In his commentary series, Harri Tiido examines an idealistic vision of the future. The part most likely to provoke irritation is the plan to eliminate inequality — a plan that, if implemented, would increase the wealth of the world's poorest fifteenfold while drastically shrinking the share held by the billionaire class, Tiido notes.

Estonia will be represented at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale by the project "Pereprojekteerimine" ("Family Design"), created by Andreas Krigoltoi, Xenia A. Sooniste, Jõnn Sooniste and Julia Freudenberg.

There is no reason to remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the EU sanctions list, as France, Luxembourg and Slovakia had sought, MFA Deputy Secretary General Kerli Veski told ERR.

Security expert Rainer Saks will join President-elect Ülle Madise's team as national defense and security adviser, ruling out a run for Parempoolsed in next spring's Riigikogu elections.

Around 15,000 education workers took part in Tuesday's nationwide warning strike, according to data received so far by the Estonian Educational Personnel Union (EHL).

Police identified nine electric scooters that did not meet legal requirements and nearly 40 young riders without helmets during an operation near schools in Rae Municipality.

Prantsusmaa alistas võrkpalli Euroopa meistrivõistluste veerandfinaalis Rumeenia ja Poola sai jagu Saksamaast.

Üle tuhande riideeseme omanud Gerli Vaher mõistis ühel hetkel, et armastusest moe vastu oli saanud tema elu juhtiv ületarbimine. Nüüd õpetab ta värskes töövihikus, kuidas luua olemasolevatest rõivastest toimiv kapselgarderoob, mis säästab nii aega, raha kui ka närve.

The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory.

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman both have close ties to President Putin, and Kyiv said the move sent Moscow the wrong signals.

Ineos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.

Republicans lawmakers have put pressure on the president to curb exports as diesel prices soar to record highs in the US.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham implored President Donald Trump to bring up the case of imprisoned Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai at a Thursday summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to two people familiar with the situation. Burnham made the request during a meeting with Trump, who said he agreed Lai should be set free, according to one of the people. The British delegation suggested Lai could live in the United Kingdom, that person said. A Hong Kong court this year sentenced Lai, a former media magnate, to 20 years in prison on sedition charges. Trump raised Lai’s case in May when he met with Xi in Beijing. But the Chinese leader hasn’t signaled whether he’s willing to free him. The White House and Downing Street did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lai has received international attention for his imprisonment, which human rights advocates say is due to his strong advocacy for democracy. Trump has said that Xi is reluctant to free Lai because he allegedly “caused a lot of bedlam” in Hong Kong.

President Donald Trump struck a contradictory tone on Iran during his address before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, calling himself a peacemaker while also warning of his willingness to “annihilate” the country. He added that the upcoming midterm elections would not influence his decision-making around the war in Iran. “I have a big decision to make,” he said. “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?” The speech mirrored the president’s approach to foreign policy throughout his second term. It has included attempts to settle Russia’s war in Ukraine and an ill-fated push for the Nobel Peace Prize, but also multiple attacks on Tehran, the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from his bedroom in Caracas and dozens of strikes on boats carrying alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean. On Tuesday, the president repeated the claim that he had, by his count, ended eight wars since returning to the White House, but also indicated that he was weighing driving Iran “into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness for generations.” The president’s claim of ending eight wars is dubious; some of the conflicts he claims to have solved have resumed, and his role in negotiations to end others has been contested. The now-seven-month war against Iran has shown few signs of slowing down. Gas prices remain stubbornly high, which the White House has blamed on Ukraine’s attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in Europe. Meanwhile, Houthi advances in Yemen and attacks on Saudi Arabian infrastructure could widen the scope of conflict in the Middle East. Trump’s approval rating on foreign policy hit its lowest point ever this month, according to a CNN poll released Tuesday, with the war in Iran driving the downturn. Two Republican Senate candidates, Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa and Mike Rogers of Michigan, both called for the war to end in high-profile defections on Monday. The midterms, the president said in his speech, will have no effect on his continued efforts to ensure that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon, even if Republicans suffer crippling defeats in the House and Senate. “I am not running,” he said. “I gave absolutely no credence and will not give credence to the election when it comes to Iran. It doesn’t even enter my mind. The only thing that does is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.” But Trump insisted that his mantra of peace through strength is making the world a safer place — even as wars rage and a skeptical public looks likely to punish his party at the polls come November. “While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace,” he said. “While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them. While others have talked of courage, America has shown it. While others have promised strength, I have used it to make America the most powerful country in the world.”

US President Donald Trump says he had a ‘very good’ three-hour meeting with Iranian officials at the UN.

Settlement is largest of its kind in any US city and is set to affect 260,000 delivery drivers.

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency calls ‘a difficult compromise’ for the blocThe EU has agreed to remove two Russian billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list, while extending restrictions on nearly 3,000 individuals and companies accused of supporting the war on Ukraine for the next three years.With an end-of-Tuesday deadline looming to preserve the Russia blacklist, the EU’s 27 member states found a compromise that meant delisting the two oligarchs in spite of very few countries wanting this outcome. EU sanctions have to be approved unanimously. Continue reading...

Agreement signed at the UN general assembly in New YorkNordic correspondent Emotions among Greenlanders are a mixture of hope, scepticism and fear ahead of the signing of a new much vaunted deal on Arctic security between the US, Greenland and Denmark.“There have been many different reactions in Greenland because they are talking about a deal but no one can see the deal, we don’t know what it is all about, and what’s in it for us or what’s in it. Also, because we have been terrorised as a people for the last 1.5 years by the American president, so many people feel no trust at all.” Continue reading...

French president says there must be a ‘double moratorium’ on energy and civilian attacks as fuel prices soar

African mobile payments group to file paperwork as early as this week as it looks to raise $800mn at $8bn-$9bn valuation