At least 34 tankers linked to Iran, including vessels carrying crude oil, have successfully bypassed the U.S. blockade, per FT

Bahn-Vorstand zum Schienenausbau: „Das wird sich noch die nächsten zehn Jahre hinziehen“ Wann wird die DB wieder besser? Fernverkehrschef  Peterson über die Krise bei der Bahn, die Folgen des Kriegs und warum wohl niemals ein Zug von Berlin nach London fahren wird.

"The willingness to travel long distances by train has increased dramatically...The Berlin-Paris ICE is a great success, 80%+ occupancy. We thought 50% of passengers would travel the full 8h, but 75% do. Talking to SNCF about a 2nd Berlin-Paris train in 2028."
www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/chef...

Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

Een slechte, onuitvoerbare wet die niet wordt aangenomen... de PVV die zichzelf in de voet schiet... Senatoren die principes hebben...
Waarom heeft iedereen het toch over 'drama' en 'fiasco'?

This grubby, morally bankrupt clique must be driven from British politics.

It has taken over five years of murderous chaos for Republican voters to start to see what was obvious all along: that Donald Trump should not be trusted with a box of matches, let alone the most powerful office on Earth. That's the power of propaganda for you.

Zwei Menschen auf rot asphaltierter Radinfrastruktur in den Niederlanden: der eine auf einem Skateboard, der andere auf einem Tretfahrrad/großen Roller

Es ist vollkommen egal, ob jemand Radwege als Freizeitvergnügen oder für Alltagswege nutzt. Sie haben einfach da zu sein!
Oder machen wir da bei Autos etwa einen Unterschied?!

Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules Exclusive: ministers consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife

Imidacloprid and fipronil are powerful insecticides: one monthly flea treatment for a large dog contains enough imidacloprid to kill 25 million bees
UK consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gelezen: 'Het pesticiden paradijs' van Dirk de Bekker.

Over de verstrengeling van wetenschap, gifindustrie, overheid en toezichthouders in Nederland.

Schokkend om te lezen hoe meetgegevens van landbouwgif in grondwater stelselmatig genegeerd worden bij beoordeling van veiligheid van landbouwgif.

Tucker Carlson Apologizes For Helping Trump Get Elected—Says He’s ‘Tormented’ By It Tucker Carlson, once a Trump ally, apologized for “misleading” people by endorsing Trump’s presidential bid, calling the war in Iran a “betrayal” of his promises.

Tucker Carlson, once a Trump ally, apologized for “misleading” people by endorsing Trump’s presidential bid, calling the war in Iran a “betrayal” of his promises.

Unbelievably, Keir Starmer can now be compared to Boris Johnson The Prime Minister was once a man with a reputation for integrity and decency

It is preposterous and honestly rather shameful for Starmer to act so upset over the Mandelson affair. He is basically attacking Robbins for doing precisely what he wanted him to do inews.co.uk/opinion/unbe...

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege.

What is it doing in the UK? Will any regulator even investigate?

Exec pay linked to profits. Every incentive to rig the market, fleece customers.

Trump believes gas prices will plummet once war with Iran ends. His aides and experts disagree. The psychological and sentiment “damage may be done even before prices come back down,” an economist tells MS NOW.

Trump says gas prices will plummet once the war with Iran ends. His aides and experts disagree.

The psychological and sentiment “damage may be done even before prices come back down,” an economist tells MS NOW.

Palestine weekly wrap: Coordinated attacks and evictions in Gaza, West Bank

Palestine weekly wrap: Coordinated attacks and evictions in Gaza, West Bank https://aje.news/l353i6

Always inspirational to see visionary #rewilding in densely populated Netherlands 🐎🐂🌿 #runningwithbulls #Nijmegen

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‼️Projected result for local elections:

➡️ Ref: 1,515 (+1,437)
🟢 Grn: 1,096 (+926)
🟠 Lib: 990 (+327)
🔵 Con: 507 (-627)
🔴 Lab: 458 (-1,738)
⚪️ Oth: 448 (-325)

Median estimate via @Moreincommon_, April '26 x.com/LeftieStats/...

White House Is in Full Panic Mode as Trump Doubles Down on Iran War Chief of Staff Susie Wiles reportedly called a crisis meeting with Republican strategists to discuss the midterms.

White House Is in Full Panic Mode as Trump Doubles Down on Iran War

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles reportedly called a crisis meeting with Republican strategists to discuss the midterms.

Never forget that Sam Harris is calipers-and-Bell Curve levels of racist against black people, but he is Rivers of Blood-and-nuke the Middle East levels of racist against Muslims.

Keir Starmer is a man without any integrity.

He throws other people under buses for no other reason than to save his own skin.

He's not fit to be prime minister - and those who spent years presenting him as a decent man need to have a hard look at themselves.

Picture of street filled with people when cars are prohibited, with a prominent sign saying “road closed.” Via Urban Truth Collecrive (Also, it’s a street, not a road)

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong?

Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

Nu in Den Haag bij de Eerste Kamer: een actie tegen de asielwetten waarover straks wordt gestemd.

Meer over die wetten en de kritieken erop lees je hier: www.doorbraak.eu/de-nieuwe-as...

Omission isn’t neutral—it shapes perception. When financial conflicts are sidelined in coverage of diplomacy, audiences don’t get the full picture, they get a filtered one. Journalism’s credibility rests not just on facts reported, but on facts not ignored.

The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

Analysis of 202 articles on Jared Kushner’s Iran diplomacy found over 97% failed to mention his multibillion-dollar Saudi financial ties—despite clear conflict concerns. When critical context disappears, reporting risks informing audiences selectively, not fully.

The latest video coming from the refinery in Tuapse, Krasnodar region, in Russia shows that basically the entire facility is burning.

I’m saying that this facility is a total loss.

Pic of some graffiti written on a wall in block capitals. News: rich people paying rich people to tell middle class people to blame poor people

Fake Daily mail headline. We blame migrants so you don’t blame billionaires

I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to speak my mind, to state what I believe even when it's directly at odds with billionaire power. I'm among the minority allowed to do it. But it's not a privilege. It's a right. And everyone should possess it.

On the other hand, no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The airwaves are full of the oligarchs' minions, reciting their creeds as if these were some kind of arcane truth they've stumbled across. Almost every political conversation is dominated by these elite lies.

We claim to treasure free speech, above almost anything. But on the most critical issue, very few of us are free to speak. The majority are silenced by fear of censure or loss of employment. This conspiracy of silence looks more like what you'd expect in an authoritarian regime than in a democracy.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.