EU awards its €180 million sovereign cloud contract to four European providers
Post Telecom (with CleverCloud and OVHcloud), StackIT, Scaleway, and Proximus (with S3NS, a Thales – Google Cloud joint venture, plus Clarence and Mistral) have won
Ericsson narrowly misses Q1 profit forecasts as North America unwind
The Swedish telecoms equipment maker narrowly missed profit forecasts, with adjusted EBITA falling 20% year-on-year to SEK 5.6 billion. North America, which drove a 20%+
Arsenal to embrace ‘privilege’ not pressure of Man City Premier League tilt
Arsenal travel to Manchester City knowing their Premier League could be eradicated by next Wednesday.
Macron demands assurances after Iran opens Strait of Hormuz
French President Emmanuel Macron said he welcomed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the Lebanon ceasefire.
Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea last year, UNHCR says
The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia
Acting ICE director to leave as controversies, funding questions continue to swirl around agency
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is planning to depart at the end of next month. Lyons’s boss Markwayne Mullin
1 killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on 1st full day of ceasefire deal
An Israeli drone strike killed one person in southern Lebanon on Friday, the first full day of a U.S.-brokered truce meant to end hostilities between
Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait ‘open’
Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.
Mugabe’s son pleads guilty to pointing a gun in South Africa
Bellarmine Mugabe was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.
Ceasefire with Israel brings respite to Lebanon, but obstacles to peace remain
The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts.
Palestinians hand over suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
Hicham Harb is suspected of directing the attack in the Rue des Rosiers and acting as one of the gunmen who shot at diners.
Don Lemon says he “might” run for president
Don Lemon is suggesting there’s a non-zero chance he’ll run for president. The out former CNN anchor has made a number of media appearances in
Did Pope Leo XIV say people should be ‘less fearful of Islam’? Here’s the full story
The pope’s alleged remark circulated amid tension between the pope and the Trump administration over the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA’s tentative step toward crew launch
Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by