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Putin visited the HQ of Russian troops fighting in Ukraine early Tuesday, his second trip to the Russian-held territories there since March.

Emmanuel Macron begged the French public for 100 days to get out of the crisis that has so far plagued his fifth year in office.

On Monday, a “Just Stop Oil” protester jumped onto one of the tables at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, England, and spilled orange dye all over the table.

Few people expected a baby born weighing just over a pound to survive, but she proved them wrong.

Animal rights activists disrupted day three of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse, calling for an end to the “cruel” event. 

A top Kremlin foe was convicted Monday on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years.

Anti-Macron activists were arrested in Marseille after an explosion was set off outside a police station, injuring one officer.

Gender “non-binary” pop star Sam Smith is at it again, performing highly sexualized and Satanic-themed numbers in his current “Gloria” world tour, which doesn’t have audience age restrictions for upcoming U.S. performances.

British lawmakers critical of Communist China have claimed to have been targeted by Beijing as a part of an intimidation campaign. 

Two suspected Chinese spies gave a Sydney businessman envelopes of cash for information, prosecutors told a court on Monday.

Author Judy Blume, best known for her novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, walked back her support of J.K. Rowling.

Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that it promised to Ukraine.

Ukraine wants more air defence missiles, warning if they lose control of the skies the country will be pounded into the ground.

It will soon be legal to Euthanise children with certain terminal illnesses in the Netherlands, reports on Friday have claimed.

The U.S., UK, Canada, Japan, and France announced a nuclear power alliance “aimed at displacing Putin” from the international energy market.

The German government is looking to grant powers to courts to block the social media accounts of citizens who engage in ‘digital violence’.

Alarmism over a so-called “climate emergency” is a dangerous fiction that is crippling the West, declares the Gatestone Institute, a non-partisan international policy council and think tank.

Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, began energy production on Sunday.

The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has denounced a sharp rise in anti-Christian incidents in the Holy Land, including “attacks on holy sites, schools and even funeral processions.”

The UK government is reportedly planning on requiring schools to inform parents if their child displays sings of transgenderism.

Thousands rallied again in the Czech capital on Sunday to protest high inflation and the government’s support of the war in Ukraine.

More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday.

PG Wodehouse’s celebrated comedic ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ novels have reportedly been rewritten by a publisher to censor “unacceptable” prose.

The death of Spanish bullfighting has been declared many times, but the number of bullfights is at its highest level in seven years.

Over 6,000 UK military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, in the biggest ceremonial deployment in seven decades.

A senior Chinese diplomat has demanded that Germany support its “peaceful” conquest of neighbouring Taiwan.

WOLFEBORO, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday night he would not send any more taxpayer dollars to Ukraine if elected and asserted that Russia’s invasion of the country proves that energy independence is pivotal not only to economic security but to national security as well.

The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s border with Russia – primarily meant to curb illegal migration – has broken ground.

Multiple protests took place as Germany’s green government shut down the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants forever.

Marine Le Pen said President Macron is a “pyromaniac” who has set fire to French democracy after he signed his pension reforms into law.

Poland said that it will temporarily prohibit food imports from Ukraine to protect local farmers from having their prices undercut.

Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has accused President Joe Biden of snubbing the UK’s flag during his four-day visit to Ireland.

Patel questioned the evolving narrative around the Pentagon leaks and if the 21-year-old Air National Guard reservist acted alone.

French President Emmanuel Macron has signed his pension reform bill into law after rioting on the streets of Paris.

Thelwell, who has previous convictions for public order offences from green extremist protests, was found guilty of threatening behaviour.

Ukraine has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which include athletes from Russia and Belarus.