BEIRUT, Lebanon — The images unfold slowly on Mazen Farah’s phone — satellite views of the Christian section of the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun. They are a bit fuzzy but still clear enough to see what is happening. “This is what it shows from the satellite — it shows that it has been destroyed,”…
Some things never change. Fifty years ago, Britain was sweltering in the long hot summer of 1976. The Labour government was acutely aware that the financial markets were scrutinising its every move. And a man called Healey was running the Treasury. On the surface, the challenges facing John Healey are less severe than those Denis…
The head of 14 Greek airports including Corfu has warned that Europe’s new smart border system will not work in its current form and needs to be completely “overhauled”. Alexander Zinell, chief executive of Fraport Greece, said the EU’s new entry-exit system had “fundamental flaws” by forcing passengers to carry out lengthy checks at airports,…
Recently, online reporting has alleged that Europol operated a “secret” or “shadow” database outside the requirements of EU law and data protection rules.These claims are incorrect and are based on a misunderstanding of Europol’s operational setup and legal framework.The reporting refers primarily to two different technical environments:the Computer Forensic Network (CFN); and the Internet Facing…
Shorouk Express If you’re worried because you don’t know how many points you have taken off your licence, there are three easy ways to check. Here’s how. In Spain, generally everyone in Spain starts out with 12 points on their licence. If you commit a driving offence, you will have points taken off your licence…
Shorouk Express In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms and corporate evangelists of artificial intelligence, the question of who controls technology has never been more urgent. In a conversation organised during the ZEG Amsterdam event, organised at the De Balie venue, journalist and academic Julie Posetti, data scientist Christopher Wylie, and journalist Natalia Antelava argue…
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Shorouk Express But Tusk had a different take on Trump’s apparent U-turn. Reading between the lines, the U.S. president was seemingly backing away from his pledge to end the conflict, the Polish leader warned Thursday. “President Trump has stated that Ukraine could, with the support of the European Union, regain all of its territory. This…
Shorouk Express In spring 2022, three Organisation for security and co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine employees – Dmytro Shabanov, Maksym Petrov and Vadym Golda – were forcibly detained by Russian-controlled forces in the occupied regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. Before that, on February 24, the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion…
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning. The…
