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Pope Francis urged the Christians of Cyprus Friday to bear witness to Jesus Christ but never to proselytize.

Italian police have claimed that the number of fake coronavirus vaccine passports being sold online has surged and that some doctors may even be involved in the sale of fake certifications.

French President Emmanuel Macron allegedly called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a “clown” in charge of a “circus”, according to reports widely circulated in the media.

French politicians and French voters prefer higher wages to more chaotic migration, says a critical report in the New York Times.

NICE, France — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the energy-rich Persian Gulf Friday, hoping to seal a major arms contract after this fall’s Australian submarine deal debacle and to strengthen France’s role in the region.

Police have expelled a group of 400 migrants from a makeshift camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk, just two weeks after police cleared another site in the area.

London’s busiest shopping street bore witness to what has been described as “disturbing” and “disgusting” antisemitic abuse of Jewish teens celebrating Hannukah this week, prompting messages of condemnation from British political leaders.

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Belgian government has vowed to reinforce measures to contain the coronavirus even more with fresh measures to be decided Friday, possibly including more school closures and further reducing opening times of bars and restaurants.

The Biden administration is imposing sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus for allowing illegal migrants to flood its borders and into the European Union even as America’s porous southern border leaks upwards of a million illegal migrants into U.S. territory.

Britons should keep away from the mistletoe this year, says a government minister who told the public to not kiss “people they don’t know”.

The Greek government will fine all unvaccinated people aged 60 and older €100 (£85/$113) every month before mandatory vaccination is enforced next month. 

Angela Merkel has announced a de facto lockdown of the unvaccinated, and that Germany’s parliament will soon vote on making vaccination mandatory.

COPENHAGEN (AP) – At least 50 people in and around Norway’s capital have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant and the cases are connected to a Norwegian company’s Christmas party in an Oslo restaurant, officials said Thursday.

The British government has placed orders for 114 million more vaccine doses for use in 2022 and 2023, the Health Secretary has said.

Former U.S. President Donald J Trump has suggested that Joe Biden’s removal of the bust of Anglo-American wartime leader Winston Churchill is a slight on relations with the United Kingdom.

Inflation within the Eurozone hit nearly 5 per cent in November, the highest level recorded since the Euro was introduced in 1999.

A poll on Austria’s proposed forced mandatory vaccination mandate has revealed that 55 per cent of the public in the country are in favour of the policy.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has denounced a European Union communication manual barring the use of “Merry Christmas” in favor of “Happy Holidays,” Vatican News reported this week.

The EU will grant detention and deportation powers to Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia to fend off the migrant crisis with Belarus.

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has called for discussions regarding the implementation of forced vaccination throughout the entire EU, in a move that has been described as the “Chinafication of Europe”.

Italians travelling on public transport without a vaccine passport could face fines of up to a thousand euros under new restrictions.

A Chinese company called Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment announced a $4.5 billion lawsuit against the Ukrainian government on Monday, posing a significant legal and financial menace to Kyiv even as Russian military pressure builds along the eastern border.

The National Audit Office has warned that there are between 240,000 and 740,000 “missing” urgent GP doctor referrals for suspected cancer during the pandemic because millions of people have not been able to access healthcare or have avoided doing so.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has complained that the European Union is seeking to punish member-states which protect their borders, while funding pro-migration organisations linked to George Soros.

An off-duty French police officer was seriously injured in Paris, allegedly by “African-type individuals” who had harassed him and his girlfriend before stabbing him twice in the abdomen.

Armed police guarding the Parliamentary estate have detained a man who breached security to enter the grounds of the Palace of Westminster.

BERLIN (AP) — A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said.

President Joe Biden boasted he was a better leader than former President Donald Trump on Tuesday because he did not “shock” allies around the world.

Boris Johnson’s Build Back Better green agenda is a “big mistake,” former President Donald Trump told Nigel Farage.

Britain’s new self-isolation rules have been extended to March of next year when the UK will mark over two years of COVID restrictions.

The governments of the Netherlands and Nigeria revealed between Tuesday and Wednesday that they had found evidence of people in their countries testing positive for the Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus prior to scientists in South Africa confirming its existence.

Conservative writer and television pundit Eric Zemmour has announced his candidacy for the French presidency, saying he will end the “third-worldisation” of the country.

Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump has criticised Meghan Markle for being “disrespectful” to Queen Elizabeth II and for “using” her husband, Prince Harry, during a Nigel Farage interview to be aired on Wednesday night.

Alexander Lukashenko accused Lithuania of tossing the bodies of dead migrants across the border between the two countries.

Incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he will push for a vaccine mandate and blamed the unvaccinated for the surge in cases.

JERUSALEM  — Several dozen Holocaust survivors marked the third night of Hanukkah on Tuesday with a menorah-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall that paid tribute to them and the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.