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BoJo has hit back at Former Prime Minister Major’s claim Johnson has “shredded” the UK’s reputation overseas with his Partygate scandal.

Seven illegal migrants have exploited a UK legal loophole and had their people smuggling charges quashed, despite steering illegal dinghies.

The Minister denied migration had a role during the Milan News Year’s Eve attacks, despite the migration-heritage background of the suspects.

Pope Francis denounced the “pathologies” of individualism and indifference Thursday in his message for the World Day of the Sick.

The Community Service Trust (CST), an antisemitism awareness charity, recorded 2,255 antisemitic incidents across Britain in 2021, including 176 violent assaults.

New Zealand police arrested 120 people who were protesting against coronavirus restrictions Thursday outside the national parliament.

Head of a govt-funded ‘anti-hate’ network spread a picture of an antisemitic flier online, claiming it was handed out at a trucker protest.

Protesters forming a Freedom Convoy to converge on Paris and rally against national coronavirus restrictions will be blocked from entry, the French capital’s police authority said on Thursday.

Truckers have resumed a border blockade in southern Alberta, demanding the return of more freedoms after the vax pass was scrapped.

David Freiheit, known as Viva Frei, said the “legacy media” and “politicians” are “outright lying” about the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Wednesday that the province has “no plans” to end the vaccine passport system or mask mandates, as other conservative Canadian provinces scrap Wuhan coronavirus restrictions.

OTTAWA, Ontario – Canadian leftists this week began using war terms  such as “occupation,” “siege,” and “terrorism” to describe the ongoing Freedom Convoy demonstration in Ottawa, alongside calls inviting authorities to consider the use of military intervention to end the protest.

Clubs in Belgium have announced that they will be finally opening their doors again to customers on February 18, whether the country’s government permits them to do so or not.

One can never be woke enough in the eyes of today’s woke mob. Pop singer-songwriter Adele learned this on Tuesday, when she found herself under attack and accused of transphobia after stating that she loves “being a woman.”

The UK will request to join the EU’s dispute against China at the World Trade Organization in response to Beijing’s blockade on Lithuania.

A court in Germany has ruled that a ban on anti-lockdown walks implemented by a local authority was illegal and that the federal powers involved had not provided enough evidence to adequately justify the restrictions on public gathering.

ROME — Europe’s Catholic bishops have decried French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to add abortion to the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights, insisting the scheme is “devoid of an ethical foundation.”

Five suspects in a migrant smuggling ring have been charged for helping smuggle migrants around the Melilla city wall by sea. 

ROME — Pope Francis warned against the twin temptations of euthanasia and assisted suicide Wednesday, insisting no one has a “right” to die.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told parliament that he expects ALL remaining COVID restrictions in England to be lifted by the end of the month.

Pope Francis called for renewed efforts at peace Wednesday to counteract the escalation of tensions caused by the Russian military buildup at the border with Ukraine.

New Zealand truck protest supporters on Tuesday refused to leave and camped overnight inside the national parliament’s grounds in Wellington – picketing the parliament again Wednesday.

In the Build Back Better effort to radically transform the UK’s energy system, millions of Britons will be paid to ration their energy usage.

Residents of the remote Ukrainian village of Blahovishchenka, which borders Russia, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Monday they have seen no evidence in recent days indicating Moscow plans to stage a new military invasion of Ukraine.

Coronavirus case counts fell 17 percent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous corresponding period, including a 50 percent drop in the United States alone, while deaths globally declined seven percent, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced Tuesday.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Wednesday demanded “wealthy countries” pay them $16 billion in cash up front to drive coronavirus schemes in developing countries, including mass vaccination rollouts.

The European Union has announced new plans to combat its reliance on foreign bodies — such as Communist China — in regards to microchip manufacturing, including pumping an extra €15 billion into the essential sector.

The vaccination certificates of around 324,000 Greeks could expire on Monday as the government has stated that in order to remain eligible for the certificate, Greeks must take another dose of the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine. Secretary-General of Primary Health Care

A series of arrests were made late Tuesday against members of the trucker-led Freedom Convoy in Canada as the capital Ottawa remained in a state of emergency.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz shied away from backing Biden’s pledge to “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should Russia invade Ukraine.

Spain’s populist VOX advocated increasing the country’s birth rate while slamming opponents for advocating mass migration as a solution.

A socialist politician has criticised the destruction of traditional stores and the ’19th-century’ working conditions of Amazon.

Boris Johnson made a “spectacular miscalculation” by backing Brexit as his “heart” was not “in it”, the PM’s new spin doctor previously said.

Winnipeg police identified a far-left activist as the driver accused of running down four anti-coronavirus restriction protestors on Friday.

Belgian police detained 13 people from a radical Islamic Salafist-linked group during raids Tuesday across the port city of Antwerp.

Boris Johnson’s allies have suggested that criticism of Carrie’s involvement in government should be “off limits”.