Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was prevented by his own party from running in an upcoming by-election amid rumours that he would have used his seat to launch a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
A pair of kangaroos delivered chaos during the final stage of cycling’s Tour Down Under on Sunday after bouncing onto the Australian course and hitting several riders.
An illegal migrant with a deportation order has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 90-year-old woman this week in France.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was prevented by his own party from running in an upcoming by-election amid rumours that he would have used his seat to launch a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The British government said Sunday that it will unveil plans this week to create a new national police force, dubbed the “British FBI,” to take charge on complex investigations such as counterterrorism, fraud, online child abuse and criminal gangs.
French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year.
Ukraine and Russia ended two days of US-brokered direct talks on Saturday and agreed to hold more next week in Abu Dhabi, even as Kyiv accused Moscow of undermining the negotiations towards ending the war by launching fresh strikes.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pulled legislation to handover the strategically significant Chagos Islands to an ally of Communist China following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU’s executive commission said Friday, despite a vote by the EU parliament to delay ratification for legal review.
Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to meet in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of talks to end Russia´s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.
The UK government already mandates plain packaging and grisly health warnings on cigarettes, and now the same is coming to home stoves and even sacks of ‘coal’ and firewood.
A senior official at the al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa, Syria on Thursday pleaded with European and American officials to take control of the facility, before clashes between Syrian government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) create more opportunities for Islamic State terrorists to escape. Syrian officials are also suggesting Western powers take custody of the foreign-born ISIS fighters they have allowed to languish in Syrian prisons for years.
The Polish government is to “forgive and forget” citizens who broke the law by signing up for the Ukrainian armed forces.
President Donald Trump discussed aspects of a potential deal regarding the United States and Greenland on Thursday, noting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would be part of the plan.
Avatar director James Cameron despairs at the state of America and says he left to start life anew in New Zealand because he seeks “sanity,” citing how the USA handled the COVID pandemic as emblematic of its failings.
Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are meeting for the first time under a new trilateral format to discuss possibilities for peace.
Canada’s invitation to join the recently-launched Board of Peace international group was withdrawn Thursday by President Donald Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted the Europeans in his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. He thought the Europeans looked weak and pathetic in their efforts to alternately hector and wheedle President Donald Trump.
The French armed forces used helicopters to board and capture a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker transiting the Mediterranean on Thursday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the President Trump-led Board of Peace is also “a board of action” in his remarks at the body’s charter announcement in Davos, Switzerland.
The Danish and Greenlandic govts poured cold water on potential U.S. sovereign base amid speculation over what the NATO deal might involve.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said President Trump’s efforts to secure Greenland “could not happen to a more deserving continent.”
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb proclaimed from a World Economic Forum panel on Wednesday that Europe can defend itself without the help of the United States.
President Donald Trump, chairman of the newly minted Board of Peace, said Thursday in Davos that the board has the opportunity “to be one of the most consequential bodies ever created.”
The U.S. will buy a sovereign base in Greenland that will become legal U.S. territory “forever” under a NATO deal, reports claim.
The Spanish Union of Railway Engineers (Semaf) is calling for a three-day strike in February to demand better railway safety measures from the Spanish government after two deadly train accidents this week killed dozens of individuals.
U.S. President Donald Trump launched his new “Board of Peace” on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
Brexit boss Nigel Farage warned international corporatist elites at the World Economic Forum that Britain will no longer be bound by their diktats and will follow its “national interest” above all else.
California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed Wednesday the Trump administration blocked him from addressing globalist elites at a World Economic Forum (WEF) event in Davos.
Barron Trump was praised for calling the police in the United Kingdom after a woman reportedly FaceTimed him while she was allegedly being attacked by an ex-boyfriend.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte have established a framework for a future deal regarding not only Greenland but “the entire Arctic Region.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom during a speech at the World Economic Forum this week, focusing on Newsom’s economic record, his presence in Davos alongside Alex Soros, and his handling of issues such as homelessness, budget deficits, and pandemic-era policies.
The European Parliament agreed to suspend the ratification process for the EU-U.S. trade deal in response to President Donald Trump’s threats to tariff eight countries for opposing the American acquisition of Greenland.
“Very important and strategic island” is key to questions including Arctic security, hypersonic weapons, and raw materials, Davos heard.
President of Argentina Javier Milei said Wednesday at Davos the West must once again embrace Greek philosophy, Roman law, and Judeo-Christian values.
President Donald Trump predicted at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will go down as the best official ever to hold the post.
President Donald Trump expressed his vision for “a strong and unified West” at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday and called on Europe to abandon the culture it has cultivated over the past decade.
Commuter rail service in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party will legally challenge attempts by the governing left-wing Labour Party to cancel local elections this May in an apparent bid to stymie the rising populist party.
President Donald Trump told world leaders and elites in his speech at Davos, Switzerland, that the United States is the only nation in a position to “secure Greenland.”
President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday he won’t use force to acquire Greenland. Not now, not ever. He made that clear during a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) before the elites in Davos, Switzerland, assembled for the annual gathering.
