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As NFL resumes international series, could an overseas Super Bowl be in the future? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6652017/2025/09/22/nfl-international-super-bowl-draft/

In the current times we see that the theoretical framework of realism in world politics is getting more important. Ofcourse people are disappointed about the rule and principal based world order becoming less important. But at the same time states have to defend the interests of their citizens.
https://en.…

Realism (international relations) - Wikipedia

OpenAI und Google erreichen Gold bei Mathe-Olympiade
International Math Olympiad ist ein besonders schwerer Mathetest. OpenAI und Google DeepMind erklären, das Abschneiden ihrer KI-Modelle sei ein Durchbruch.
https://…

"« On meurt devant le monde entier » : un journaliste palestinien raconte au « Monde » la famine quotidienne Š Gaza"
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/video

Vidéo. « On meurt devant le monde entier » : un journaliste palestinien raconte au « Monde » la famine quotidienne à Gaza
Vidéo - Rami Abou Jamous, journaliste gazaoui francophone, a envoyé au « Monde » un message vocal. Il raconte l’enfer pour se nourrir et boire de l’eau, alors qu’Israël restreint fortement l’accès à l’aide humanitaire depuis le 2 mars.

L’Opus Dei mis en cause dans une affaire de traite d’êtres humains en Argentine
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/07/17/l-opus-dei-mis-en-cause-dans-une-affaire-de-traite-…

L’Opus Dei mis en cause dans une affaire de traite d’êtres humains en Argentine
Suite à des plaintes de femmes affirmant avoir travaillé sans salaire et dans des conditions très difficiles pour l’institution catholique conservatrice, le numéro deux de l’organisation, basée à Rome, pourrait être mis en examen. Quatre responsables argentins ont déjà été mis en examen en 2024.

Kagan warnt: Trumps Iran-Politik bedroht nicht nur Teheran, sondern auch die US-Demokratie – Illiberale profitieren, Demokratie bleibt außen vor
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.

Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create "red lines" for AI development by the end of 2026 (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/nobel-laureate…

Nobel laureates and AI developers call for ‘red lines’ on AI
Experts are calling for international agreements as the United Nations meets, but they face an uphill battle turning words into action

When it comes to international conflict, Donald Trump learns everything the hard way.
On issue after issue
—North Korea, Venezuela, Ukraine, Gaza, and more
—Trump begins by bucking conventional wisdom and insisting that a bold new approach will yield breakthroughs.
Implied, and often said outright, is that past officials who worked on the matter were feeble, inept, and craven.
Trump insists that his determination and powers of persuasion will force seismic change—…

Ahead of His U.N. Speech, Remember That Trump Is Learning Geopolitics in Real Time
A guide to pushing the U.S. president more quickly up his learning curve.

Verifying International Agreements on AI: Six Layers of Verification for Rules on Large-Scale AI Development and Deployment
Mauricio Baker, Gabriel Kulp, Oliver Marks, Miles Brundage, Lennart Heim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15916

Verifying International Agreements on AI: Six Layers of Verification for Rules on Large-Scale AI Development and Deployment
The risks of frontier AI may require international cooperation, which in turn may require verification: checking that all parties follow agreed-on rules. For instance, states might need to verify that powerful AI models are widely deployed only after their risks to international security have been evaluated and deemed manageable. However, research on AI verification could benefit from greater clarity and detail. To address this, this report provides an in-depth overview of AI verification, inte…

Azerbaijan to file international lawsuits against Russia over downed plane, Aliyev says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/azerbaijan-to-file-international-lawsuits.html

How to put a positive spin on xenophobia.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-rebounds-as-a-top-choice-for-international-students-new-survey-finds/article_0c9e94c0-81d2-4a…

Canada rebounds as a top choice for international students, new survey finds
According to ApplyBoard, Canada rose to second place among six countries for students intending to go abroad as an “open, safe and welcoming” place.

Billions of USAID aid have been officially canceled
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/22/billions-of-usaid-aid-have-been-officially-canceled_6743590_4.html

🔫 Extortion: Mexico’s new battle against a deeply rooted crime
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-08/extortion-mexicos-new-battle-against-a-deeply-rooted-crime.html

Extortion: Mexico’s new battle against a deeply rooted crime
García Harfuch has presented a police and intelligence initiative targeting the criminal charges imposed on both large and small businesses

Quelle dégringolade.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/07/22/les-etats-unis-annoncent-se-retirer-de-l-unesco-l-organisation-des-nations-unies-pour-l-educ…

CTAO Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025)
The CTAO Consortium
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15442 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2…

CTAO Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025)
This index contains the proceedings submitted to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025) on behalf of the CTAO Consortium.

Je moet echt dapper zijn als rechter bij het ICC
Trump administration sanctions Canadian judge who sits on International Criminal Court | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-judge-icc-trump-1.7613704

PayPal announces PayPal World, an upcoming platform designed to simplify cross-border payments via Venmo, India's UPI, Tencent's Tenpay, and Mercado Pago (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/payp

PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people | TechCrunch
PayPal is partnering with global fintech companies to let users pay to different wallet systems cross border.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cyberattack-disrupts-check-systems-major-european-airports-125760897
Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports

Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic at several major European airports

Lesenswertes Interview mit François Heisbourg (76), Politik- und Strategieberater. - "Die Führung in Peking tickt im Grunde ähnlich wie die Regierung Trump."
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/francois-heisbourg-die-usa-sind…

François Heisbourg: «Die USA sind selbst schuld an ihrem Niedergang»
Was wir im Moment in den USA erleben, sei nichts anderes als ein weltpolitischer Selbstmord, sagt ein Strategieexperte.

If putin could strike your house in the US without risking reprisals, he absolutely would.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-putin-trump-security-92ee89feba2224f140429bcb573e61f9

Russia launches major aerial attack on Ukraine
The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia has launched a major aerial attack on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles. The attack has targeted western regions, killing at least one person and injuring 15 others. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister says a major U.S. electronics manufacturer was hit. This marks Russia's third-largest aerial attack this year by drone count. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned the attack, urging stronger international pressure on Moscow. Meanwhile, Zelens…

Emotions in the archives: study scoops international award https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/emotions-in-the-archives-study-scoops-international-award/

Emotions in the archives: study scoops international award - The National Archives
The editors of a ground-breaking new study about emotions and archives which includes work by a researcher at The National Archives has won a prestigious award. Archives and Emotions: International Dialogues across Past, Present and Future won the Waldo Gifford Leland Award for excellent writing and usefulness for archivists. The study examines the role emotions […]

Dave Jorgenson, who leads WaPo's TikTok and YouTube presence, plans to leave next month to start a company based on his YouTube channel Local News International (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/dave-jorgenson-v…

Can The Washington Post’s TikTok Guy Make It Without The Post?
Dave Jorgenson is starting his own video company that explains the news, with a twist. Think Jon Stewart meets Ron Burgundy.

"Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn"
#Sea #Oceans #Mining

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

"I have been teaching classes on #genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.
This is not just my conclusion. A growing number of experts in genocide studies and international law have concluded that Israel’s actions in #Gaza can only be defined as genocide. So has …

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Ein neues internationales #Abkommen zum Schutz der #Hochsee tritt in Kraft: Der High Seas Treaty wurde von 60 Staaten ratifiziert, zuletzt von #Marokko.
Er ermöglicht erstmals großflächige

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

It seems like this is mostly a hodge-podge of different API calls and various prompts.
Still, gives the lie to the theory that it's all just "regurgitating training data", "unable to come up with novelty", etc.
https://www.

New scientific analysis determines there are four distinct species of giraffe #science

There are actually four giraffe species in Africa, scientists say
Giraffes are now classified into four distinct species in Africa. Researchers previously thought all giraffes belonged to a single species. On Thursday, a task force of the International Union for Conservation of Nature identified Northern, reticulated, Masai, and Southern giraffes as separate species. This change is based on genetic studies and anatomical differences. Each species faces unique threats and conservation needs. Northern giraffes are the most endangered, with only about 7,000 left…

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Die Erwartungen an ein mögliches Treffen sind gedämpft
Selenskyj will, Putin hält sich bedeckt. International wächst der Druck, die Präsidenten an einem Verhandlungstisch zu sehen. Beobachter dämpfen die Erwartungen. Wie stehen die Zeichen für ein Treffen?
🔗 https://w…

Ukraine-Krieg: Wie realistisch ist ein Treffen von Selenskyj und Putin?
Selenskyj will, Putin hält sich bedeckt. International wächst der Druck, die Präsidenten an einem Verhandlungstisch zu sehen. Beobachter dämpfen die Erwartungen. Wie stehen die Zeichen für ein Treffen?

Lammy slowly emerging from a long sleep?
David Lammy 'appalled and sickened' by civilian suffering in Gaza - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjg993670jo

David Lammy 'appalled and sickened' by civilian suffering in Gaza
The UK foreign secretary also criticises Israel's rejection of an international statement calling for the war to end.

Judge blocks Trump from cutting funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities – NBC Los Angeles
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/judge-blocks-trump-from-cutting-funding-from-cities-over-sanctuary-policies/3768647/

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn #environment

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have requested information on the University of Chicago’s admissions practices and international students, according to bond issuance documents.
https://

Feds issue 'information requests' on University of Chicago international students, admissions practices
In the more than 200 pages of documents dated July 11, the university wrote that the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security had issued information requests regarding “admissions practices and international students.”

Mechanisms to Verify International Agreements About AI Development
Aaron Scher, Lisa Thiergart
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15867 https://

Mechanisms to Verify International Agreements About AI Development
International agreements about AI development may be required to reduce catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems. However, agreements about such a high-stakes technology must be backed by verification mechanisms--processes or tools that give one party greater confidence that another is following the agreed-upon rules, typically by detecting violations. This report gives an overview of potential verification approaches for three example policy goals, aiming to demonstrate how countries could …

If this doesn't convince you people to ditch ALL AMERICAN SERVICES ecosystem, what will?
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/115248992415556991

The Israeli Sociological Society was suspended from cooperation w/ the International Sociological Association. #ISS #Sociology This sends “a problematic signal by isolating academic organizations under political pressure instead of protecting them.”
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From Monday onwards the Icelandic postal service will be severely limiting the types of parcels that can be sent to the US. The same goes for quite a few European countries. The reason is because of the way Trump's new tariffs are structured.
Evidently a lot of extra work is supposed to be carried out by the postal service in each country. I can't really describe what the problem is, mostly the new system seems confusing and is likely in breach of international agreements.

Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic https://theconversation.com/israel-is-on-notice-for-using-sexual-violence-against-palestinians…

Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic
Horrific allegations of gang rape and reports of the targeting of reproductive facilities have alarmed the international community, but sadly, the strategy is not new.

Occupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement by 28 countries and EU.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territories

Wir sollten gegen die deutsche Regierung klagen – vor deutschen Gerichten und international. Mit der Unterstützung des Terrorregimes Netanjahu durch Waffenlieferungen in einem völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskrieg gegen den Iran dürfen keine deutschen Waffen eingesetzt werden. Sonst klebt neben dem Blut zahlreicher Palästinenser*innen aus Gaza nun auch noch das Blut rücksichtslos getöteter Iraner*innen an uns.
Haben wir nichts aus der Geschichte gelernt?

"Reflections on CoLIS 2025" [International Conference on Concepts of Library and Information Science] https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2025/07/16/reflections-on-colis-2025/

Israel’s genocide isn’t just murdering Palestinians en masse, it’s also destroying any semblance of morality or ethics the West might have purported to possess. International law? Bullshit. European values? Trash. Western democracy? A joke.
#israel #unitedStates

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic
Alejandro D\'iaz-Caro, Ognyan Oreshkov, Ana Bel\'en Sainz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13619 …

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic
This volume contains the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2025), which was held from 14th to 18th July 2025, in Varna, Bulgaria, organised by Université libre de Bruxelles. QPL is an annual conference that brings together academic and industry researchers working on the mathematical foundations of quantum computation, quantum physics, and related areas. The main focus is on the use of algebraic and categorical structures, formal languages, sema…

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
IPPOG Collaboration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17643 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.17643…

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
We present the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG), a global network dedi- cated to connecting students, educators, and the general public with the world of particle physics. In this paper, we outline the need to bridge the existing gap between the particle physics community and the wider audience, and we present the solutions that IPPOG has implemented to overcome it through three pillar Activities: the International Masterclasses and the Global Cosmics hands-on activities ne…

"Israël mène Š Gaza une "campagne de famine délibérée", estime Amnesty International dans un communiqué publié lundi, alors que l'ONU et de nombreuses ONG ne cessent de mettre en garde contre une famine imminente dans le territoire palestinien."
#Gaza #Israël

The International Institute for Strategic Studies
The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
19 August 2025
"IISS has created the most comprehensive open-source database of suspected and confirmed Russian sabotage operations targeting Europe."
site:

Russia cites air safety in bid to lift international aviation sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/22/russia-cites-air-safety-in.html

Detentions of D.C. delivery drivers leave immigrant communities on edge (Didi Martinez/NBC4 Washington)
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/detentions-of-dc-delivery-drivers/3976806/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p138#a250819p138

The US keeps killing people in the international waters near Venezuela, without any procedure, trial or judge. And it is not a warzone. Regardless whether those people are drugs smugglers or not, it is completely illegal and criminal.
But nobody cares.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/20/us-strik…

U.S. conducts fourth strike against vessel transferring drugs, Trump says
He posted a video of the strike on Truth Social.

»Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company:
One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work.«
When do superiors in companies take care of implementing IT safely in real terms? This seems to be too expensive. Structured password managers are a hassle but worth it.
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Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
Transport company KNP forced to shut down after international hacker gangs target thousands of UK businesses.

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent the Israeli stock market into a fall by doing what he so often does: saying the quiet part out loud. 
The market rebounded, as it always does from these sorts of brief panics.
But Netanyahu and Israel in general are finally being forced to grapple with some of the real, long-term consequences of their actions. 
Netanyahu told a group of American and Israeli business people at the
“Fifty States, One Israel” confer…

As Israel faces increasing international isolation, BDS becomes more crucial than ever
Benjamin Netanyahu walked back claims about Israel’s international isolation after causing a stock market crash, but he was right - the Gaza genocide has severely hurt Israel’s standing. We must deepen this isolation through boycotts and sanctions.

Connected and Exposed: Cybersecurity Risks, Regulatory Gaps, and Public Perception in Internet-Connected Vehicles
Henrietta Hegyi, Laszlo Erdodi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15306

Connected and Exposed: Cybersecurity Risks, Regulatory Gaps, and Public Perception in Internet-Connected Vehicles
The rapid advancement of Internet-connected vehicle technologies has introduced a new era of smart mobility, while simultaneously raising significant cybersecurity and privacy concerns. This paper explores the evolving threat landscape associated with connected vehicles, focusing on risks such as unauthorized remote access and the potential leakage of personal data. To assess the current state of protection, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of 16 international standards and regulations, ev…

Apple raises the price of Apple TV in the US and some markets globally after previously raising the price in 2023; in the US, the price will rise $3 to $12.99 (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/21/apple-tv-subscription-price-increase/

Apple TV+ subscription price increasing to $12.99 per month from today - 9to5Mac
Apple today announced that the monthly price of Apple TV+ is rising in the United States and some international markets....

**Most Americans support international recognition of Palestine: Poll** | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/20/most-americans-support-international-recognition-of-palestine-poll?traffic_source=rss

Trump dämpft Hoffnungen auf Treffen
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat die Hoffnungen auf ein Treffen zwischen Russlands Präsidenten Wladimir Putin und seinem ukrainischen Amtskollegen Wolodymyr Selensky gedämpft und erneut Sanktionen ins Spiel gebracht. Er werde in zwei Wochen eine wichtige Entscheidung zu seinen Bemühungen um einen Frieden in der Ukraine treffen, erklärte Trump im Weißen Haus. Es könne…
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Ukraine-Krieg: Wie realistisch ist ein Treffen von Selenskyj und Putin?
Selenskyj will, Putin hält sich bedeckt. International wächst der Druck, die Präsidenten an einem Verhandlungstisch zu sehen. Beobachter dämpfen die Erwartungen. Wie stehen die Zeichen für ein Treffen?

Relatively hyperbolic groups, Grothendieck pairs, and uncountable profinite ambiguity among fibre products
Martin R. Bridson, Alan W. Reid
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15009

Relatively hyperbolic groups, Grothendieck pairs, and uncountable profinite ambiguity among fibre products
These notes expand upon our lectures on {\em profinite rigidity} at the international colloquium on randomness, geometry and dynamics, organised by TIFR Mumbai at IISER Pune in January 2024. We are interested in the extent to which groups that arise in hyperbolic geometry and 3-manifold topology are determined by their finite quotients. The main theme of these notes is the radical extent to which rigidity is lost when one passes from consideration of groups with hyperbolic features to considera…

TFW, your language app somehow reflects the international situation ... #Babbel

CBP data: between April and June 2025, CBP searched 14,899 devices carried by international travelers, up from a high of 12,766 between January and March 2022 (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-searches-at-the-us-border-hit-a-record-high/…

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022.

War is an unconscionable horror. The illusions of "international law" and "rules of war" have lead us to believe that war can be clean, managed, and "civilized."
But wars are fought by humans and humans are messy. Humans are not well suited to following orderly rules. Humans respond to their environment. Humans in extraordinary situations can be extraordinarily vindictive and brutal. Sufficiently traumatized humans can act without a conscience, spreading trauma like an infection. If humans respond to their situation, then there can be no "civilized" war because war is itself an situation outside of the society. It is a place that promotes antisocial behavior and punishes pro-social behavior. War cannot be expected to follow "international law" because it is what fills the void created by the failure of "international law" (so long as we rely on nations).
To call for war is to inflict atrocities on civilians. It is to kill the parents and children who serve, and to destroy the combatants who survive. It is to infect both sides with a trauma that will spread if untreated, when soldiers come home or when they become mercenaries in other wars.
And yet... there are times when the brutality, the incompetence, the evil becomes so unbearable that no other option exists, when taking up arms is simply bringing symmetry to an existing asymmetric conflict. There are times when the worst possible thing is inescapable, though it can never be justified.
In this new era of war, in the scramble of conflict under the collapsing of the (poorly named) "Pax Americana," I hope that we, the people, can understand that war is not a tool to fulfill an objective. It is not part of a larger strategy. It is not an extension of deplomacy.
War is a failure.
While it may be the only way to deal with the irrational - the genocidal, the slaver, the dictator - it is still a failure. It is a failure to build a world in which these people can't control armies and economies, can't turn populations in to cults and bend nations to their will.
And we will continue to have such wars until we unite against those who would use as as pawns, who would control our lives and lead us to our deaths. We will have these wars until we unite, as one world, against those rulers. This is what I mean, and what a lot of other people mean, when we say, "No War, but Class War."

I decided to test it out by posting this image on TikTok, and it reached almost 1K views in less than 24 hours.
I don’t plan on using TikTok long-term and might even remove this upload, but I just wanted to try it out with some Norwegian hashtags.
https://www.tiktok.com/@emma_erik2000/phot

Predictive Machine Learning to Increase the Throughput of Container Yards
Austin Ford Cooper
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16207 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.16…

Predictive Machine Learning to Increase the Throughput of Container Yards
This study seeks to improve the throughput rates for shipping container terminals. In the United States, shipping ports link the domestic economy to global markets and are vital to sustain supply chain flow and economic stability. Maritime shipping accounts for nearly half of the U.S.'s annual international trade, two thirds of which are represented by container shipping. Previous studies highlighted the capability of automation in enhancing container processing; however, unlike in European and…

I found this a rather interesting piece:
"Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers"
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/09/ukraine-war-drones-kherson/684190/

Inside Ukraine's Deadly Game of Drone Warfare
From the front lines in Kherson, with a unit that kills Russians for points

International operation disrupts pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) https://therecord.media/international-police-takedown-noname-hacker

International Conference "East - West: Synergy of Scientific Knowledge" https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/18/international-conference-east-west-synergy-of-scientific-knowledge

The “Bavarian Forest Nature Park” and the “Bavarian Forest National Park” have been officially recognized as an international star park by DarkSky International (DSI): #StarPark.”

'International borders cannot be changed by force,' — von der Leyen says in Brussels ahead of Trump meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/international-borders-cannot-be-changed.html

A Bogota, des pays du Sud global passent aux actes contre Israël
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/07/17/a-bogota-des-pays-du-sud-global-passent-aux-actes-contre-israel_6621714_3210.html

A Bogota, des pays du Sud global passent aux actes contre Israël
Douze Etats, emmenés par la Colombie et l’Afrique du Sud, ont annoncé des sanctions pour mettre fin à l’impunité dont jouit l’Etat hébreu.

OECD lists 1,300 AI regulations, guidelines, and other policies worldwide as of September 2025, up ~30% since 2022, but international cooperation has stalled (Naoki Watanabe/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Global web of AI rules grows 30% in 3 years as cooperation stalls
US, Europe and China pursue their own aims, leaving rest of world behind

"Meet the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award Winners Fighting Climate Change"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://…

Meet the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award Winners Fighting Climate Change | Happy Eco News
Meet the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award winners - fifteen young environmental activists aged 8-16 from around the world who are tackling climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat restoration in their communities through innovative grassroots projects.

The international courier DHL on Friday joined other European mail carriers that have put temporary restrictions on sending packages to the United States
-- because of Trump’s executive order that eliminates an exemption on duties on cheap imported goods.
The temporary halt by DHL’s German parcel service, and its domestic mail service, Deutsche Post, covers commercial shipments originating in Germany to consumers in the United States.
The company will continue to send privat…

Fearing Customs Chaos, DHL Joins Others in Suspending U.S. Shipments
The halt by one of the world’s largest couriers comes after President Trump eliminated an exemption on tariffs levied on imported goods valued under $800.

A Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners
Anna Raymaker, Akshaya Kumar, Miuyin Yong Wong, Ryan Pickren, Animesh Chhotaray, Frank Li, Saman Zonouz, Raheem Beyah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15842

A Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners
Maritime systems, including ships and ports, are critical components of global infrastructure, essential for transporting over 80% of the world's goods and supporting internet connectivity. However, these systems face growing cybersecurity threats, as shown by recent attacks disrupting Maersk, one of the world's largest shipping companies, causing widespread impacts on international trade. The unique challenges of the maritime environment--such as diverse operational conditions, extensive physi…

Russia says Ukraine security talks a 'road to nowhere' without Moscow (Filip Timotija/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5461313-lavrov-security-guarantees-ukraine/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p83#a250820p83

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Rays Conference
Collaboration, Halim, Abreu, Aglietta, Allekotte, Cheminant, Almela, Aloisio, Alvarez-Mu\~niz, Ambrosone, Yebra, Anchordoqui, Andrada, Dourado, Apollonio, Aramo, Arnone, Vel\'azquez, Assis, Avila, Avocone, Bakalova, Baluta, Barbato, Mocellin, Bellido, Berat, Bertaina, Bianciotto, Biermann, Binet, Bismark, Bister, Biteau, Blazek, Bl\"umer, Boh\'a\v{c}ov\'a, Boncioli, Bonifazi, B…

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Rays Conference
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located in La Pampa Amarilla, Argentina, has been continuously acquiring data since 2004. It comprises a surface detector array covering 3,000 km$^2$ and 27 fluorescence telescopes, designed to detect extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. An upgrade to the Observatory was commissioned in 2024, enhancing the existing water-Cherenkov detectors with additional radio antennas, surface scintillator detectors, and a buried scintillator array. …

Trump threatens Venezuela with 'incalculable' consequences if it doesn't take back migrants
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/09/20/trump-threatens-venezuela-with-incalculable-consequences-if-it-doesn-t-take-back-migrants_6745591_4.html

For the first time AI systems crossed the gold-medal scoring threshold at the International Mathematical Olympiad for high-school students.
Both Google and OpenAI's models solved five out of six problems,
-- achieving the result using general-purpose “reasoning” models that processed mathematical concepts using natural language, in contrast to the previous approaches used by AI firms.
OpenAI’s breakthrough was achieved with a new experimental model centered on massively …

Som anarkosyndikalist finner jeg stor inspirasjon i det Norsk Syndikalistisk Forbund (NSF-IAA) har stått for helt siden stiftelsen i desember 1916. Forbundet har fra begynnelsen representert en tydelig og kompromisslŸs tradisjon innen arbeiderbevegelsen, der prinsippene om selvorganisering, solidaritet og direkte aksjon har stått i sentrum.
NSF-IAA har gjennom mer enn hundre år vært en stemme for en fagbevegelse som ikke underordner seg partipolitikk eller byråkratiske strukturer, men …

💰 Do anti-bribery laws work when doing international business? New research sheds light
#bribery

Do anti-bribery laws work when doing international business? New research sheds light
In today's global economy, companies often do business with countries that have different standards, especially regarding what's acceptable, such as acts like bribery.

International Conference Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse. Political Thought and Social Theory https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/17/international-conference-leonard-trelawny-hobhouse-political-thought-and…

Rappel: près des trois quarts des millionnaires interrogés dans les pays du G20 sont favorables Š une augmentation des impôts sur la fortune, et plus de la moitié d'entre eux pensent que l'extrême richesse est une « menace pour la démocratie ».
#TaxTheRich #démocratie

Iran International says a cyber operation intended to intimidate its journalists has ties to a senior Iranian intelligence official and a network of operatives (Mojtaba Pourmohsen/Iran International)
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202508153061

Iranian intel officials tied to cyber group targeting Iran International journalists
A senior Iranian intelligence official and a network of operatives have been identified as key figures in a cyber group that targeted London-based broadcaster Iran International and its staff, according to information obtained by the channel.

Multilateralism in the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Michal Natorski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15397 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15397

Multilateralism in the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
This chapter inquires how international multilateralism addresses the emergence of the general-purpose technology of Artificial Intelligence. In more detail, it analyses two key features of AI multilateralism: its generalized principles and the coordination of state relations in the realm of AI. Firstly, it distinguishes the generalized principles of AI multilateralism of epochal change, determinism, and dialectical understanding. In the second place, the adaptation of multilateralism to AI led…

PE firm Advent International agrees to acquire U-blox, a SIX Swiss Exchange-listed wireless and positioning chipmaker, for about $1.3B via public tender offer (Andrea Figueras/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/de…

A Trump-shaped wrecking ball swings toward a faltering United Nations
In his second term has Trump has brought down the hammer,
cutting U.S. contributions to the U.N. and scaling back U.S. involvement.

The administration’s gutting of USAID was a blow to the international humanitarian system,
which has been propped up for years by U.S. involvement.
Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N.’s World Food Program, said her agency is having to “take food from the…

A Trump-shaped wrecking ball swings toward a faltering United Nations
As world leaders gather for UNGA, the U.N. faces malaise fueled by crises of funding and relevance, 80 years after it emerged from the ashes of World War II.

More than nine in 10 renewable power projects globally are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives.
Solar power is about 41% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternative,
and onshore wind generation is less than half the price of fossil fuels, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Costs have been driven down by the increasingly widespread use of the technologies,
a huge focus on low-carbon manufacturing in China,
and bu…

🧲 Bacteria that 'breathe' iron minerals while detoxifying sulfide outpace chemical reactions
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-bacteria-iron-minerals-detoxifying-sulfide.html

Bacteria that 'breathe' iron minerals while detoxifying sulfide outpace chemical reactions
An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna has discovered a new microbial metabolism: so-called MISO bacteria "breathe" iron minerals by oxidizing toxic sulfide.

[Thread] An OpenAI researcher says the company's latest experimental reasoning LLM achieved gold medal-level performance on the 2025 International Math Olympiad (Alexander Wei/@alexwei_)
https://x.com/alexwei_/status/1946477742855532918

Alexander Wei (@alexwei_) on X
1/N I’m excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO).

"This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law"
#Plastic #Plastics

This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law
Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived fuel.”

L’Europe paralysée face Š la répression croissante en Géorgie
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/07/15/l-europe-paralysee-face-a-la-repression-croissante-en-georgie_6621402_3210.html…

L’Europe paralysée face à la répression croissante en Géorgie
Confrontée au virage autoritaire de Tbilissi, l’Union européenne a averti qu’elle pourrait suspendre les exemptions de visa dont bénéficient les ressortissants du pays depuis 2017. Mais le veto de la Hongrie et celui de la Slovaquie empêchent les Vingt-Sept de sanctionner davantage le pouvoir.

Horror Studies Now 2026: A Major International Conference https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/09/18/horror-studies-now-2026-a-major-international-conference

A group of 17 Democratic senators urges US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media into Gaza (Igor Bobic/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-israel-journalists_n_68a619abe4b0f9a2f3…

Democrats Press Marco Rubio About 'Catastrophic' Killing Of Journalists In Gaza
"It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza," 17 Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.

X and WhatsApp used for arms Trade by Houthi terrorists | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-861535

Russia behind MH17 downing, international law violations in Ukraine, Europe's human rights court rules: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/09/russia-behind-mh-downing-international.html

Les transformations de la ligne de front entre Russes et Ukrainiens décryptées en infographie
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/visuel/2025/07/14/comprendre-les-mutations-du-front-ukrainien-en-infographie…

Comprendre les mutations du front ukrainien, en infographies

CFP: DEADLINE EXTENDED: EMoDiR Panels "The Devil and Dissent: Early Modern Perspectives," RSA 72nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco (February 19-21, 2026)
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Disney plans to replace the Star tile with Hulu on the international Disney service; Star was widely used and well-known across Latin America and Asia (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/08/hulu-to-become-international-tile…

Hulu To Become International Tile On Disney+, Replacing Star
Hulu will replace Star as a tile on the international Disney+ service. This marks the first major international expansion for Hulu and closely follows Disney buying Comcast out of the U.S. streamer last month. As Disney’s streaming business once again shone in its latest earnings quarter results, the company’s executive commentary for Q3 revealed Hulu […]

Russia reopens Krasnodar International Airport after more than 2 years of wartime closure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/11/russia-reopens-krasnodar-international-airport.html

CFP: DEADLINE EXTENDED: EMoDiR Panels "The Devil and Dissent: Early Modern Perspectives," RSA 72nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco (February 19-21, 2026)
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The Argentine Church ramps up criticism of President Javier Milei's austerity measures
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/09/19/the-argentine-church-ramps-up-criticism-of-president-javier-milei-s-austerity-measures_6745535_4.html

The blast zone from The Walt Disney Company’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air is now threatening to engulf the Brentwood home of Bob Iger
-- who just happens to be married to Willow Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Iger, along with Disney Entertainment chairman Dana Walden, was the Disney exec who pulled the chord on Kimmel’s suspension over on-air comments about Charlie Kirk’s murder
— and that decision…

Bob Iger’s Wife, Willow Bay, May Have to Move Her Free Speech Fundraiser  
A fundraiser for Willow Bay's International Women's Media Foundation, planned to take place at the power couple's Brentwood home next month, may have to relocate after her husband yanks Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

11th International Conference on Language, Literature & Culture (Batman University, Çankaya University, Prešov University, Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University) Keynote Speakers: Prof. Hywel Dix, Bournemouth University and Prof. Adelheid Rundholz, JCSU
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