud Storage API(s) via AdGuard Home tonight as well as ensuring that my local network (client users) cannot bypass DNS policies and get out other sneaky ways, because some applications will just use other DNS servers, or DOH or DOT.
Colombiaâs president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians. âThere is no war against smuggling; there is a war for oil.â â Read more
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Fine-tuning a language model doesnât have to be daunting. In our previous post on fine-tuning models with Docker Offload and Unsloth, we walked through how to train small, local models efficiently using Dockerâs familiar workflows. This time, weâre narrowing the focus. Instead of asking a model to be good at everything, we can specialize it:⊠â Read more
Where fish feed ingredients come from key for sustainability, new study finds
A new study led by researchers from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with international partners including The University of Manchester, has found that the environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds is influenced more by where ingredients are sourced than by the types of ingredients used. â Read more
China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
Beijingâs monopoly over rare earths is a key bargaining chip in its trade negotiations with the US. â Read more
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org In my case it was a silver necklace, a hummingbird with a wing connected with the cold welding I mentioned using thin brass wires.
It made it in a goldsmithing class (I went to a private craftmanship high-school) so no phones allowed (no photos of it) and no âtake homeâ of the works.
Hereâs a rough sketch of it drawn by memory, the dots in the wing is where it connects to the body.
The technique is basically the same as i described, but the scale is much smaller, the whole piece was about 5-6 cm on the largest side.
The rivet was made by drilling a hole through the parts, than with a short and thicker drill you widen the hole on the surface to let the rivet settle flatter on the piece, then with a rubber hammer you hit it to flatten the head until itâs snug on the hole, lock them together by doing the same on the other side.
Note that widening the hole with a thicker drill head wonât make a difference with bigger holes, mine had holes of about 1-2 mm of diameter maximum.
Hereâs a sketch of what is going on for clarity.
Spontane StraĂenfeiern in Gaza und Israel
Jubel, Tanz und Freudenbekundungen: Sowohl im kriegszerstörten Gazastreifen als auch in Israel ist die Erleichterung ĂŒber einen lange ersehnten Durchbruch bei den Friedensverhandlungen groĂ. Nach zwei Jahren Krieg stimmten Israel und die Terrororganisation Hamas der ersten Phase des Friedensplans von US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump zu. Eine Waffenruhe soll nach dem offiziellen Beschluss des Plans durch Israels Regierung am Donnerstagabend in Kraft treten. â Read more
Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: âI would have died without itâ
Dani Anguiano,  West Coast Breaking News Reporter -  The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: As I have been telling you repeatedly, what Trump and the Republicans are doing to healthcare is not only blatantly nasty, consider the coming outrageous monthly premium increases, it is also harmful to the wellbeing of millions of Americans. Rural healthcare is becoming do ⊠â Read more
GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: âWeâre bad memersâ
Adam Nichols,  Editor-in-Chief -  Raw Story
_Stephan: I keep telling you that it is getting harder and harder to get accurate information for SR because of the vast Trump MAGAT Republican disinformation campaign, and here is a classical example of what I mean. If it is hard for me, I can easily understand why typical MAGAT Republican voters â overwhelming ⊠â Read more
US Senate blocks debate on ending military action against Venezuelan vessels
Richard Cowan,  Reporter -  Reuters
_Stephan: Trumpâs vindictiveness and uncontrollable quest for revenge against anyone who opposes him looks like it is trying to get us into a war in South America. Why isnât the Republican controlled Senate stopping this? What geopolitical rationale could justify this? There is nothing, and the Republican senators are once again submiss ⊠â Read more
Ceasefire deal a major breakthrough, but war not over yet
The agreement of the first-phase of the peace plan for Gaza, announced by US President Donald Trump, is a big moment. â Read more
Trump signals US can technically extend Ukraineâs long-range strikes â Zelenskyy â Read more
Ceasefire deal a major breakthrough, but war not over yet
The agreement of the first-phase of the peace plan for Gaza, announced by US President Donald Trump, is a big moment. â Read more
China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between Chinaâs President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month. â Read more
âIt was like a movieâ - How immigration raid on Chicago apartments unfolded
People living in a Chicago apartment block targeted in a big immigration raid have described seeing armed agents and a helicopter landing on the roof. One resident - a US citizen - told BBC Verify he had his hands zip-tied by agents. â Read more
China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between Chinaâs President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month. â Read more
China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between Chinaâs President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month. â Read more
Trump meldet Einigung bei Gaza-GesprÀchen
Israel und die Terrororganisation Hamas haben laut US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump der ersten Phase seines Friedensplans zugestimmt. âDas bedeutet, dass alle Geiseln sehr bald freigelassen werden und Israel seine Truppen auf eine vereinbarte Linie zurĂŒckziehen wird, als erster Schritt hin zu einem starken, dauerhaften und ewigen Friedenâ, erklĂ€rte Trump in der Nacht auf Donnerstag auf Truth Social. Israel und die Hamas hatten in Ăgypten indirekt ĂŒber den Friedensplan verhandelt. â Read more
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USA stemmen sich gegen grĂŒne EU-Regeln
Der Zollstreit zwischen den USA und der EU scheint erneut aufzuflammen. Wie die âFinancial Timesâ (âFTâ) am Mittwoch unter Berufung auf ein Schreiben der US-Regierung berichtete, ist dieser die in Teilen zu grĂŒne Gesetzgebung der EU ein Dorn im Auge â besonders das geltende Lieferkettengesetz. Dieses wĂŒrde US-Unternehmen und ihrer WettbewerbsfĂ€higkeit schaden, wie es heiĂt. Ende Juli hatten sich die USA und die EU auf ein Zollabkommen geeinigt. â Read more
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar â Read more
Better profile management coming to Firefox
Firefox has long had support for multiple profiles
to store personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, and user
preferences. However, Firefox did not make profiles particularly
discoverable or easy to manage. That is about to change; Mozilla has
announced
that it is launching a profile management feature that will make it
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Greta Thunberg and other Global Sumud Flotilla activists used an image of Israeli hostage Evyatar David to illustrate the suffering of Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israel. â Read more
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Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerâs arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. â Read more
Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerâs arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Optimismus in Ăgypten
Die Terrororganisation Hamas hat sich am Mittwoch positiv ĂŒber den Verlauf der Verhandlungen in Scharm al-Scheich in Ăgypten ĂŒber ein Ende des Gaza-Krieges geĂ€uĂert. Unter allen Parteien herrsche Optimismus, teilte ein ranghoher Hamas-Vertreter mit. Auch Ăgyptens PrĂ€sident Abdel Fattah al-Sisi zeigte sich ermutigt vom GesprĂ€chsverlauf. Ein Zeichen fĂŒr Fortschritte ist das Eintreffen hochrangiger Verhandler, darunter der US-Vertreter Steve Witkoff und Jared Kushner. â Read more
Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerâs arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. â Read more
Key US and regional mediators join talks to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerâs arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. â Read more
What to know about Trumpâs national guard deployment, from rulings to protests
Guardian Staff, Â Â - Â The Guardian (U.K.)
Stephan:Â This is what the British press is reporting about dictator Trumpâs military occupation of cities where voters have chosen Democrat governance. Under Trump and the MAGAT Republicans, the United States is now being described as what used to be called a Banana Republic.
[![A demonstrator argues with a law enforcement off ⊠â Read more
Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles
C.J. Ciaramella,  Criminal Justice Reporter -  reason
_Stephan: Since Trump was inaugurated in January, Florida and Texas have led the Great Schism Trend Red-Blue culture war. Here is a good description of what governors, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, and their legislatures are trying to do. We are two countries in a single ⊠â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
New TAG Heuer Smartwatches Now âMade for iPhoneâ
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Three years after launching the Calibre E4, the Connected Calibre ⊠â Read more
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar â Read more
US special envoy and Trumpâs son-in-law to join Gaza peace talks in Egypt
The arrival of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner comes as a second day of talks ended without tangible results, a Palestinian official tells the BBC. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
The human cost of healthy eating: Some recommended US diets carry higher risk of forced labor in food supply chains
Many Americans choose food based on cost and nutrition, but personal values, such as animal welfare and environmental concerns, also shape what ends up on our plates. â Read more
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Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president
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US envoys to join Gaza peace talks in Egypt
The arrival of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff comes as a second day of talks ended without tangible results, a Palestinian official tells the BBC. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold tops record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold tops record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold hits record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold hits record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. â Read more
Gold hits record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
The value of the precious metal has risen by more than 25% since new US tariffs were announced in April. â Read more
High Court endorses use of encrypted phone app to monitor crime figures
The High Court has ruled on the use of information gathered through the AN0M app, which was developed by the Australian Federal Police for surveillance. â Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de how do you set your clock to use a specific time signal radio station? I have one wall clock in my office, it works great, but no way to set that.
Live: ASX to open steady as Wall Street slips from record highs
Gold prices surge to a new record, above $US4,000 an ounce, as the US government shutdown drags on past its first week, and the Australian share market is likely to open flat after Wall Streetâs AI tech rally takes a breather. â Read more
Trumpâs Pentagon nominee flags possible âcommonsenseâ changes to AUKUS
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Israelis mark 7 October anniversary as talks on Gaza peace plan continue
âThe horror of that dark day will be forever seared in the memories of us all,â UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. â Read more
US to âdo everything possibleâ to prevent war if Hamas agrees to peace deal
Donald Trump insists the United States will âdo everything possibleâ to prevent Israel restarting the war in Gaza, in the event Hamas agrees to a peace deal. â Read more
Trump believes he âdeservesâ the Nobel Peace Prize. Experts say itâs unlikely heâll win
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âItâs a human rights tragedyâ: Aged care facility inappropriately restrained residents
A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, inappropriately used lap belts and other mechanical restraints to stop falls and control residentsâ behaviour, the ABC can reveal. â Read more
[$] Progress on defeating lifetime-end pointer zapping
Paul McKenney gave a remote presentation at
Kangrejos 2025 following up on the
talk he gave last year about the
lifetime-end-pointer-zapping problem: certain common patterns for multithreaded code are
technically undefined behavior, and changes to the C and C++ specifications
will be needed to correct that. Those changes could also impact code that uses
unsafe Rust, such as the kernelâs Rust bindings. Progress on the p ⊠â Read more
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China halts US soybean imports to hit Trumpâs MAGA supporters â Read more
Renewables overtake coal as worldâs biggest source of electricity
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Renewables overtake coal as worldâs biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows. â Read more
Surfer bitten twice by shark chasing seal off Kangaroo Island
A surfer has driven himself to hospital after being twice bitten a shark who was reportedly chasing a seal in waters off Kangaroo Island. â Read more
My open letter, to the European Commission digital markets act team:
Hello,
I am joining other developers, concerned about Googles new plan, to approve every app and effectively destroy most of the competing 3rd party stores this way. The biggest one of these alternative stores, most known for their focus on user and developer privacy, already states, this would make it impossible for them to operate: https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
Even communities like the XDA forum, where new developers are often introduced to the world of Android development, would likely be strongly impacted, as making, publishing and installing Android apps is made less accessible.
I am not just writing on their behalf, I run a small website myself (https://thecanine.ueuo.com/), that both provides legal modifications, for some android apps - for example adding an amoled dark theme, to the most popular XMPP chat client for Android, or increasing one of Androids keyboard apps height. This all comes after Googles previous changes to the Android operating system, that prevent users from installing old apps (old to Google, can mean only a couple of months, without an update - https://developer.android.com/google/play/requirements/target-sdk and the target version gets increased every year). I rely on apps developed by a single developer, even for things like making the pixel art presented on my website and sideloading as a way to make these apps work, before developers can catch up to Googleâs new requirements - if Google is allowed to slowly kill these options, us digital artists will soon lose the tools we need to create digital art.
Israel gedenkt der Opfer des Hamas-Ăberfalls
Am zweiten Jahrestag des Ăberfalls der islamistischen Terrororganisation Hamas auf Israel haben Angehörige der Opfer DienstagfrĂŒh eine Schweigeminute abgehalten, etwa auf dem GelĂ€nde des Nova-Musikfestivals, das mittlerweile eine GedenkstĂ€tte ist. Inzwischen wĂ€chst die Hoffnung auf eine Waffenruhe im Gazastreifen. Nach Beginn der GesprĂ€che im Ă€gyptischen Scharm al-Scheich zeigte sich US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump zuversichtlich, dass sein Friedensplan bald umgesetzt werde. â Read more
Chainsaw was not used to murder man on NSW far south coast, police say
Authorities say they are still piecing together who was involved in a âviolent altercationâ that left a man fatally stabbed and another in hospital. â Read more
Trump is deploying more troops on home soil â hereâs where things stand
US President Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to deploy the National Guard in more cities across the country to combat what he claims is a âwar from withinâ. Hereâs a quick rundown on where Mr Trump has stationed troops â and which cities might be next. â Read more
Snapchatâs always been free. Suddenly parents face a $16 monthly bill
Users who have been using Snapchat as a free source of unlimited storage have been put on notice â itâs not going to be free any more. â Read more
Snapchatâs always been free. So why would you have to pay $16 a month?
Users who have been using Snapchat as a free source of unlimited storage have been put on notice â itâs not going to be free any more. â Read more