“Netherlands: Drone Sightings Halt Flights At Major Airport”

Netherlands: Drone Sightings Delays Flights At Major Airport

November 25, 2025 4:32 pm

Unidentified drones triggered a four-hour shutdown at Eindhoven Airport as European officials warn of rising UAV incursions targeting military sites.

Flights were suspended for hours at one of the Netherlands’ busiest regional airports after multiple sightings of unidentified drones forced authorities to close local airspace, deepening concerns over a surge in unexplained Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), activity across northern Europe.

Eindhoven Airport halted all operations for about four hours on Saturday November 22, 2025, after drones were spotted flying over the region for a second consecutive day. At least nine flights were diverted to other cities, leaving passengers stranded and …

Portugal Presidential Election Runoff Looms As Far Right Gains

Portugal Presidential Election Runoff Looms As Far Right Gains

January 18, 2026 6:57 am

Portuguese voters went to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president, with opinion surveys pointing to a fragmented race that is likely to force a rare second round amid the growing strength of the far right.

Polling stations across the country opened early, with about 11 million voters eligible to cast ballots. Voting is set to end at 7 p.m. local time, with exit polls expected an hour later and official results released overnight.

Pre-election surveys show three leading candidates locked in a tight contest for the top two spots that would advance to a runoff, a scenario …

Pentagon Puts Troops On Alert As Minnesota Protests Grow

Pentagon Puts Troops On Alert As Minnesota Protests Grow

January 18, 2026 6:41 am

The Pentagon has placed about 1,500 active duty US Army soldiers on standby for a possible deployment to Minnesota as protests linked to the federal deportation drive continue to intensify, according to US media reports on Sunday.

Defense officials told the Washington Post that the units were issued prepare to deploy orders in case unrest in the state escalates. It remains unclear whether the troops will ultimately be sent.

The White House said the move reflects routine planning rather than a final decision. In a statement to the Post, it said the Pentagon is typically prepared “for any decision the …

Greenland: Trump Tariffs Trigger European Backlash

Greenland: Trump Tariffs Trigger European Backlash

January 18, 2026 2:53 am

President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on eight European allies over their opposition to a proposed United States takeover of Greenland triggered swift condemnation from leaders across Europe on Sunday, raising fresh tensions inside NATO and unsettling transatlantic trade ties.

The White House said a 10 percent tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would take effect on February 1. Trump warned the duties could rise to 25 percent and remain in place until Washington is allowed to acquire Greenland.

The move marks a sharp escalation in Trump’s renewed …

AI & Health: Who Controls The Cure?—PART 7

January 18, 2026 2:14 am

Power, Profit, and the Political Economy of AI Medicine.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

The Question Medicine Can No Longer Avoid

Every medical system, regardless of how advanced its instruments or humanitarian its rhetoric—ultimately answers to power. Not power as spectacle or ideology, but power as governance: who controls access to care, who defines legitimacy, whose suffering is rendered visible, and which interventions are allowed to scale. Artificial intelligence has not altered this reality. It has intensified it.

As AI systems increasingly mediate diagnosis, triage, treatment prioritization, drug discovery, and population-level health surveillance, medicine is undergoing a structural transformation far more …

Reuters/Ukraine Peace Negotiators Arrive in US for Russia War Talks

Ukraine Peace Negotiators Arrive In US For Russia War Talks

January 17, 2026 6:32 am

Ukraine’s peace negotiating team arrived in the United States on Saturday for talks aimed at finalising details of a proposed agreement to end the war with Russia, according to a senior official in Kyiv.

Kyrylo Budanov, head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, said the delegation would hold meetings with White House envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.

“Ukraine needs a just peace. We are working to achieve results,” Budanov wrote on the Telegram app.

President Donald Trump has intensified efforts to press both Kyiv and Moscow toward a settlement, but after months of diplomacy …

Chinese Drone Enters Taiwan Airspace Over Pratas Islands

Chinese Drone Enters Taiwan Airspace Over Pratas Islands

January 17, 2026 6:16 am

Taiwan said a Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly entered its airspace over the Pratas Islands on Saturday, calling the incident a serious provocation that threatens regional stability in the South China Sea.

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the drone crossed into airspace controlled by Taipei near dawn and remained there for about eight minutes before leaving following radio warnings issued on international frequencies.

The ministry described the flight as “provocative and irresponsible,” adding that it violated international norms and would draw widespread condemnation.

According to a statement from Taiwan’s military, the unmanned aircraft approached the Pratas Islands early Saturday morning and flew …

Bobi Wine Arrest Claim Denied As Museveni Nears Victory

Bobi Wine Arrest Claim Denied As Museveni Nears Victory

January 17, 2026 6:07 am

Ugandan police on Saturday rejected claims by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party that he had been arrested by soldiers, as President Yoweri Museveni moved closer to securing another decisive election victory.

Wine’s National Unity Platform said late Friday that an army helicopter had landed at his home in the capital, Kampala, and that soldiers had “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination.”

National police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke told a televised briefing that Wine was not in custody and remained at his residence. “He is not under arrest,” Rusoke said, adding that the opposition leader was free to move.

Wine …

AI & Health: Who Controls The Cure?—PART 6

AI & Health: Who Controls The Cure?—PART 6

January 17, 2026 2:43 am

Global Inequality and Algorithmic Colonialism

How Artificial Intelligence Reinscribes Old Power in Modern Medicine.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

When Innovation Moves South, Authority Rarely Follows

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is routinely framed as a moral breakthrough—a technological intervention capable of compressing inequality, democratizing expertise, and compensating for structural scarcity in low-resource settings. In this narrative, AI appears as a neutral instrument: portable, scalable, and emancipatory. Yet history urges caution. Technologies do not dismantle power asymmetries by default. Far more often, they reorganize them.

In global health, AI has not arrived as a rupture with the past, but as a continuation …

Nigeria Food Crisis Worsens As UN Aid Cuts

Nigeria Food Crisis Worsens As UN Aid Cuts

January 16, 2026 7:27 am

Thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria are facing the risk of extreme hunger for the first time in nearly a decade, as cuts to humanitarian funding worsen food shortages and malnutrition, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday.

The agency said about 15,000 people in Borno state could soon face catastrophic food insecurity, a stark escalation in a region already weakened by years of insurgency and displacement.

The warning comes amid a broader food emergency across West and Central Africa. According to the World Food Programme, around 55 million people in the region are struggling to find enough food, …

Japan Probes X Over Grok After Explicit Image Concerns

Japan Probes X Over Grok After Explicit Image Concerns

January 16, 2026 7:07 am

Japan has opened an official investigation into X over its image generating service Grok, becoming the latest government to scrutinize the platform amid global concern over the creation of sexualized images.

The Cabinet Office said Friday it has asked X Corp to take immediate corrective action and warned that legal steps remain on the table if safeguards are not strengthened. The move follows similar probes launched by Britain and Canada.

Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said the government was reviewing every available option to prevent the spread of inappropriate images, particularly those involving real people. “We plan to promptly examine …

Xabi Alonso Set For Quick Return As Europe Watches

Xabi Alonso Set For Quick Return As Europe Watches

January 16, 2026 6:29 am

Xabi Alonso is expected to return to work soon, with no long break planned, despite stepping away after what has been described as a disappointing chapter at Real Madrid. Those close to the situation indicate that the Spanish coach remains highly motivated and “hungry for more,” viewing this period not as an ending but as a brief pause before his next challenge.

Although his most recent spell did not meet expectations, Alonso’s reputation within the football industry remains strong. Top clubs across Europe are still maintaining active interest in him, seeing his overall coaching profile as far more significant than …

AI & Health: Who Controls The Cure?—PART 5

AI & Health: Who Controls The Cure?—PART 5

January 16, 2026 2:45 am

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

Resistance, Reckoning, and the Future of Human-Centered Medicine

How Patients, Clinicians, and Institutions Are Pushing Back Against Algorithmic Control.

When Progress Meets Consequence

Technological waves don’t stop at the shoreline; they slam into it. Healthcare’s embrace of artificial intelligence—first hailed as efficiency at scale—has now hit that surf. The celebratory phase is over. In its place: questions from the very people most affected by machine-mediated decisions. Patients discovering their care pathways were quietly shaped by an algorithm. Clinicians realizing their judgement has been nudged, then subordinated. Institutions finding themselves liable for tools they cannot interrogate.

This …

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