Explosive drone found near Ukrainian cargo plane at German airport

German authorities are investigating after an explosive drone was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The incident led to runway closures, flight diversions, and the deployment of bomb disposal experts, while counter-terrorism investigators work to determine who was behind it and whether the device was intended to detonate. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt describes the drone incident at Leipzig airport as a "hybrid attack scenario."

 

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How India's 'cockroach' protests toppled a government minister

 

For the first time in more than a decade, a government minister in India has resigned following pressure from a street protest movement. The demonstrations erupted after the chief justice compared unemployed youths to cockroaches.

For many young Indians, the remark became the tipping point after years of high unemployment and repeated exam paper leaks that had shattered the hopes of millions of job seekers. The Guardian spent a week embedded with protesters as they faced police crackdowns, arrests and intimidation, documenting an extraordinary week that culminated in the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.

Meta To Use Newsmax Propaganda As AI News Source

 I’m guessing Fox News was unavailable.

Thanks to the Meta/Newsmax deal your next Facebook, Threads or Insta search may bring you AI “answers” straight from the same Trump propagandist network that recently paid out $67 million for promoting 2020 election lies. That was a year after it reportedly paid out $40 million to settle another lawsuit over the same lies.

A press release from Newsmax announced, “Under the agreement, Meta will have access to Newsmax's digital news content. Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content across its platforms to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.”

What should we compare this to: China Central Television, KCNA (North Korea), Sputnik TV or Radio Moscow? 
Propaganda fed to you with a lot of honey, sugar and subterfuge. 

The Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen Z

 

New Delhi has been rocked by some of India's biggest student protests in years, led by a viral movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party. After tens of thousands took to the streets over frustrations sparked by exam leaks, the Indian state mounted a heavy-handed response. Much of the mainstream media coverage has focused on the unrest rather than the grievances behind it, leaving alternative outlets to tell the full story.

France and Spain race to control fires as new heatwave hits

Fire crews across Spain and France are battling to contain some of the worst wildfires Europe has ever experienced. Firefighters in Spain managed to stabilize several of the blazes, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there is a "light at the end of the tunnel" in their fight to contain the flames. But another heatwave is predicted for later this week, threatening to worsen an already desperate situation across the region.

 

More than 40,000 without power across Kyushu island, says energy provider

People trapped in Japanese mall hit by earthquake, with others missing after factory chimney collapse Summary Many people are trapped inside a Japanese shopping centre after an earthquake, the fire service says One witness reported the second floor of the mall in Kumamoto collapsing - BBC Verify has looked at some of the images from the site Reports in Japan say 20 to 30 shopping centre staff may be missing - but the figure has not been confirmed Elsewhere in the Kumamoto prefecture, people are reported missing at a paper factory after a chimney collapsed A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT), causing power cuts, damaged roads, a collapsed castle wall, and a destroyed footbridge