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Sen. Rick Scott wrote that it is “unbelievable” that Democrats block disaster relief for Americans unless it is paired with Ukraine aid.

Locals woke up on Sunday morning to a torrent of red wine flowing through the town after two enormous storage tanks at a local winery burst.

Luis Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has resigned from his position amid uproar.

A mob of Fulani Muslim raiders torched a Catholic parish rectory in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, killing a 25-year-old seminarian, local media reported.

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss accused President Joe Biden of pushing a socialist agenda upon the United Kingdom and Europe.

A Pakistani international cricketer was sentenced for placing a bounty on the head of Geert Wilders, but the Netherlands doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Pakistan. 

Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay is claiming that black filmmakers get discouraged from entering international film festivals because people outside the United States don’t care about their stories.

The once-respected Lancet medical journal has launched a commission on gender equality as part of its progressive political crusade.

Ukraine only has around 30 days left in its counteroffensive, the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces has said.

Agnieszka Holland is demanding an apology from Poland’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro who compared her film to “Nazi propaganda.”

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen laughed at a journalist who asked about the lack of diversity in the actor’s latest movie — the 18th-century historical drama The Promised Land.

Faruk Fatih Ozer, the mastermind behind collapsed Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has been handed a staggering 11,196-year prison sentence for a series of crimes including fraud, money laundering, and leading a criminal organization. Ozer’s crypto exchange resulted in losses as high as $2.6 billion for investors.

Two foreign aid workers were reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Russian shelling hit their van.

The world needs global digital IDs and Artificial Intelligence should be regulated by the United Nations, the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen said.

The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude 6.8 quake that left at least 2,000 dead.

A researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for the Chinese Communist Party, the Sunday Times reported.

Northern Ireland Police seized weapons from New IRA terrorists that reportedly came to the country from the frontlines in the war in Ukraine.

Rescue teams on Sunday in Turkey successfully carried an American researcher up from the depth of a cave at 1040 meters.

NATO member Romania found new Russian drone fragments on its territory Saturday near the border with war-torn Ukraine.

Ukraine needs “powerful and long-range weapons” because Russia’s air superiority allowed them to “stop our counteroffensive”, Zelensky said.

A couple from New Zealand recently had an unpleasant travel experience on Singapore Airlines in June because of a furry passenger.

Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday before police dispersed them with water cannons.

A Ugandan was given a life sentence for beating and raping a pensioner in London, despite already losing his right to remain in the country.

Over six in ten Britons believe that Prince Harry should be removed from the line of succession to the throne after moving to Hollywood.

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 1,000 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. The full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest.

President Emmanuel Macron was roundly booed as he took to the pitch for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup on Friday.

The U.N. atomic watchdog warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety due to a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday, police said.

Europe, the Middle East and India will on Saturday unveil plans to create a modern-day Spice Route, in a challenge to China’s Belt and Road.

UK will engage in “military efforts to deter Russian attacks” over the Black Sea as the govt condemns the Kremlin for damaging food security. 

“Rocky” star Sylvester Stallone visited the Vatican with his family on Friday and met Pope Francis, who told the actor that he is a big fan of his films. The two then playfully traded punches together.

The once-venerable Lancet medical journal has dedicated an entire article to the impact of “structural racism” on iron deficiency anemia.

Elon Musk’s decision to not activate Starlink’s satellite communications during a critical moment in the Ukraine conflict has sparked a heated debate on the role of private tech companies in international affairs. Musk took to his X/Twitter platform to defend the decision by claiming, “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”

With gun salutes and tolling bells, the United Kingdom on Friday marked the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Fires hit railway infrastructure in Hamburg overnight, causing widespread disruption. Police suspect a political motivation.

British police have conceded the prison escape ‘terrorist’ may have had inside assistance in his escape, and may already have made it abroad.