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The US president has accused the Democrats of letting “a mentally deranged lunatic” roam the streets President Donald Trump has condemned the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, describing the incident as a “horrific” act committed by a “mentally deranged lunatic,” according to a statement posted Monday on Truth Social. The victim, Irina Zarutskaya, left Ukraine after the escalation of the conflict in 2022 and was killed on August 22 while riding the city’s Lynx Blue Line. Surveillance video released by authorities over the weekend shows Zarutskaya being ambushed from behind and s…

The US has reportedly terminated Biden-era agreements to jointly police “disinformation” The United States has withdrawn from a series of international agreements aimed at countering alleged foreign “disinformation,” effectively ending joint efforts with EU governments to police online content, the Financial Times has reported, citing unnamed European officials. The US State Department notified participating nations last week that it would terminate memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed under the Biden administration, according to the report published on Monday. The agreements with some 22 countries, mainly in Europe and Africa, …

Language models have been conditioned to hazard wild guesses instead of admitting ignorance, a study has found The company behind ChatGPT has addressed the persistent problem of Artificial Intelligence models’ generating plausible but false statements that it calls “hallucinations”. In a statement on Friday, OpenAI explained that models are typically encouraged to hazard a guess, however improbable, as opposed to acknowledging that they cannot answer a question. The issue is attributable to the core principles underlying “standard training and evaluation procedures,” the company added. OpenAI has revealed that the instances where …

The bloc could impose punitive measures on Beijing for buying oil and gas from Moscow if Washington backs the move, the newspaper has claimed The European Union is considering secondary sanctions on China over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. The British newspaper reported that EU officials began discussing the matter on Sunday. A source said that the talks are still at a “very early stage.” Before committing to any punitive measures against Beijing, Brussels reportedly wants to have the “full backing of the US and co-ordination with Washington,” accor…

An Instagram post declaring that the slogan ‘Never Again’ must apply to all people reportedly upset Jewish groups A Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles has deleted a social media post featuring a slogan long associated with the Holocaust after some people claimed it alluded to the war in Gaza. The message, shared with the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles’ 24,000 Instagram followers over the weekend, showed a graphic of hands and forearms of different skin tones – including one with a Holocaust tattoo – linked in a circle. Its caption read “‘Never Again’ can’t only mean never again for Jews.” While some initially praised the post as an ack…

In 2018, Europe swore it would shield the Iran deal from Trump. In 2025, it brought Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ back under their own banner Back in 2018, Europe blasted Donald Trump for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. Paris, Berlin, and London warned of a looming crisis in the Middle East and insisted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was the only safeguard against another regional war. They even rolled out a special financial vehicle, Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), to shield trade with Tehran from US sanctions. For a moment, it looked as if Europe was finally ready to assert its own strategic au…

Dmitry Kuleba has said he had to escape the country “like a thief in the night” Ex-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba claimed he managed to “run away” from the country shortly before Vladimir Zelensky enacted a decree barring former diplomats from foreign trips. Kuleba, who is currently in Poland, made the remarks in an interview with Corriere della Sera published on Monday. The ex-diplomat said he left Ukraine mere hours before the travel restriction took effect. “I never thought I would have had to run away from my country like a thief in the night,” Kuleba told the Italian newspaper. The ex-minister claimed that the d…

A black man kills a white woman in an American city, and the mainstream media gives it zero coverage. Imagine if the races were reversed. The US mainstream media tends to operate by encouraging a certain prefabricated outrage. Sensationalized narratives are cultivated along predictable tracks. But no less egregious is what the media chooses to ignore. Few events of late have better exposed the ideological underpinnings of the media – and of the elite whose narratives it plugs – than the recent brutal and shocking murder of a young Ukrainian woman on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. On August 22, a career criminal, Decarlos Br…

The US president can call up members of his administration at any time of day or night, according to his VP US President Donald Trump works almost without resting, Vice President J.D. Vance has claimed, noting that the American leader frequently contacts his aides and cabinet members at any time of the day or night. Speaking in an interview with Fox News host Lara Trump, Vance explained that the president can call up his team at 12:30 am or 2 in the morning and then be on another call at 6 am. “It’s like, ‘Mr. President, did you go to sleep last night? Like, what is going on here?’” Vance said. “One thing I’ve learned just working …

Paris has little chance of reining in its finances amid ongoing “political destabilization,” the German state media network has reported France’s ballooning sovereign debt coupled with political infighting could threaten the fiscal stability of the Eurozone, Deutsche Welle has reported, citing an expert. France has one of the highest national debts in the EU, currently standing at €3.35 trillion ($3.9 trillion) — about 113% of GDP. The ratio is expected to climb to 125% by 2030. Its budget deficit is projected at 5.4–5.8% this year, well above the bloc’s 3% limit. Friedrich Heinemann of the ZEW Leibniz Center for European Economic …

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has been ousted by the National Assembly in a no-confidence vote The French government has fallen after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a crucial confidence vote in parliament on Monday. Bayrou is the second consecutive prime minister under President Emmanuel Macron to be ousted, throwing the nation into political and economic turmoil. A no-confidence motion in the National Assembly requires at least 288 votes to pass. Monday’s motion received 364 votes, with the left-wing New Popular Front and the right-wing National Rally uniting in opposition to end a months-long standoff over Bayrou’s austerity…

The Hungarian prime minister says Ukraine should be split into areas controlled by Russia and the West, separated by a buffer zone Partitioning Ukraine into Russian and Western zones of influence is the likely outcome of the conflict and the only reliable guarantee of the EU's security, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. Kiev has pressed its Western backers for security guarantees as a precondition for a settlement with Russia, first pushing for NATO membership and later floating ideas such as ‘peacekeepers’ and a buffer zone with Western military patrols. Moscow has rejected Ukrainian membership in NATO or Western troo…

The US president has urged the Palestinian militant group to accept a deal to release Israeli hostages in Gaza US President Donald Trump has issued a “last warning” to Hamas, demanding the Palestinian militant group release Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Trump warned of unspecified consequences if Hamas refuses to cooperate, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. “The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning,” the US president said without providing further details. Hours after Trump made the remarks, Isr…

The bloc might not survive without reform and an end to the Ukraine conflict, the Hungarian PM believes The EU is on the verge of collapse and will not survive beyond the next decade without a “fundamental structural overhaul” and disentanglement from the Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. Speaking on Sunday at the annual Civic Picnic in Kotcse, Orban said the EU has failed to meet its founding ambition of becoming a global power and cannot handle current challenges due to the absence of a common fiscal policy. He described the bloc as entering a phase of “chaotic and costly disintegration,” and warn…

The newspaper claimed that the British island of Jersey had launched criminal proceedings against Roman Abramovich Representatives of Roman Abramovich have denied a Guardian report claiming that the British dependency of Jersey has launched criminal proceedings against the Russian businessman. His spokesman said the article is “misleading” and aimed at smearing him by suggesting he is under investigation for corruption and sanctions evasion. According to The Guardian report, Jersey, which is located in the Channel Islands, is pursuing Abramovich over alleged corruption tied to the 2005 $13 billion sale of oil company Sibneft and po…

The countries plan to open market access to boost mutual trade and investment Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached a major economic agreement designed to stimulate bilateral trade and investment by lowering export-related costs and easing market access, Kommersant has reported. The agreement will simplify conditions for service providers and reduce expenses linked to transport and other cross-border activities, the outlet said on Sunday, citing the Russian Economic Development Ministry. Officials identified finance, transport, wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, and mining as promising areas for cooperation.…

Moscow is open to welcoming Western businesses back, with certain conditions, the foreign minister has said Russia has no plans to exact vengeance on Western countries that cut ties and pressured Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on Monday, Lavrov stressed that Russia did not intend to “take revenge or vent anger” on companies that decided to support Western governments in their push to support Kiev and impose economic sanctions on Moscow, adding that hostility is generally “a poor adviser.” “When our former Western partners c…

Democratic voters in particular increasingly prefer socialism, an opinion poll has indicated Barely half of Americans view capitalism favorably, while Democratic voters increasingly prefer socialism, a new Gallup poll has indicated. The survey, conducted in August among over 1,000 adults nationwide, showed just 54% of respondents had a positive opinion of capitalism – the lowest figure since Gallup began tracking views on the system in the early 2010s, when approval stood at 61%. Support for socialism remained largely unchanged at 39%, Gallup said Monday. Republicans continue to strongly back capitalism, with 74% expressing support…

An Israeli minister has called for the dismantlement of the Palestinian Authority following the attack Six people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at a bus station in East Jerusalem, Israeli officials said Monday. Two Palestinian gunmen were shot dead at the scene, they added. The shooters reportedly came from the West Bank, prompting calls from Israeli officials for tougher measures against Palestinians living under Israeli military rule there. One of the victims was identified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an ultra-Orthodox soldier from the Hashmonaim Battalion, a unit launched last year to accommoda…

The decision to impose levies on the South Asian country for buying Russia oil is “the right idea,” the Ukrainian leader has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has claimed US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25% penal tariffs on India for buying Russian oil was the “right” thing to do. In an interview with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz that was aired on Sunday, Zelensky said “additional pressure” was needed on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mentioning last week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, Raddatz asked, “When you saw [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi there, who has helped …

Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez has reportedly said he “felt kidnapped” when Washington “wrongfully” sent him to South Sudan South Sudan has repatriated a Mexican national it accepted from the US in July under the third-country deportation scheme launched by the administration of President Donald Trump. The man was returned to Mexico on Saturday, the East African nation’s Foreign Ministry announced. Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez was among eight people US Homeland Security labeled “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” and deported to South Sudan on July 5, saying their home countries had refused to take them back. In a statement, the South Sudanese Fore…

Sudanese authorities have announced sweeping measures after surge in robberies and looting in the capital Sudanese authorities have introduced new security measures in Khartoum, including a ban on carrying weapons in public and wearing military uniforms, as well as restrictions on unregistered vehicles, the Sudan Tribune reported on Saturday. Sudan has been gripped by fierce fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 2023. Both factions are vying for control amid a stalled transition to civilian rule. The country faces what the UN has called the world’s worst humanita…

Moscow has called for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict, but says it will use military means until the root causes are addressed The Russian Armed Forces outmatch Kiev’s army in both manpower and equipment, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Syrsky has said. His remarks come after months of Ukrainian setbacks on the front lines and mounting struggles to replenish the ranks, with the country’s leader, Vladimir Zelensky, accused of dragging out peace efforts by insisting on Western-backed security guarantees. In a Telegram post on Monday outlining the situation on the front line, Syrsky said August was a difficult month for…

Aleksey Miller has cited a record storage shortfall ahead of a heating season The EU could face a major gas shortage if the region is hit by a cold winter, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller has warned. Citing data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), Gazprom said that as of end-August only two-thirds of the gas withdrawn from European storage facilities last winter had been replenished, after five months of injections. The shortfall of 18.9 billion cubic meters was the second largest on record for that date. Gazprom, once the EU’s main supplier, reduced its exports to the bloc dramatically three years ago, following Western sanction…

Caracas is set to send 25,000 soldiers to coastal states after American warships arrived in the Caribbean to counter drug cartels Venezuela is set to boost its military deployments in coastal and border states amid heightened tensions with the US. The move comes after Washington dispatched several warships to the Southern Caribbean last month in what it describes as an operation against drug cartels. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez announced on Sunday that President Nicolas Maduro had ordered the deployment of “all available” troops and equipment to the states of Zulia, Falcon, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, and Delta Amac…