More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Environment #Technology #Worldnews #USnews #Energy

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Environment #Technology #Worldnews #USnews #Energy

Teens and adults around the world react to Australia's landmark move to ban children under 16 from social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/society/teens-react-social-media-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #socialmedia #australia #internet

U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus, doctors and disease experts have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/science-health/us-vaccine-policy-experts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #vaccines

As Defence Secretary John Healey talks up plans to bolster the U.K. military, doubts over funding and Britain’s ability to move fast enough are unsettling the industry and armed forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/uk-defense-plan-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #uk #defense #johnhealey #nato #russia

Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was close and depended on resolving just two major issues, while Moscow says it wants radical changes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/us-envoy-ukraine-peace-deal-close/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump

The Kremlin welcomed President Donald Trump's new national security strategy, saying it largely accorded with Russia's perceptions, the first time Moscow has so lavishly praised such a document from the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/russia-us-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #russia #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #ukraine

Hegseth praised the policy of sinking boats and killing alleged drug-runners whom the Trump administration considers enemy combatants and not criminals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/hegseth-defends-caribbean-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #petehegseth #defense #latinamerica

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin's support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/jerusalem-merz-germany-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #germany #friedrichmerz #israel #gaza #middleeast #israelhamaswar

Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilization force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/qatar-egypt-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #egypt #gaza #israel #israelhamaswar #us #donaldtrump #middleeast

The U.S. wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials said, a deadline that struck some as unrealistic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/us-2027-deadline-europe-nato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #europe #nato #donaldtrump #usmilitary #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar

The message couldn’t have been clearer. In a 33-page National Security Strategy signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House said Europe risked being wiped away unless it changed its culture and politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/europe-trump-security-strategy-ukraine-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #us #donaldtrump

The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday lashed out at U.S. sanctions, arguing they effectively put top court officials on a par with "terrorists and drug traffickers." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/crime-legal/icc-deputy-prosecutor-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #icc #donaldtrump #us #warcrimes

A brief conversation with a partisan AI chatbot can influence voters' political views with evidence-backed arguments — true or not — proving particularly persuasive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/chatbots-voter-opinion-influence-studies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ai #tech #chatgpt #donaldtrump #kamalaharris

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/landmark-pesticide-study-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pesticides #health #cancer #environment

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro said on Friday that his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has backed him for a presidential run next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/bolsonaro-son-presidential-run/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #flaviobolsonaro #brazil #jairbolsonaro

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine's senior negotiator Rustem Umerov over the past two days, U.S. officials said on Friday, with further talks scheduled for Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/us-officials-ukraine-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff

An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trump's vaccine-skeptic health secretary voted Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/science-health/vaccine-policy-us-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #vaccinations #us #donaldtrump #robertfkennedyjr #health #children #hepatitisb

U.S. President Donald Trump became the first ever recipient of FIFA's new peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw Friday — a compensation gift for a leader who still dreams of winning the Nobel Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/trump-fifa-peace-prize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #fifa #gianniinfantino