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Ukraine

Sweden detains crew member of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship

STOCKHOLM - Sweden has detained a crew member of a Russian “shadow fleet” cargo ship it seized last week off its coast suspected of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain, the coast guard said on March 8. The 96m Caffa was headed for Saint Petersburg, Russia when armed Swedish police boarded it…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Climate Change

Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science

The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims over sovereignty, resource exploitation and the devastating impacts of climate change, the region has become a sentinel for global change. But away from these headlines, a quieter crisis is unfolding that threatens…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Kim Jong Un

After Iran and Venezuela, Kim Jong Un must decide how to handle Trump

Last weekend, North Korean state media condemned the United States and Israel for launching a “war of aggression” against Iran, but did not report the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with dozens of members of Iran’s top leadership. That omission was not accidental. North Korea’s political system is built…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Greenland

INTERVIEW: France’s presence in Africa has never been so big, despite AES – French Ambassador

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, discussed France’s relations with Nigeria, Francophone African countries, the evolving dynamics of transatlantic ties, tensions surrounding the US Board of Peace, and France’s vision of strategic autonomy in a changing global order. The interview was conducted before…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Climate Change

The case for scrubbing the seas to save the climate

We’ve painted ourselves into a corner on climate change — our planet is going to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. And while greenhouse gas emissions aren’t rising as fast as they used to, we’re still emitting carbon dioxide at record-high levels, so further warming is inevitable. Stopping Earth from…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Project Maven

Military AI Policy Needs Democratic Oversight

A simmering dispute between the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and Anthropic has now escalated into a full-blown confrontation, raising an uncomfortable but important question: who gets to set the guardrails for military use of artificial intelligence — the executive branch, private companies or Congress and the broader democratic…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

New York City

Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists?

NEW YORK CITY—The group in the Brooklyn studio seemed harmless. There was a graduate student, a Yiddish teacher, a hairdresser. Fifteen people had gathered on a Wednesday night for a training offered by Extinction Rebellion NYC and Climate Defiance, two climate activist groups that engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Drones

The Gulf resource most imperiled by war may be water, not oil

As missiles and drones curtail energy production across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the energy-rich but arid region. On Sunday, Bahrain accused Iran of damaging one of its desalination plants. Earlier, Iran said a U.S. airstrike had damaged…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Vietnam

On This Day, March 8: 1st large unit of U.S. ground troops lands in South Vietnam

1 of 8 | A National Park Service volunteer etches a name onto paper at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2023. On March 8, 1965, about 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in Da Nang, South Vietnam. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI |…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

TikTok

Don’t throw away old apples

Daily Mirror Icon News Health Food and drink Those wrinkly apples in your fruit bowl might be more useful than you think – a viral TikTok claims they could even help lower cholesterol A viral TikTok has revealed a surprising way your wrinkly old apples could benefit your health. It…

bubmagMarch 8, 2026

Sweden detains crew member of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship

Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science

After Iran and Venezuela, Kim Jong Un must decide how to handle Trump

INTERVIEW: France’s presence in Africa has never been so big, despite AES – French Ambassador

The case for scrubbing the seas to save the climate

Military AI Policy Needs Democratic Oversight

Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists?

The Gulf resource most imperiled by war may be water, not oil

On This Day, March 8: 1st large unit of U.S. ground troops lands in South Vietnam

Don’t throw away old apples

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