World

Boevaya mashina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The US picks Poland to host a European PAC-3 missile maintenance facility

4 pages

The facility will service Patriot PAC-3 interceptors made by Lockheed Martin. Poland beat several competitors, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday.

Jorge Láscar from Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Aid to Ukraine from outside the EU is set to fall almost fivefold by 2027

4 pages

The European Commission estimates that the US, the UK and Japan will together provide just €1 billion next year.

Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

King Charles acknowledges the "suffering of the past" as his Caribbean tour begins

4 pages

At a youth rally in Nassau, the King said the Bahamas' culture was "born out of darkness" and it was "only right" to acknowledge historic injustices.

Luxury cruise ship suspends its world voyage over fuel costs, stranding passengers in Cambodia

4 pages

The operator says monthly fuel costs per cabin in parts of Asia have risen to as much as $8,000 from $1,800 since the Iran war began earlier this year.

Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in India's Andhra Pradesh

4 pages

Arnab crossed India's east coast early Wednesday with winds of up to 135 km/h, felling trees and cutting power. No casualties have been reported so far.

UN weather agency warns this El Niño could be of unprecedented intensity

5 pages

World Meteorological Organization chief Celeste Saulo says it will peak around the end of 2026, with effects lasting well beyond. She called for urgent, coordinated early action.

Radozw at Serbian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Zimbabwe vice-president's ex-wife freed after seven years on remand

4 pages

Marry Mubaiwa was charged in 2019 with trying to kill her then husband, Gen Constantino Chiwenga, now Zimbabwe's vice-president. He accused her of impeding his medical treatment in South Africa.

Dmytro Petishkin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region

4 pages

The truce began to get food and medicine to Russian-occupied Oleshky and now covers the wider region. No breaches have been reported.