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Students recruited via Telegram, amateur saboteurs and hitmen: How Russia outsources its operations in Europe

11 October 2026 at 05:00

On the night of March 20, 2024, unusually humid and mild in London, three people in their twenties pulled up at an industrial estate in the east of the city in a cherry-red Kia Picanto. They went inside, set fire to a warehouse, and filmed the blaze on a cellphone. The video of the flames consuming the premises ended up in the hands of another 20-year-old, Dylan Earl, who was reached via the Telegram messaging app by the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner, linked to the Kremlin, which had in turn recruited others to do the dirty work. One of the burned units contained humanitarian aid and Starlink satellite equipment destined for Ukraine. According to the British investigation, the three young men who lit the fuse did not know they were actually working for Russia.

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German police on August 5 after the failed attack on Leipzig airport.

Marido e mulher morrem com poucas horas de diferença

9 October 2026 at 20:55

Homem estava internado no hospital e a mulher estava num lar.

O antigo presidente da Junta de Freguesia de São Bartolomeu de Messines, Vitorino Vieira Cavaco, de 94 anos, e sua mulher, Inácia Cavaco, de 90 anos, morreram esta semana com poucas horas de diferença.

O homem morreu esta quarta-feira, no hospital onde estava internado, e a mulher na quinta-feira. A mulher vivia num lar, segundo noticiou o Correio da Manhã, não citando a fonte.
O casal era natural do concelho de Silves.

Vitorino Vieira Cavaco foi o primeiro presidente da Junta de Freguesia de São Bartolomeu de Messines, eleito após a Revolução dos Cravos em 25 de Abril de 1974.

A Câmara Municipal de Silves reagiu à morte do antigo presidente, tendo emitido uma mensagem de pesar, que o diariOnline Região Sul publicou em que referia: “Vitorino Vieira Cavaco destacou-se, ao longo de várias décadas, pelo seu percurso de dedicação à causa pública, ao movimento associativo e à comunidade de São Bartolomeu de Messines e do concelho de Silves“, destaca a autarquia.

As cerimónias fúnebres realizam-se na próxima semana. O corpo de Vitorino Cavaco está a ser autopsiado, segundo noticia o CM.

Jeep cresce em vendas em setembro e Compass segue líder no acumulado do ano

9 October 2026 at 22:00

A Jeep emplacou 10.464 unidades em setembro e registrou um crescimento de 16% em relação a agosto. Com esse número, a marca superou as 85 mil unidades vendidas em 2026. Com a chegada do novo Avenger ás concessionárias, o modelo acabou impulsionando as vendas da Jeep no mês de setembro, com 1.867 emplacamentos.

O Renegade emplacou 3.669 unidades em setembro, um crescimento de 21% em relação ao mês anterior. Desse volume, 53% são das versões híbridas MHEV. No acumulado do ano, o Renegade já soma mais de 30 mil vendas em 2026. 

O Compass, por sua vez, segue como líder entre os SUVs médios do país no acumulado do ano, sendo o único da categoria a superar as 40 mil vendas em 2026. Em setembro, o modelo emplacou 3.867 unidades e já soma 40.302 emplacamentos no acumulado do ano. 

O Commander segue crescendo no acumulado do ano e já soma 11.646 emplacamentos em 2026. Em setembro, o modelo emplacou 1.053 unidades e manteve a liderança entre os SUVs de 7 lugares no Brasil. 

Ram cresce 22% entre as picapes

 No mês de setembro, a Ram, marca pertencente ao Grupo Stellantis, que controla também a Jeep, apresentou crescimento de 22% em relação ao mesmo mês do ano passado. Destaque para a linha Heavy Duty, composta pelos modelos 2500 e 3500. No acumulado do ano, a Ram soma 24.538 picapes vendidas, aumento de 20% em relação ao mesmo período de 2025, quando emplacou 20.454 unidades.

A dupla de picapes a diesel mais potente à venda no Brasil, que leva sob o capô o motor Cummins® 6.7 Turbodiesel High-Output de 436 cv de potência e 1.458 Nm (148,7 kgfm) de torque e a nova transmissão automática de 8 velocidades, ocupa as duas primeiras posições do segmento de picapes grandes.

A 2500 foi a líder em setembro, com 187 unidades comercializadas, enquanto a 3500, a picape mais capaz no Brasil quando o assunto é capacidade de reboque, teve 156 unidades vendidas. Juntas, 2500 e 3500 alcançaram 63,9% de participação de mercado entre as picapes grandes no nono mês deste ano. Ao acrescentar a 1500, a picape a gasolina mais veloz e potente à venda no Brasil, a Ram conquistou impressionantes 78% do mercado de picapes grandes em setembro.

Entre as picapes médias, a Dakota registrou o melhor mês em vendas desde seu lançamento, no primeiro semestre de 2026. Foram 673 unidades, rendendo a quinta posição no segmento de picapes médias.

Já a Rampage segue firme na segunda posição entre as picapes intermediárias, com mais de 1.950 unidades vendidas no mês de setembro. No acumulado do ano, a primeira picape Ram desenvolvida e produzida fora da América do Norte soma 18.605 unidades vendidas, quase mil unidades a mais que o acumulado do ano passado, quando a picape alcançou 17.608 emplacamentos.

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The rise of the intellectual influencer: Why the fashion industry is turning to writers and artists

9 October 2026 at 17:47

White Nights, a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky first published in 1848, is the latest literary discovery of Generation Z. TikTok users seem to be talking about little else.

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Maxx yourself, squeeze yourself dry: The unhealthy obsession with optimizing everything

4 October 2026 at 05:00

There was a time when moderation was a virtue and the middle ground, wisdom. Hyperbole was no more than a literary or rhetorical device. But not anymore. We live at the extremes. Raising everything to its highest possible level is the zeitgeist fate has handed us, and it comes with a suffix that colonizes the internet: maxxing. A highly versatile suffix: placed after the right word it means that, whatever you do, you are giving it your all.

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The influencer Clavicular in Arizona, last February.

Lili Reinhart, the actress looking for success away from Hollywood clichés

4 October 2026 at 05:00

Lili Reinhart isn’t interested in being a celebrity… and the 30-year-old actress has proven this throughout her career. The moment her name started making headlines for her starring role as Betty Cooper in the TV series Riverdale (2017-2023), control over what she wanted (and didn’t want) in her life seemed to slip from her grasp. And, as her fame grew, she also had to confront her insecurities: subjected to constant media exposure, her life suddenly belonged to the public.

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Lili Reinhart, pictured at the premiere of 'The Love Hypothesis' (2026) in New York City, on September 16.

Fictitious real estate deals to obtain Turkish citizenship

1 October 2026 at 07:54
Turkish authorities have uncovered a massive scheme to acquire citizenship through fictitious real estate deals. The investigation targets 1,070 individuals who obtained Turkish citizenship in connection with these questionable investments, according to TRT Haber and Anadolu Ajansı. The Turkish Ministry of Interior reports that 263 of these individuals are investors, while the remaining 807 are […]

Johnny Cross, ‘the vegan butcher’: ‘I’ve been in the world 34 years and I’ve never eaten meat or fish, and I’m alive, I’m healthy’

29 September 2026 at 15:04
Johnny Cross at his home in Seville.

In another life, Johnny Cross (Clovenfords, Scotland, 34) might have become a sports journalist covering British football teams, but an Erasmus year in Seville during his final year of university changed everything. There he met Marta, his partner, with whom he now has two children, and he decided to stay in Spain. He also realized sports journalism wasn’t for him, so he began teaching English to make some money — “very typical of the guiris [a Spanish term for British people] here,” he says with a laugh.

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Johnny Cross is known on social media as The Vegan Guiri or “the vegan butcher,” the title of the cookbook he published in 2025.

The politics limiting US arms deliveries to Taiwan

26 September 2026 at 04:46

On March 28, 2025 a rollout ceremony took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-16 production facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Two F16V block 70 jets were ready for final testing, and the ceremony marked the formal handover to Taiwan. The Greenville ceremony was attended by Taiwan’s Defense Minister and by Taiwan’s US representative. Taiwan does not […]

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ARC Freedom Expands U.S.-Flag Fleet With New Sealift Capacity

25 September 2026 at 20:44
American Roll-On/Roll-Off Carrier Group has added the ARC Freedom to its U.S.-flag fleet, bringing another large vehicle carrier into the Maritime Security Program as the United States looks to strengthen its commercial...

In UN Speech, Iran’s President Displays Pictures of Children Killed by US, Brings Attention to Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal

25 September 2026 at 01:08
He also held up photos of a sports hall hit by a US strike that killed 21 civilians, including seven children; meanwhile, he pointed out, Israel has nuclear weapons, is not a signatory to the NPT, has not allowed a single inspection, and has murdered savagely over 70,000 innocents in Gaza

In the Age of AI, the Analog Restaurant Feels Radical

29 July 2026 at 21:54

For Eater, Bettina Makalintal reports on a refreshing trend in the restaurant industry: businesses embracing lo-fi, handwritten communications and announcements in response to the ceaseless AI slop we’re served across social media these days. From a grocery store’s hand-illustrated flyers to a burger joint’s Sharpie-scribbled menu specials, restaurants are choosing advertising with a human touch and rejecting polished AI-generated graphics.

It’s hard to think of a path of more friction than choosing to run a restaurant; why add even more friction to that? In these conditions, yes, it costs more to hire a photographer to promote your new menu than to generate one with AI, but it’s also increasingly clear that many people would rather see a badly taken, lo-fi photo than an engineered AI image. For one thing, it feels like a reflection of one’s values. To me, a restaurant that employs AI art is capitulating to the culture of slop, akin to reheating premade food from Sysco. It’s impossible to square with a value system that cares about craft and integrity.

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