Most Germans (66%) oppose paying unemployment benefits (Bürgergeld) to Ukrainian refugees and favor sending Ukrainians of military age back home (62%), according to a survey by the INSA public opinion research institute. In Germany as of March 2025, 701,000 Ukrainians…
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There’s One Super Predator in Africa That Instills More Fear Than Lions : ScienceAlert
With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure muscle, sharp eyes, agile reflexes, and crushing fanged jaws, lions are certainly not a predator most animals have any interest in messing with. Especially seeing as they also have the smarts to hunt in packs.
“Lions are the biggest…
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Lisbon funicular crash initial report reveals litany of failings
A preliminary report into last month’s funicular crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people has detailed a litany of failings.
Portugal’s Air and Rail Accident Investigations Bureau said an underground cable – which acted as a counterweight between two carriages and broke, prompting the crash – was…
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Communities in Sumy region receive new school buses for remote villages
Five communities in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region have received school buses purchased with funds from a state budget subsidy.
Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, announced this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
“Five…
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UK peace force for Ukraine would cost ‘well over £100m’, says defence secretary | Military
The cost of Britain’s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine would be “well over £100m”, the defence secretary, John Healey, has said after a speech in the City of London.
Healey said he had already brought forward…
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Catholic clergy sex abuse victims hopeful after Pope Leo meeting
Victims of sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy have expressed hope after meeting Pope Leo at the Vatican for the first time.
Gemma Hickey, board president of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA Global), told the BBC it spoke “volumes” he had met them so soon in his papacy.
The group is pushing for a…
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The Embarrassing Diplomatic Demotion of Europe
When the head of the largest military alliance in the world calls the president of the United States “daddy,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s all over for the functional independence, much less dignity, of the…
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What’s Real, What’s Hype And What’s Changing
Medicare Advantage Myths That Could Cost You in 2025 From “$0 premium” plans to shrinking networks, not everything in the brochure tells the full story. Here’s how to separate fact from fiction this open enrollment.
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Every fall, the deluge begins. The average American eligible for…
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Mysterious smoldering wreckage in Australian Outback is likely part of a Chinese rocket
A hunk of space junk appears to have come in hot and heavy in Australia.
On Saturday (Oct. 18), mine workers found a mysterious smoking slab sitting near a remote access road some 19 miles (30 kilometers) east of Newman, Western Australia. The…
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Part of Slavutych temporarily left without power after Russian shelling
Part of the city of Slavutych was temporarily left without power following Russian shelling, with energy workers working to repair the damage.
Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, said this in a Telegram post seen by Ukrinform.
“The…
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