Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s new rules on school libraries and has even posted a new short story which satirizes the censorship at play.
Category: 3. Europe
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'Public book burnings': Margaret Atwood comments on 'The Handmaid's Tale' Alberta book ban
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Russia’s ‘Zapad’ drill has Europe on edge about low-key attacks
WARSAW, Poland — As Russia and Belarus launch the “Zapad 2025” joint military drill this month, eyeing buildups of military forces along NATO’s eastern borders and direct simulations of attacks on Poland and the Baltic States, the four…
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The Beverage Forum Europe Unveils Star Roster
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Beverage Forum Europe, the highly anticipated transatlantic expansion of the leading U.S. beverage industry gathering, today…
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Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe
James CookScotland editor
Getty ImagesThe number of drug deaths fell last year Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% fall in fatalities, official figures suggest.
There were 1,017 drug misuse…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un takes his signature train to Beijing ahead of military parade
Kim left Pyongyang with an entourage of senior officials on Monday. What do we know about his famous armoured train?
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Europe’s Fall Agenda Dominated by US Tax, Tariff Demands
EU negotiations this fall on a range of corporate tax issues, including the global minimum tax, will be driven largely by President Donald Trump’s demands on the bloc.
Calls by Trump for Europe to spend more on its own defense and help fund the…
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Czech election frontrunner Babiš hit over head with a crutch – POLITICO
Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš was briefly hospitalized after being attacked on the campaign trail Monday.
Babiš, who is leading in the polls ahead of an October parliamentary election, was hit over the head and in the back with a crutch at a campaign rally in…
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How oil has brought China, Russia and India closer together
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC News, Singapore
Getty ImagesRussia, India and China’s top leaders met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin Monday’s meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi marked a rare display of solidarity -…
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Will Smith responds to backlash for AI-generated concert video – with new clip featuring AI cats
You’ve gotta be kitten me… Will Smith has responded to the backlash for his AI-generated video of audience members with a new clip, which pokes fun at his detractors. However, the new clip – while humorous – fails to take into consideration the existential threat AI poses to the music industry.
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