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US airport websites hit by suspected pro-Russian cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group. The airport websites were targeted after the pro-Russian hacking group known as "KillNet" published a list of sites and encouraged its followers to attack them.
Greece, Turkey set tensions aside for direct maritime link
Setting aside longstanding strategic rivalry, Greece and Turkey on Monday inaugurated a "friendship line" ferry link between Thessalonika in northern Greece and the western Turkish port of Izmir. The ferry firm has over the past three years invested a reported 16 million euros in the three-times weekly route, the first direct major link between continental Greece and Turkey.
Putin seeks escalation with Ukraine missile blitz: experts
With Russia firing a hail of missiles into Ukraine on Monday and Belarus making fresh threats against Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin is seeking to escalate the nearly eight-month war and compensate for humiliating recent losses, Western analysts say.
Defiant Ukraine reopens eastern rail link despite missiles
As Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes against Ukrainian cities Monday, defiant rail workers in the east of the country managed to restore a severed rail link. Angered by a truck bombing that damaged a bridge carrying Russia's main road and rail link to the occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea, Moscow has stepped up strikes on civilian targets.
Neighbors, rescuers search for 52 missing after Venezuela landslide
Neighbors helped rescue teams comb through mud and debris Monday for signs of 52 people missing after a landslide swept through a town in Venezuela, killing at least 25. By the last count, Ceballos put the toll at 25 dead and 52 missing.
Couple serves together on Ukraine frontline
He's a commander of a battery of Grad rockets, she's a first aider in his unit. Once in the firing zone, Andriy gives coordinates to the target, and his unit fires a rocket with a hellish blast, before taking cover under trees, away from Russian drones.
Millionaire wins Lesotho vote but no majority
A millionaire political novice won the most votes in legislative elections in Lesotho but fell short of securing a parliamentary majority that could have ended long-running political gridlock, officials said on Monday. "His track record and people's anger towards other parties won him votes," said Tlohang Letsie, a politics lecturer at the National University of Lesotho.
German cybersecurity chief faces sack over alleged Russia ties: sources
Germany's cybersecurity chief is facing the sack over alleged ties with Russian intelligence services, government sources told AFP on Monday, amid heightened vigilance over potential sabotage activities by Moscow. The Handelsblatt daily reported that there was "great annoyance" within the government over the allegations.
Heatwaves will make regions uninhabitable within decades: UN, Red Cross
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. "On current trajectories, heatwaves could meet and exceed these physiological and social limits in the coming decades, including in regions such as the Sahel and south and southwest Asia."
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