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Russian deaths and wounded crossed the half-million mark in the past week, per Ukraine’s publicly stated estimate.

The French Open has decided to curtail the rowdiness of tennis fans by banning the sale of alcohol in response to a recent spitting incident.

A network of Bulgarian fraudsters were “living like barons” after stealing at least tens of millions in UK Universal Credit welfare benefits.

Oradour-sur-Glane (France) — A French village preserved as a reminder of Nazi cruelty since Waffen-SS troops murdered 643 people there in 1944 is in danger of decay, sparking efforts to preserve the site.

Paris — A second French actor has filed a legal complaint against arthouse film director Benoit Jacquot accusing him of rape, including when she was a minor, she and her lawyer said.

The world’s most powerful nations have significantly undermined what the United Nations can do to help nations resolve conflicts, the globalist organization’s peacekeeping chief lamented Wednesday.

A child is in a serious condition and three adults are in hospital after a shooting Wednesday near a restaurant in north-east London.

Venezuela’s socialist regime announced on Tuesday that it would rescind an invitation extended to the European Union to send a group of observers for the upcoming July 28 sham presidential election.

A coalition of over 550 UK parliamentarians is urging the next government to officially label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.

Pro-LGBTQ+ Jesuit Father James Martin said Wednesday that he has known “hundreds” of gay priests in his life as a Jesuit.

NATO members France and Poland stated publicly that Ukraine was free to use their missiles to strike targets within Russia.

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military service personel to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after being in place since late 2021.

Germany has reportedly scrapped plans to reintroduce military conscription to fill the depleted ranks of the Bundeswehr.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed to further fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was stabbed by a migrant at the border.

The first transgender actor to claim Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday launched a legal complaint over a “sexist insult” from a French politician after the win.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian media on Tuesday that his government is planning to remove the Afghan Taliban from its list of designated foreign terrorist organizations to facilitate diplomacy with Afghanistan.

The Swedish government said Wednesday that it will donate 13 billion kronor ($1.23 billion) in military aid to Ukraine, in the largest package of assistance Sweden has so far donated.

Farage warns of sectarianism, pointing to the unedifying spectacle of a top Labour MP pleading with “group of Muslim leaders” for votes.

Three Israeli soldiers died Tuesday when a booby trap was set off during combat operations in a building in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

A “vast conservative shift is well under way” in Europe according a survey which found voters are rejecting the globalist agenda of Brussels.

The 19% increase followed a 28% rise in 2022, which also was fueled by large numbers of Syrians being naturalized.

Nigel Farage argued that neither the Tories nor Labour have any credible plan to take back control of Britain’s borders.

“Our task is to use the first F-16 on the battlefield this year and in such way fortify our positions,” Zelenskyy said.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen on Monday claimed responsibility for missile attacks against three civilian ships in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, plus drone attacks on two U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is facing calls to resign after arguing Ukraine should be allowed to use Western weapons to attack the Russian mainland.

Pope Francis complained that Catholic seminaries are too full of “faggotry” in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week, local media report.

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the move was a step towards focussing “all our efforts” on a two-state solution.

Zelenskyy and Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez signed a bilateral security agreement that allocates 1 billion euros of military aid in 2024

The Ukrainian government praised France’s “determination”, encouraging it to send soldiers to its territoiry quickly.

The Biden administration is reportedly pressuring Britain and France not to confront Iran over its growing nuclear program, including its apparent enrichment of uranium to near-weapons grade, according the Wall Street Journal.

Former President Donald Trump told podcaster Tim Pool that he is giving “very serious consideration” to pardoning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if elected president in November.

French President Emmanuel Macron decided on Monday to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

Nigel Farage blasted both the Tory and Labour parties for not having plans to stop the “national emergency” represented by the migrant crisis.

A German court convicted a military officer of espionage Monday for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more.

Wars and rumours of wars are having an impact on military preparedness right across Eastern Europe. NATO member Poland on Monday became the latest state to announce a boost, presenting a plan to strengthen its anti-drone surveillance and on-ground military capabilities in the face of continued Russian threats.

France and Germany, both led by globalist-left governments and both facing a damaging vote in less than two weeks put on a united front.