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Say you are the president of the United States and the relationship with a significant chunk of your political base has become less than blissfully harmonious. What do you do?Well, one option is to stage a summit, accompanied by much fanfare, with the president of Russia, ostensibly in order to end that country’s war in Ukraine.And this is precisely the manoeuvre that was pulled by US President Donald Trump, who on Friday rolled out the red carpet in Alaska for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The short-lived encounter was ultimately anticlimactic, with Trump offering the incisive assessment that “There’s no…

Protesters have clashed with riot police in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, and other cities, on the fifth consecutive night of demonstrations against the government of right-wing President Aleksandar Vucic.Clashes also broke out in Belgrade late on Saturday after police stopped demonstrators heading for the governing Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) headquarters.Late on Saturday, thousands gathered in the central city of Valjevo to show their growing anger against the government, while a small group of masked young men attacked the empty offices of the governing SNS party, setting them alight.They subsequently clashed with riot police, with protesters throwing fireworks and rocks as the…

Summer may be known as peak season for tourism, but the fall months, ranging from September to early December in the northern hemisphere, are some of the busiest times of the year for theme parks, which even extend their hours in this new season. At the same time, many attractions are limited to this period to maximize revenue and take advantage of seasonal trends. Still, the average theme park-goer would benefit from a few key strategies to enjoy these attractions best during the fall. Planning Around Peak Visits While theme park attendance generally rises during the fall months, there are…

Israeli navy fires missiles at the energy facility south of Sanaa saying it was used by Houthis, but provides no evidence.The Israeli navy has carried out attacks on a power plant near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Israeli media reports.Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported on Saturday that the “aggression” damaged generators at the Hezyaz power plant, sparking a fire that was later contained. The country’s deputy prime minister confirmed emergency crews managed to prevent further damage. Residents in Sanaa also reported hearing at least two loud explosions.The Israeli military claimed that the site was being used by Houthi fighters.…

The keyboard features four-zone color backlighting, tunable through Acer’s extensive PredatorSense system, which controls everything from battery charging details to whether you want to customize the logo displayed as the laptop boots. It’s available via a dedicated key above the slim numeric keypad. The other bespoke key on the machine is the Mode key, found above the top left of the keyboard. This shifts among four different performance/fan operation modes when plugged in; two of these modes are available when running on battery power.Thanks to the numeric keypad, the keyboard and touchpad are shifted quite far to the left. This…

European leaders from ‘coalition of the willing’ to hold conference call ahead of Zelenskyy’s talks with TrumpWelcome back to our live coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine.While Washington prepares to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy for crunch talks with Donald Trump on Monday, European leaders who make up the so-called “coalition of the willing”, a loose partnership of western countries pledging support for Ukraine, are set to hold a conference call on Sunday to try to protect a peace deal that does not reward Russia for its aggression.The virtual call is being co-chaired by the UK’s prime minister Keir Starmer, French President…

Dan Tana, the sometime actor and former maitre d’ who opened the namesake Dan Tana’s Restaurant in West Hollywood in 1964, has died. He was 90. The eatery, which became a Los Angeles institution, hosting actors and various industry figures, announced Tana’s death in a Facebook post on Saturday, saying that he had “passed on.” “We all know that he created a very magical place,” the statement, attributed to Dan Tana’s staff, said of the restaurant’s former owner. “Our beloved little yellow house will forever feel his presence.” Tana took over the old Dominick’s in West Hollywood in 1964, after…

Basillioh RukangaBBC News in NairobiStandard NewspaperEleven months after his funeral in 2013, Harry Roy Veevers’ body was exhumed and it has been in a mortuary ever sinceA Kenyan magistrate this week expressed the hope that a British property tycoon would finally “find rest in eternal peace”, after his body had spent 11 years in a mortuary.But this week’s conclusion to the decade-long inquest into Harry Roy Veevers’ death in 2013 still leaves many questions unanswered.It was a case that involved accusations of murder by poisoning, rancorous legal proceedings, the exhumation of a body after almost a year and ultimately divided…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he intends to investigate whether Meta’s generative AI products exploit, deceive, or harm children, after leaked internal documents showed the company’s chatbots were allowed to have “romantic” and “sensual” chats with children.  “Is there anything – ANYTHING – Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the investigation. Hawley chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which he says will commence a probe into whether Meta’s tech harms children, and “whether Meta misled the public or regulators about its safeguards.” Reuters broke the story after…

Thousands of residents have fled Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighbourhood, where days of continuous Israeli bombardment have created a “catastrophic” situation, the city’s Hamas-run municipality has told the BBC.At least 40 people were killed by Israeli attacks across the territory on Saturday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.The Israeli military said it would begin allowing tents to be brought into Gaza by aid agencies again. Israel plans to forcibly displace a million people from Gaza City to camps in the south.In Israel, a one-day general strike is due to be held in Sunday in protest of the government’s plan to seize…