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Conservative radio legend Michael Savage issued a direct appeal for peace to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday while condemning those on the left fighting to protect the borders, language and culture of Ukraine “while your own country is being overrun.”

The candidate for the establishment-right Républicains (Republicans) has urged voters to back the left-liberal Emmanuel Macron, not the national conservative Marine Le Pen, as exit polls indicate her own performance in the first round of France’s presidential elections was a dismal failure. 

Whether from policy choice or personal frailty, Joe Biden has created a vacuum in the leadership of the free world.

Breast cancer patients in England will not be able to avail of a life-prolonging drug after the country’s socialised healthcare system deemed it ‘too expensive’.

Policing minister Kit Malthouse denied that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s political career was doomed after it emerged that his Indian wife benefits from “non-domicile” tax status

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk has condemned Russia’s “systematic war against civilians” in Ukraine following the massacre of 53 people in a train station.

Climate laws are having a negative knock-on effect on farming as businesses outbid locals for land in hopes of generating carbon credits.

The Russian military claims it has destroyed a Ukrainian base hosting “foreign mercenaries” with warship-launched cruise missiles.

ROME — Pope Francis denounced violence Sunday, asserting Jesus Christ is crucified again in those who suffer “senseless acts of cruelty.”

Pope Francis called for an “Easter Truce” in Russia’s war on Ukraine Sunday, urging compromise for the sake of peace.

A senior researcher at a Finnish think-tank has claimed that Russia may try to flood Finland with migrants in retaliation for joining NATO, as some reports suggest the country may announce an application to the alliance soon.

PARIS (AP) – French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. Despite periodic calls for more flexibility or modernization, France doesn’t do mail-in voting, early voting or use voting machines en masse like the United States.

A Danish soldier who volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian armed forces has made unverified claims that Ukrainian soldiers have been executing Russian prisoners of war.

BORODIANKA, Ukraine (AP) – Firefighters continued searching Saturday for survivors or the dead in the debris of destroyed buildings in a northern Ukrainian town that was occupied for weeks by Russian forces.

French police arrested a 42-year-old African migrant in Nogaro this week following allegations he has raped and sexually and physically abused 28 children, including two infants, in his home since 2017.

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk condemned “Russia’s attack on our homeland” Friday, urging continued resistance to the unjust “occupiers.”

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Kyiv (Kiev) for a sit-down meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared that he will not rule out future lockdowns being imposed upon the British public.

MOSCOW (AP) — YouTube has banned the channel of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, prompting government officials to renew longtime threats against the platform.

Nearly 4,500 underage migrants who applied for asylum in Austria last year have reportedly gone missing, prompting concerns some may have fallen victim to human traffickers.

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Ministry of Defence says Russian naval forces are launching cruise missiles into Ukraine to support military operations in the eastern Donbas region and around the cities of Mariupol and Mykolaiv.

The French ambassador to Poland was summoned on Friday by the Polish foreign minister after President Emmanuel Macron branded Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki a “far-right antisemite”.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovakia’s Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad says the United States will deploy a Patriot air defence system in his country next week.

The number of violent incidents in Belgian asylum reception centres has doubled since 2017, with half of the total incidents involving physical or verbal assaults on asylum centre workers or other asylum seekers.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia is seeking explanations from NATO on why its jets have allegedly shadowed Serbian passenger planes flying back from Russia.

Canada has proposed a two-year prohibition on foreigners buying real estate, in a potential shot across the bow against Communist China.

We are witnessing the potential destruction of globalization and the fragmentation of the global economy into competitive but somewhat isolated trading groups.

British Cycling, the national governing body which oversees cycling events in the UK, has banned males identifying as women from women’s cycling events.

ROME (AP) – The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached their highest levels ever last month due to fallout from the war in Ukraine.

Dozens of people have reportedly died after a missile strike hit a train station in the city of Kramatorsk. (Warning: Contains graphic image.)

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue wished all Muslim “brothers and sisters” around the world a peaceful and fruitful month of Ramadan Friday.

The chief spokesman for the Kremlin has admitted that Russia has incurred “significant” losses during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, has rejected a vaccine mandate for people over the age of 60, with the left-liberal coalition government’s proposal losing by over 80 votes.

PARIS (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he has no fear of losing France’s presidential election despite far-right rival Marie Le Pen narrowing the gap in opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s first-round vote.

The suspected terrorist accused of murdering Sir David Amess told a court that he killed the Tory MP for voting for air strikes in Syria.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Council president Charles Michel says the bloc’s top diplomat has proposed adding an additional 500 million euros ($544 million) to Ukraine under the “European Peace Facility,” the fund which has been used for the first time during the war to deliver lethal weapons to a third country.