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Wolfgang Schwanitz, the former head of Communist East-Germany’s infamous secret police, the Stasi, has died aged 91.

State-owned Polish gas company PGNiG has confirmed the purchase of a large shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, which it will transfer on to Ukraine. 

A further tightening of criminal restrictions on online speech is being looked at by the UK’s Conservative Party government.

New Zealand – which has had some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in the world – announced Thursday it will begin to relax its border controls by the end of this month.

Russia has mocked Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary for appearing to suggest the Baltic States are located on the Black Sea, suggesting the world needs to be saved from “the stupidity and ignorance of Anglo-Saxon politicians” 

French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed that the British government are the ones at fault for migrant deaths in the English Channel.

Conservative French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has proposed giving a €10,000 “birth grant” for children born in rural French areas in an effort to increase French birth rates. The conservative writer and television pundit announced that he would be looking

A GoFundMe fundraiser entitled “Freedom Convoy 2022” with over $10 million was frozen by the online crowdfunding platform.

An independent report into child grooming in the UK has found that police often failed to record the ethnicity of both suspects and victims.

The lawyer of vigilante driver who attempted to save a woman from being stabbed to death in London confirmed his release with no charges.

A Swedish county now employs over 50 private eyes as there are not enough Police to carry out investigations, according to the head of police.

Johnson said the UK should lead Western sanctions against Russia, even if his approach is at odds with Zelensky’s advice on handling Russia.

Edinburgh’s municipal government has been condemned for a slapping a Black Lives Matter-inspired plaque on one of the Scottish capital’s most iconic monuments, accusing the statesman it commemorates of personal responsibility for “more than half a million enslaved Africans cross[ing] the Atlantic.”

A report into alleged lockdown breaking within the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has found that officials partook in a ‘serious breach’ of lockdown rules.

Experts suggest face coverings are expected to remain mandatory on domestic and international flights for years to come.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that he was seeking to expand an already 15-year contract with Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas energy company, following a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The Canadian Quebec govt has abandoned its proposal for a ‘Health Contribution’ tax on unvaccinated residents.

Number of Scottish cannabis users being hospitalised with psychiatric issues has soared since the drug was semi-decriminalised.

Boris Johnson has conceded to the European Union and dropped his post-Brexit regulation cutting plan in favour of a ‘Net Zero’ agenda.

Austria’s mandatory vax regime, which would have been the first of its kind in Europe has been delayed due to administrative issues.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has defended his government’s pro-childrearing and anti-mass migration policies, saying he would “rather cut off my own hand” than turn his homeland into an “immigrant country” like Germany.

Members of the Green Party in Gothenburg have called on native Swedes to enroll their children in no-go “vulnerable area” schools to combat segregation and aid integration efforts. Karin Pleijel, local group leader for the Greens in Gothenburg, stated that

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a session on the Russia-Ukraine situation on Thursday, as requested by the United States. The belligerent Russian delegation turned the meeting into a shouting match, at one point accusing the U.S. of putting “nationalists, radicals, Russophobes, and pure Nazis” in charge of Ukraine after the Russia-friendly government was overthrown in a 2014 popular revolt. The current president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Ukraine’s first Jewish chief executive.

Boris Johnson flew to Ukraine Tuesday afternoon, pledging support to Kyiv including an £88 million giveaway to the Ukrainian government.

The price of whole gas jumped to four times the cost in January in Britain compared to last year, contributing to the cost of living crisis.

Russian Metropolitan Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev warned this weekend that the United States is unnecessarily stoking fears of a war between Russia and Ukraine.

Tens of thousands once again took to the streets of Germany on Monday to protest the nation’s lockdown restrictions.

Boris Johnson has decided to jet to Ukraine to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky following the release of the “partygate” report.

Italy’s military archbishop has defended the role of the armed forces and police in enforcing anti-coronavirus measures as Italy begins its third year under a “state of emergency.”

As protests continue in Canada’s capital city against vaccine mandates, a poll reveals a majority of Canadians now want to end the lockdown.

Iran executed two gay men by hanging Sunday in Maragheh Central Prison on charges of committing sodomy “by force.”

Two years after leaving the EU, record waves of migrants continue to land despite Boris’ promise to “take back control” of the borders,

A Cypriot toddler was refused necessary heart surgery in three separate countries over the fact his parents were not vaccinated.

Boris Johnson has been scorned by a senior Northern Irish politician for boasting of a so-called Freedoms Bill on the two-year anniversary of Brexit, with Brexit never having really been executed in the British province. 

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has announced that the country will be lifting all Wuhan coronavirus restrictions by mid-February as the country starts easing some restrictions this week. The Finnish Prime Minister stated on Monday that all coronavirus restrictions would

A pregnant journalist who was forced to rely on the Taliban’s charity in Afghanistan has finally been allowed to return home to New Zealand.