MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin accused European countries on Saturday of making contradictory and confrontational statements, after European leaders backed a U.S. plan for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened Russia with…
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Chlorine fire triggers chemical emergency in Catalonia leaving multiple towns under lockdown
A dangerous toxic cloud caused by a fire on Spain’s Catalan coastline forced multiple towns into lockdown, but the restrictions have now been lifted.
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European leaders hold phone peace talks with Trump
“Following the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Kyiv, all five leaders had a fruitful call with (Trump) focused on peace efforts,” Andrii Sybiha said Saturday in a post on X.
The visit by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk,…
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Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next
A fundamental promise by America’s founders — that no one should be punished by the state without a fair hearing — is under threat, a growing chorus of federal judges say.
That concept of “due process under law,” borrowed from the Magna Carta and enshrined in the Bill of Rights, is…
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European leaders in Kyiv call on Moscow for unconditional 30-day ceasefire
The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland visited Ukraine on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, vowing to ratchet up pressure on Russia until it agreed a ceasefire in the three-year war.
The countries are ready for…
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India-Pakistan conflict escalates closer to full-scale war – POLITICO
India had accused Pakistan of harboring terrorist groups that carried out a deadly attack on tourists last month in India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan has denied involvement.
The two countries have fought a series of wars since gaining their independence from Britain in 1947, largely…
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55 things you need to know about the new Pope Leo XIV
Michael Kruse is a senior staff writer at POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine.
Seventeen popes have presided over the Catholic Church since the founding of the United States. None of those men was from America. That changed Thursday when Robert Francis Prevost, son of Chicago’s South Side,…
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European leaders visit Kyiv, advocate for Ukraine’s peace, sovereignty and prosperous future
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 10 (ANI): In a show of support for Ukraine, leaders from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Poland travelled to Kyiv, urging Russia to agree to a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer,…
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Vance brushes off apparent Pope Leo XIV criticism: ‘I try not to play the politicization of the Pope game’
Vice President JD Vance brushed off apparent criticism from Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost — downplaying any entanglement between the Catholic Church’s leader and modern American politics.
After the white smoke on Thursday, a social media account with Prevost’s…
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Archaeology breakthrough as ‘Europe’s oldest’ bone spear made 80,000 years ago found | World | News
A new study revealed that an artefact found in 2003 in the Mezmaiskaya Cave in the Caucasus Mountains, Russia, is the oldest bone spear tip ever found in Europe. Most incredibly, it was made by Neanderthals, demonstrating that this extinct…
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