From Long Island to the Baltics: Drop Site Investigation Reveals New Details About Canary Mission's Operations

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Reuters: Baltic States Prepared To Evacuate More Than A Million People

4 In case of Russian aggression. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are developing plans for a possible Russian invasion, which envisage mass evacuation of the population. In total, it is expected that about 1.2 million people out of 6.2 million...

Foreign Office issues update for those planning ‘day trips’

Kieran Isgin Money & Lifestyle writer 15:35, 11 Oct 2025 The Foreign Office has updated its advice for people heading to the Mediterranean(Image: Getty Images) The Foreign Office has issued a key update for travellers heading to one Mediterranean...

Ranked: The World’s Oldest People in History

Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World (2025) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Monaco has the...

Annual Inflation Steady at 2.3% in Sept

Albania's EU-harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) increased by 2.3% year-on-year in September, unchanged from August, the statistical office, INSTAT, said on Friday. The main drivers of the HICP increase were an 8.8% rise in recreation and...

Rothko Museum invites 2026 symposium applications

The Rothko Museum in Daugavpils is inviting artists from around the world to take part in its 2026 symposium programme, which it describes as "a year of inspiring encounters and creative exploration in painting, printmaking, and ceramics." Four...

With a phone call, Putin appears to change Trump’s mind on Ukraine. Again.

Breadcrumb Trail Links World Author of the article: Washington Post Robyn Dixon, The Washington Post Published Oct 18, 2025 • 7 minute read Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a bilateral lunch at the White House on Friday. Photo by...

Peanut the fawn spared after DNR reverses euthanasia order

Peanut — a rescued, visually impaired fawn once ordered to be euthanized by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources — has been spared. The DNR officially reversed its euthanasia order late Thursday, Oct. 16, and granted a permit allowing...

Henry Srebrnik: Three Baltic countries are NATO’s front line against Russia

Breadcrumb Trail Links TJ Comment Columnist If the three nations are nervous about the future, history suggests they have every reason to be Published Oct 15, 2025 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 4 minute read A street in Tallinn, Estonia is...

7 Books That Reveal How Kremlin Decision-Makers Think

What prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine? Is it part of a wider war with the West—whatever “West” means these days? And how does Russia fight this conflict? Are the strategy and tactics novel, or are they rooted in the...

Baltic States Prepare Evacuation Plan in Case of Threat From Russia

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are developing joint evacuation plans in case of a large-scale build-up of Russian troops or direct aggression, Reuters reports. The three Baltic states have repeatedly warned NATO allies of the increased danger from...

Russia’s Spy Loss Spurs Recruitment of One-Time Civilian Agents in Europe

According to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Russia, after losing about 700 spies who operated under the cover of diplomatic missions, launched an active recruitment campaign among civilians in European countries, aimed at creating...

Belarus makes overture to EU countries after rapprochement with US

PARIS - A senior Belarusian diplomat has held meetings with Europeans after his country sent out invitations last month, in what European diplomats called an overture to reduce Minsk's isolation after a thaw with Washington under Donald Trump....

Baltic States Draft Mass Evacuation Plans Amid Fears of Russian Attack

Alarmed by Russia’s massive military buildup and soaring defense spending since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are intensifying contingency plans for potential emergencies, including the evacuation...

Cracking down on pop-ups, an FSB POV, and North Korean debris

Below, you’ll find a digest of news reports from October 16, 2025, in Russian and English on energy and information war, Russian political repressions, European security, the war in Ukraine, and Russia’s strange politics under Vladimir Putin. 🛢️👾🏦...

A Russian Secret Service Network Of 700 "diplomats" Has Been Smashed In Europe

1 Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service has revealed the details. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the occupation troops of the Russian Federation, about 700 Russian spies operating under the cover of diplomatic...

Germany Has The Highest Minimum Wage, Malta The Lowest

Any income or salary comparison is always rife with concerns around prices (how affordable things are) and inflation (how that affordability changes over time). But when we adjust wages for both, what broad themes and insights can be seen? The...

Russia expands network of “single-use” agents across Europe — intelligence

After losing around 700 spies operating under diplomatic cover, Russia has intensified efforts to recruit “single-use” civilian agents in European countries. According to Ukrinform, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine reported this. Since...

The precarious migrant worker

Hsiao-Hung Pai • October 15, 2025 Hsiao-Hung Pai argues that this new book on the working lives of migrant workers is much more than a piece of academic research and should be read as a call to arms When I first saw the title of this book, I...

‘Ragtime’ Review: Broadway Revival Is a Timely, Glorious Panorama of Changing Times in America

Whether “Ragtime” is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates with the directness, passion and allegorical heft of an...