Monday, 8 December 2025

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis (LINK) 8 December 2025

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urges Britain and Mauritius not to ratify Chagos deal (LINK) 8 December 2025

— "It risks perpetuating long-standing violations of Chagossians' rights." The deal, struck in May after years of talks, passes sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius while allowing Britain to retain control of the US-UK air base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a long-term lease. Up to 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly removed from the archipelago in the 1960s and 1970s. Many ended up in Britain, and some have sought the right to return. Committee said it was concerned that the deal "explicitly prevents the return of the Chagossian people to their ancestral lands in Diego Garcia Island".

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war list of key events, day 1,384 (LINK) 8 December 2025

— The city of Sumy was without power late on Monday after Russian forces launched more than a dozen drones in the span of half an hour. Earlier on Monday, Sumy regional authorities said Russia had launched 130 attacks on the region in one day.

Zelensky meets European leaders as Trump accuses him of not reading US proposal to end war (LINK) 8 December 2025

Police raid East Jerusalem UNRWA offices, apparently over unpaid debts, raise Israeli flag over compound (LINK) 8 December 2025

Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia as Trump's peace agreement hangs in balance (LINK) 8 December 2025

One of Trump's most consequential decisions — a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — just got more complicated: investors have concerns (LINK) 8 December 2025

Solar storms ground 6,000 jets, disrupt GPS systems on 9 December (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK) 8 December 2025

Louvre: Water leak in November damaged hundreds of historic books (LINK) 7 December 2025

China's exports rebound in November by 5.9% from 11% drop, massively beating expectations after U.S. trade truce: strong sales to non-US markets but 29% drop to U.S. over November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 41 media reports (LINK) 8 December 2025