Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Turkey at the start of the first foreign trip of his papacy, where he will mark an historic Christian anniversary, before heading to Lebanon days after Israeli airstrikes on its capital, Beirut.
As he travelled to…
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Fact check: Is China using TikTok to ‘dumb down’ European children?
French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested that China is offering European children a simple, entertainment-based version of TikTok, while its domestic version is far more educational and beneficial for youngsters.
Speaking to readers of the regional daily newspaper La Voix du Nord in…
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French authorities detain three for suspected Russian espionage activities
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French authorities have detained three people on suspicion of working for Russian security services and conducting economic espionage,…
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Ukrainian troops nearly cut off as Russian armor rolls through Pokrovsk
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- A Ukrainian drone knocked out a Russian armored vehicle in central Pokrovsk
- That’s actually bad news for the few Ukrainians troops in the town
- More and more Russian…
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Experts and MEPs express concerns for the revised Tobacco Excise Directive (TED)
During a tense meeting of the Parliament’s taxation committee (FISC) on 20 November 2025, the European Commission defended its proposal on tobacco taxation, facing strong opposition from experts and numerous members of the European Parliament.
The objective of the hearing was to gather…
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Pope Leo marks Thanksgiving with pumpkin pie as he lands in Turkey on first overseas trip
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Pope Leo XIV wished Americans a happy Thanksgiving on board his papal plane and thanked journalists for their work as he traveled to Turkey for his first foreign…
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From ‘piggy’ to ‘ugly’: Donald Trump’s latest insult to female reporters fuels backlash online
Donald Trump is once again lashing out at female journalists, following his viral outburst during which he called Bloomberg’s White House correspondent Catherine Lucey “piggy”.
Yesterday, Trump targeted a New York Times reporter in a Truth Social post, calling Katie Rogers “ugly…
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Living next door to Russia and China: A matter of good diplomacy
A senior Kazakhstan diplomat has shed light on what it is like to have Russia and China as “neighbours”.
Roman Vassilenko, ambassador of Kazakhstan to Belgium, EU & NATO (pictured), points out that Kazakhstan is located between the two largest countries in the world, by size and…
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Body of second miner killed in Kirovohrad region incident recovered
The body of the second miner who was killed as a result of a pulp breakthrough at the Inhulskа mine in the Kirovohrad region has been found.
Andrii Raikovych, head of the Kirovohrad Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Telegram, according to…
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EU watchdog calls for 'better balance' in law making
European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho (pictured) has found a number of “procedural shortcomings” in how the European Commission prepared several legislative proposals that it considered urgent.
Taken together the shortcomings amounted to maladministration, says the official.
The…
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