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A Member of Parliament for the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) stoked controversy by saying it would “totally” accept dropping the pound for the euro and policing a hard border with England as the price of rejoining the European Union.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Canada next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in 15 million doses bound for the U.S. market.

A 49-year-old German is on trial for allegedly pimping his 12-year-old step-daughter to men at a truck stop, sexually abusing the girl for years, and producing child pornography.

(AFP) — People arriving in Australia from coronavirus-ravaged India could face five years jail as the country strengthens an earlier travel ban, the government announced Saturday, in a bid to prevent the outbreak from spreading to its shores.

Reports by two of Britain’s leading news outlets have published separate sets of analyses that claim millions of Britons have been living in areas that have seen no deaths from coronavirus in weeks.

Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten says “wokeness” is a divisive political weapon being wielded by privileged, “tempestuous, spoilt children,” whom the media offer a platform to push their unpopular politically correct opinions.

The European Commission stated this week that Apple has abused its power in the distribution of music streaming apps through its App Store following a complaint from Spotify.

British authorities in France have detained a 37-year-old British national on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism, with the arrest relating to activities in Syria.

A Black Lives Matter supporter accused of a “ferocious and frenzied” knife murder has told a court that “we are killing our own people as well, so it’s sad.”

Police have launched an investigation after an 11th-century chapel in the French commune of Fabrègues was found with graffiti resembling the Pakistani flag.

Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from West Africa by a British expedition.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has told disheartened American conservatives, “don’t get mad, get even” as he prepares to hit the grassroots campaign trail to re-energise the right next week.

A judge has turned in his judicial robes in protest at the decision not to try a Malian migrant alleged to have beaten an elderly Jewish woman and thrown her to her death from a balcony while shouting “Allah Akbar!” on grounds that he was suffering from a delirious episode induced by heavy cannabis abuse. 

The Swedish country of Kalmar has begun charging a fee to those who refuse to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, as patients are not told ahead of their appointment which vaccine they will receive and some refuse it at their appointments.

A plane carrying the bodies of three Europeans killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso this week has landed in an airport in Spain.

Hungary will loosen several COVID-19 pandemic restrictions for holders of a government-issued immunity card tomorrow.

The Hungarian government of national conservative leader Viktor Orbán has scrapped income tax for under-25s as part of its efforts to aid a post-pandemic recovery, discourage emigration, and help young people to form families.

At least six bells have been stolen from Greek churches in Distromo in the last two months, with speculation thieves are melting the bells down for scrap metal.

French and British border authorities intercepted 375 illegal aliens in 16 boats attempting to cross the English Channel from France to England over Tuesday night to Wednesday, the highest number of daily attempts this year.

A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced a Serbian man to life in prison after convicting him of three murders.

England’s deputy medical officer has said that it is “incredibly safe” for two fully vaccinated people to meet inside. However, under Boris Johnson’s current social distancing rules, it is still not allowed.

A Syrian man has received a lengthy sentence after being tried for entering Greece illegally, facilitating the illegal entry of other migrants, and provoking a shipwreck.

French investigators have found child abuse images on one of the mobile phones used by the Tunisian migrant who murdered a female police officer last week.

I loathe this non-story as the most disgraceful and deliberate distraction from a much, much bigger scandal.

Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten tore into the Democratic Party and said the “collapse” of America is happening because of Joe Biden’s “nonsense.”

The Dutch govt has temporarily disabled its corona warning app amid data privacy concerns for phones using the Android operating system.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge marked their 10th wedding anniversary by releasing photographs showing the couple in happy embrace.

The UK has reportedly caved and is set to grant the European Union’s ambassador full diplomatic status, effectively giving the bloc equal stature to a sovereign nation.

An Italian shelter for migrants near the French border founded by a priest has been helping illegals cross into France, with some claiming there is no future for them in their home countries.

The crimes for which they were convicted include the killing of a general and the kidnapping of a judge in the same year.

“I have always thought, the independently minded British would put up with lockdowns like this… I’m astonished by it, I’m depressed by it.”

Trust in the Spanish political system is incredibly low, with 90 per cent of Spaniards saying they do not trust political parties, according to the Eurobarometer poll conducted by the European Union.

Police in London arrested a Christian street preacher for allegedly causing “alarm and distress” to pedestrians for citing allegedly “homophobic” verses from Genesis. On Friday, Pastor John Sherwood was preaching alongside Pastor Peter Simpson of the Penn Free Methodist Church outside the Uxbridge

Brexit leader Nigel Farage is wary of the UK joining the major pacific trading bloc CPTPP, warning the country could find itself being forced to accept “political harmonisation”, after having just left the European Union.

Three migrants were hospitalised for hypothermia after around 100 attempted to swim from Morocco to the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested Tuesday introducing “serious, powerful players” into years-long peace talks aiming to end the Russian-backed war in eastern Ukraine, suggesting Zelensky has lost respect for current mediator countries France and Germany.