Pope Francis Decries ‘Absurd War’ in Ukraine
Pope Francis said Tuesday that every war “marks a surrender of the human capacity to protect” while denouncing the Russia-Ukraine war as “absurd.”

Pope Francis said Tuesday that every war “marks a surrender of the human capacity to protect” while denouncing the Russia-Ukraine war as “absurd.”
An international fleet of naval warships could break the Russian blockade of Ukraine which is preventing the export of huge amounts of food.
The migrant crisis has seen over 9,000 illegals reach Britain this year, while the government has downplayed the Rwanda removal scheme.
A survey of residents of Finland has revealed that a majority would be prepared to fight for their country if a war were declared as Finland looks to join the NATO alliance. The survey, conducted by the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN),
A digital “mass surveillance” regime planned by the EU looks likely to be blocked by Germany over privacy concerns.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told the UK Guardian this week while in Europe that the U.S. backs a plan to rebuild war-torn Ukraine after Russia withdraws with a “Marshall Plan” that will involve billions of dollars in aid.
A train collided with a bus and derailed at a railroad crossing in southern Germany on Tuesday, police said. Several people were injured.
Sweden is recommending a fifth COVID-19 dose for people with an increased risk of becoming seriously ill, including pregnant women.
PARIS – The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday confirmed the dropping of rape accusations against French film director Luc Besson, one of the highest profile controversies of the #MeToo era in the country.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is guaranteed a second five-year term Tuesday when he stands for reelection in an unopposed ballot.
Hungary’s Justice Minister Judit Varga drew a clear distinction between Ukrainian refugees who wait respectfully for admission and aggressive illegal migrants who breach borders and attack the authorities in an interview with Breitbart London.
Ireland’s open borders response to the Ukraine migrant crisis may be “unsustainable” and risks damaging the country’s “social cohesion”, a secret government memo has found.
The Biden administration is mediating talks aimed at normalizing ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel in exchange for the transfer of two Red Sea islands from Egypt to Gulf kingdom, a report by the Axios news site said.
After discovering four positive cases of monkeypox, Belgian health authorities have placed those with confirmed cases of the virus into a 21-day quarantine. As of Sunday, Belgian authorities announced four confirmed cases of the virus and have called on anyone
Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), on Monday told members of the global elites gathered in Davos, Switzerland, “the future is built by us… by a powerful community… as you here in this room.”
Dr. David Heymann said the leading theory was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium.
Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) have warned the Boris Johnson government’s Home Office that the “drastic” increase in immigration it is overseeing breaks promises to voters and could cost them the so-called ‘Red Wall’.
In the midst of a global food crisis, a report from environmental org the WWF has slammed the EU for its lack of food self-sustainability.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky compared his country to Israel in conversation with World Economic Forum (WEF) boss Klaus Schwab during a video appearance at the Davos summit in Switzerland.
President Joe Biden continued escalating his aggressive rhetoric against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
A well known black conservative in the UK has allegedly had his path to the British priesthood blocked over his “anti-woke views”.
In a memo to employees Monday, the Seattle coffee giant said it decided to close its 130 stores and no longer have a brand presence in Russia. Starbucks said it will continue to pay its nearly 2,000 Russian employees for six months and help them transition to new jobs.
A senior civil servant is due to release her findings on “partygate,” the scandal over gatherings at Boris Johnson Downing St. residence.
Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Sunday there is “no safe and quiet city” in all of Ukraine because of Russia’s widespread shelling of the country.
A homicide investigation was opened on Monday after a security guard at the Qatari Embassy in Paris was killed and a suspect arrested, the prosecutor´s office said.
The head of Europe’s ECB has claimed that crypto assets are “worth nothing”, but that a future centrally controlled digital Euro would be valuable.
The United Nations’ Aids agency (UNAIDS) on Monday denounced some reporting on the monkeypox virus as racist and homophobic, warning irresponsible language was undermining the response to the outbreak as it gathers pace across the globe.
(AFP) — Russian forces pursued their bombardment of frontline Ukrainian cities on Sunday, seeking to gain military momentum as Kyiv’s diplomatic counter-offensive targeted the world’s business and political elite gathering in Davos.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president travelled to Kyiv to support the country’s European Union aspirations, becoming the first foreign leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the start of the war.
A local council in London previously claimed that babies as young as three months old are racially biased, a report has uncovered.
The legal age of smoking in Britain could reportedly be raised to 21 years old under a move from the nominally Conservative government.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Saturday added its voice to the growing world chorus warning about the rise in monkeypox infections, saying it expects more cases to emerge after a handful were detected in the U.S. and Europe.
Ireland’s leftist president has decried the purchasing of social media companies by billionaires as a “form of dictatorship” on a TV station owned by the Irish state.
Israel on Sunday said it had detected a second suspected case of monkeypox, a day after it confirmed a first patient with the rare disease.
Germany is reportedly preparing to institute gas rationing in Europe’s largest economy as Russia allegedly cut off shipments to Finland.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has described how his country is facing the issues of “socialism” and “communism” in his surprise address to CPAC Hungary.
Actor Morgan Freeman and actor/film maker Rob Reiner are on a list of close to 1,000 Americans banned by Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from visiting Russia.
Around half of the European customers of Russian energy giant Gazprom have opened euro-ruble accounts, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
Distraught villagers staged protests this week against the Boris Johnson government’s plan to dump some 1,500 migrants in a camp in their community of only around 600 adults.
British health professionals are expecting a “significant rise” in monkeypox cases over the coming weeks, as a Western outbreak of the disease continues to confound them.