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At least 16 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, bringing the three-day death toll to at least 30.

Spain’s Catalonia region is to impose a “very restrictive” curfew in an attempt to reduce coronavirus cases, despite protests from the public prosecutor.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is using his Christmas sermon to tell the public to welcome illegal migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats and praise Border Force personnel and volunteers helping to ferry them across.

A transgender paedophile who identifies as a 5-year-old girl has attended court dressed as an elf following a breach of his sexual harm order.

The results come after the Norwegian postal service released an annual Christmas video showing Santa Claus falling in love with another man.

Carrie Johnson (nee Symonds), the blonde wife/minder of current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is going to make a Netflix documentary.

A court imposed a 4-year prison sentence on man convicted of attempted murder for firing gunshots at the Saudi embassy in The Hague.

Coast guard divers searched the hull of a submerged sailboat for passengers possibly trapped inside Friday.

The socialist prime minister of Spain has mandated the wearing of masks OUTDOORS over fears regarding the omicron variant

The Czech village of Poniklá has produced Christmas ornaments made by hand from blown-glass beads since the early 20th century. The practice continues to thrive today after surviving decades of communism that nationalized the Czech glass-making industry from about 1948-1989

Scottish football fans held a banner reading “Fuck off SNP!” in response to the hard-left SNP’s new coronavirus restrictions

The governments in Spain and Greece have announced that residents will be once again forced to wear masks in outdoor public settings.

The Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland (NI) denounced a vote by the NI Assembly denying protection from abortion to babies affected with non-fatal disabilities.

The UK government is considering electronically tagging channel migrants in order to prevent them from availing of black market work.

A sailboat carrying migrants hit rocks off the coast of southern Greece and sank on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least seven people.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that “Getting jabbed… not just for ourselves” but for others as well is “the teaching of Jesus Christ” in a Covid-heavy Christmas message. 

Around 800 migrants are on three different NGO migrant “taxi” ships are awaiting port access after being picked up in the Mediterranean. 

Experts in Finland’s most populous region have called for a ban on all public indoor events for at least three weeks in order to slow the spread of the Wuhan virus.

Anti-Covid passport protestors broke through a police line to protest in front of the Romanian parliament, entering the building’s courtyard before being stopped by police.

The Vatican has eliminated the possibility of employees presenting a negative coronavirus test to gain access to their place of work, insisting that only proof of vaccination or recovery from the coronavirus disease will be admitted.

Pope Francis extolled the virtue of humility Thursday while denouncing those who find “reassurance” in clinging to liturgy, doctrine, and devotion.

London’s Metropolitan Police have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) after complaints about their refusal to alleged lockdown-busting Christmas parties at the Prime Minister’s residence.

Following the passing of a law that would restrict foreign ownership of media organisations by the Polish parliament, some Poles gathered to demand President Andrzej Duda veto the bill.

The British govt said it won´t introduce any new restrictions until after Christmas, and called studies on omicron encouraging.

Germany’s health minister said he expects a surge in coronavirus cases around New Year’s and people will likely need a fourth vaccine.

Austria has extended its lockdown of unvaccinated individuals for another ten days, as mandatory vaccination looms.

A Swedish youth has suffered damage to their eyes after taking part in a trend on the social media platform Tik Tok that involved mixing chemicals to make a homemade explosive. The youth, who was not identified by name or

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Thursday that governments around the world have become accustomed to the increased powers delivered to them by what were initially temporary coronavirus restrictions, adding permanent state controls may well be next.

Greta Thunberg, alongside other climate crazies, has decried the possible inclusion of nuclear and gas in the EU’s green investment playbook.

The city of Rome and the entire Italian region of Lazio have imposed a universal outdoor mask mandate beginning Thursday, despite no spike in deaths or patients in intensive care units.

If arguably the most loathsome and pointless creature on the planet thinks they’re idiots then they must be doing something right.

Former British PM Blair has labelled the unvaccinated as “idiots” after demanding the UK begin preparations for a fourth shot.

Scientists are suggesting the omicron variant may be milder than previous strains of coronavirus, according to a string of preliminary reports released Thursday in the UK and South Africa.

In 2020, non-French migrants were accused of being disproportionately represented in crime stats for Paris area public transit.

The creator of Father Ted has said that online “trolls” and “conmen” have used UK Hate Speech rules to weaponise the police.

The UK Home Secretary has announced that she will overrule the use of ‘Orwellian’ non-crime hate incidents by police, in a potential win for freedom of speech in the UK, if the minister follows through on her words. Home Secretary