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The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled outAn undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and energy pipelines in the Baltic Sea.The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations, Arto Pahkin, told the public broadcaster Yle that sabotage could not be ruled out. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/finland-estonia-power-cable-hit-in-latest-baltic-sea-incident Author : Agence France-Presse in Helsinki Publish date : 2024-12-25 15:36:57 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Three explosions caused Ursa Major to sink off Spanish coast, says company linked to Russian defence ministryA Russian cargo ship that sank on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea was the target of an “act of terrorism”, according to the vessel’s owner.The Ursa Major sank while it was sailing through international waters between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing, Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/russian-cargo-ship--ursa-major-owner-sinking-mediterranean-terrorism Author : Pjotr Sauer Publish date : 2024-12-25 15:58:18 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hundreds march on state prosecutor’s office to demand justice after 15 people killed when renovated roof collapsedHundreds of university students have rallied in Belgrade to protest against the policies of Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, and his ruling Serbian Progressive party (SNS), which they blame for a railway disaster last month in which 15 people died.The concrete awning of the recently renovated roof of the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad caved in on 1 November, killing 14 people and injuring three. One of the injured died later. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/serbian-students-rally-in-belgrade-in-latest-protest-over-train-station-disaster Author : Reuters in

New president of the Royal Society for Blind Children calls for better design of AI-driven technologyBlind and partially sighted people are being excluded from the benefits of artificial intelligence tools and facing “a new level of discrimination”, the new president of the Royal Society for Blind Children has claimed as he called for better design of everything from video games to AI agents.Tom Pey said existing difficulties for blind children were “now compounded because they’re excluded distanced from their non-disabled peers, because those people can experience games, alternative realities and the AI-driven visual types of technology”. Continue reading... Source link