Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial. — 4 February 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 104 media reports (LINK)
EU Commission mulls migrant 'return hubs' in legislation. — 4 February 2025 (LINK)
What to expect from Ukraine's defence innovation in 2025: Ukraine's rapid advancements in defense technology are set to reshape the battlefield in 2025, with a focus on AI, drones, and electronic warfare. — 4 February 2025 (LINK)
UN documents 'alarming rise' in Russian executions of captured Ukrainians. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
Founder of Russian paramilitary battalion killed in Moscow apartment complex blast. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
— Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of the Arbat Battalion, a paramilitary unit reportedly made up of ethnic Armenians recruited from prisons, was killed when an explosive device with a yield of up to 1kg of TNT detonated in the lobby of his apartment building, TASS reported, calling Sarkisyan’s assassination “carefully planned”.
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal: For 2024-2025, the U.S. is WHO's biggest donor by far, putting in an estimated $988 million, roughly 14% of WHO's $6.9 billion budget. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
Here's every product Trump just made more expensive. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
Elon Musk finally makes admission about Tesla that backtracks on decade long 'promise': despite having sold it as both a package and a subscription service, it has largely been unavailable to most owners: but FSD (full selfdriving) won't be coming to anyone with current HW3 self-driving tech inside their car. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
The Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' may vanish even faster than predicted. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)
— Based on the calculations, the central Arctic Ocean could become seasonally ice-free every year as early as 2035, with the last remaining permanent ice disappearing about 6-24 years after the seasonal pattern is established.
— The new model is more comprehensive in accounting for sea currents and ice flow, which in turn accelerates how quickly the last ice area becomes seasonally ice-free after the central Arctic Ocean does.
California's monarch butterfly population plummets to fewer than 10,000: the second-lowest population recorded since tracking began in 1997. An all-time low of fewer than 2,000 monarchs was recorded in 2020. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)