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Live Updates: Cuba Says Troops Kill 4 and Wound 6 on Florida Speedboat

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:29:09+00:00

Border troops engaged in a gunfight near the island nation’s coast, the Cuban Interior Ministry said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States was investigating but relying on the Cuban government for information.

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Vessels Have Clashed With Cuban Border Forces Before

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:29:08+00:00

On Wednesday, a Florida-registered speedboat entered Cuban waters and some on board exchanged gunfire with Cuban troops. Two such armed clashes occurred in 2022.

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Lawyers for US cancer sufferers challenge Bayer’s $7.25bn Roundup settlement deal

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:23:57+00:00

Proposed settlement would pay users of glyphosate-based weedkiller who have non-Hodgkin lymphoma $10,000 to $165,000A group of 14 law firms representing nearly 20,000 plaintiffs is seeking to intervene in Bayer’s proposed class action settlement of Roundup litigation, citing concerns that the deal will not be fair to cancer sufferers.The group filed both a motion to intervene and a motion for an extension of time for court preliminary approval of the deal in St Louis city circuit court in Missouri late on February 24.This story is co-published with the New Lede, a journalism project of the Env

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Australia news live: Qantas makes major change to frequent flyer program after unveiling bumper profit; Mardi Gras parade route heritage-listed

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:21:45+00:00

Meanwhile diplomats have been recalled as embassies in Tel Aviv and Beirut remain open but Dfat warns situation is ‘unpredictable’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdvocate for gambling reform reiterates calls for regulator and ban on adsReverend Tim Costello, the chief advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, spoke to RN Breakfast this morning about efforts to combat gambling, including the rollout of BetStop, a self-exclusion register.We are literally saturated. You know, sadly, gambling companies now even own our kids …Right at the mo

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Live Updates: Cuban Says Troops Kill 4 and Wound 6 on Florida Speedboat

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:14:59+00:00

Border troops engaged in a gunfight near the island nation’s coast, the Cuban Interior Ministry said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States was investigating but relying on the Cuban government for information.

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Midterm e Iran, i due obiettivi di Trump

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:05:47+00:00

Con il suo discorso sullo stato dell’Unione il presidente ha lanciato la sfida ai democratici in vista delle elezioni e posto le basi per l’attacco a Teheran

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Why Asian firms are not cheering Trump tariff ruling

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:03:26+00:00

The US Supreme Court's decision to block a pillar of US trade policy has caused yet more uncertainty.

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Public health advocates say more transparency needed in debate over illicit tobacco as industry links questioned

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T23:00:10+00:00

Former Australian Border Force officer Rohan Pike, who has been quoted extensively as an expert, also advises nicotine-industry-linked organisationsA former Australian Border Force officer who has positioned himself before government inquiries as Australia’s “foremost law enforcement expert” on illicit tobacco also advises nicotine industry-linked organisations – leading public health advocates to argue more transparency is needed.Rohan Pike, who spent more than two decades in law enforcement and now runs a consultancy, has become a prominent media commentator on the illicit tobacco trade, pro

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Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:52:44+00:00

Investigation under way after man was dropped off five miles from home but family wasn’t notified, officials sayA nearly blind Burmese refugee who was abandoned by border patrol agents has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, city officials confirmed.Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, had been missing since 19 February, when he was dropped off by border patrol following his release from Erie county holding center, according to the Investigative Post. Continue reading...

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Antonio Tejero Molina, 93, Dies; Spanish Colonel Led Failed Coup

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:43:50+00:00

He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces.

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Trump administration will withhold $259m in Medicaid funding from Minnesota, Vance and Oz say – live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:38:55+00:00

Providers have already been paid by the state of Minnesota for their services, Vance says, but federal funds that reimburse the state will be withheldSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA newly revealed diplomatic cable calls on US diplomats to work against attempts by foreign nations to regulate how US tech companies handle their citizens’ data, as “data sovereignty initiatives” gather steam in Europe over security concerns.More from Reuters:President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. te

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Twenty-year-old testifies at US trial about harm from social media addiction

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:32:10+00:00

Plaintiff says ‘addictive design’ of Meta and YouTube hooked her before she was 10, causing depression and body dysmorphiaFor the first time, a jury will hear testimony on Wednesday from a young woman who alleges social media companies intentionally create addictive products, harming children. The witness taking the stand, known by her initials KGM, is the lead plaintiff in an expansive lawsuit against Meta – which owns Instagram and Facebook – and YouTube currently at trial in Los Angeles.KGM, who is now 20, alleges that she became addicted to social media apps before she was 10 and would spe

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Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:23:20+00:00

Vice-president makes announcement with Mehmet Oz, who says other states will be next after MinnesotaJD Vance announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid reimbursements to the state of Minnesota as part of Donald Trump’s newly announced “war on fraud”.“What we’re doing is we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American taxpayer,” the vice-president said at a press con

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Memorial to 72 victims of Grenfell fire to be funded by new legislation

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:20:11+00:00

Housing secretary says bill will give spending authority needed to build and maintain ‘dignified memorial’A permanent memorial to the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire will be funded by new government legislation, the housing secretary has announced.Steve Reed said the bill would provide the spending authority needed to support the memorial commission and community in building and maintaining a “lasting and dignified memorial” to those who died in the blaze on 14 June 2017 in west London. Continue reading...

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Sanremo 2026, la seconda serata in diretta: la sfida dei 15 big. L’omaggio di Achille Lauro per i ragazzi di Crans-Montana. Niente fiori per le Bambole di Pezza

Fonte: Repubblica Homepage · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:19:43+00:00

Stasera le esibizioni di 15 big in gara e il voto del pubblico. In veste di co-conduttori a fianco di Conti e Pausini ci saranno Pilar Fogliati, Lillo e Achille Lauro. Oggi all’Ariston spazio anche alle Nuove proposte presentate da Gianluca Gazzoli

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Australia news live: bumper $1.46bn half-year profit for Qantas; families of Middle East diplomats evacuated

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T22:08:31+00:00

Embassies in Tel Aviv and Beirut remain open but Dfat warns situation is ‘unpredictable’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdvocate for gambling reform reiterates calls for regulator and ban on adsReverend Tim Costello, the chief advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, spoke to RN Breakfast this morning about efforts to combat gambling, including the rollout of BetStop, a self-exclusion register.We are literally saturated. You know, sadly, gambling companies now even own our kids …Right at the moment, you have the farcical situation that

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Greek Politician Is Prosecuted for Admitting Drug Use Decades Ago

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:55:37+00:00

The leftist party of Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister and critic of the conservative government, said he had been charged based on admitting he had tried ecstasy once.

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Что Мишустин рассказал об итогах работы правительства в прошедшем году

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:48:01+00:00

Председатель правительства России Михаил Мишустин 25 февраля выступил в Госдуме с отчетом о работе правительства – он прошел раньше, чем в прошлые годы. Премьер не только подводил итоги 2025 г., но и говорил о задачах кабмина, коих назвал шесть.

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Более половины заявленных на этот год ЖК относятся к элитному сегменту

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:45:09+00:00

Из 36 ожидаемых в 2026 г. к запуску в старой Москве новых жилых комплексов 20 (56%) относятся к элитному сегменту: 11 (31%) – к премиуму, девять – к делюксу (25%), говорится в исследовании «Метриума». По словам управляющего директора этой компании Руслана Сырцова, еще 16 (44%) объектов позиционируются в бизнес-классе. Ни одного проекта массового сегмента «Метриум» не обнаружил, хотя он проанализировал все площадки, получившие разрешение на строительство, положительное заключение экспертизы или архитектурно-градостроительное решение.

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France’s Engie strikes deal to buy UK Power Networks for £10.5bn

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:43:28+00:00

French utility to acquire owner of electricity cables and power lines across London, south-east and east of EnglandA French utility has agreed to buy the owner of the electricity cables and power lines across London, the south-east and the east of England in a deal worth £10.5bn.Paris-headquartered Engie said on Wednesday that it had struck a deal to buy UK Power Networks (UKPN) in a “major milestone” for the company’s ambition to become the “best energy transition utility”. Continue reading...

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ЦИК перед выборами в Госдуму оптимизирует работу регистра избирателей

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:43:02+00:00

Центризбирком (ЦИК) на заседании 25 февраля принял новое положение о государственной системе регистра избирателей. Принятые изменения вносят не точечные поправки в документы, а формируют «принципиально новое» положение о государственной системе регистра избирателей, подчеркнул член ЦИК Константин Мазуревский. Действующее положение было принято в 1997 г., оно пережило 13 редакций, в том числе кардинально новую версию в 2005 г., напомнил он.

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Минздрав: ИИ может помочь решать фундаментальные задачи в борьбе с раком и ВИЧ

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:41:42+00:00

Искусственный интеллект (ИИ) можно использовать для решения фундаментальных задач в области великих болезней, например рака или ВИЧ. Об этом заявил замминистра здравоохранения РФ Сергей Глаголев на Форуме будущих технологий. По его словам, инструмент должен помочь распознавать новые терапевтические мишени.

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КПРФ выступила против реформы системы обжалования решений мировых судов

Fonte: Vedomosti – All Articles · Pubblicato: 2026-02-25T21:40:29+00:00

Как стало известно «Ведомостям», лидер партии КПРФ Геннадий Зюганов направил в Госдуму предложения против принятия изменений о реформировании системы пересмотра вступивших в силу решений мировых судов. Судебная реформа о передаче полномочий кассационных судов по пересмотру судебных актов обратно в регионы (областные, краевые и верховные суды республик) была инициирована Верховным судом (ВС) под руководством председателя Игоря Краснова. Пакет из трех законопроектов был внесен в Госдуму 29 января, а 10 февраля был уже одобрен в первом чтении.

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