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Poland´s prime minister on Friday expressed support for the army troops and the border guards protecting the frontier with Belarus.

Armin Laschet, the successor to Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has hinted at resigning as party leader.

Beijing (AFP) — China on Friday condemned a visit by a group of French senators to Taiwan, accusing the delegation of undermining relations between Paris and Beijing.

Automotive fuel retailers have said the British government’s push to switch to more environmentally friendly petrol was a “major factor” in last month’s alleged fuel crisis, which saw station forecourts run out of fuel as a result of panic buying.

Czechs begin voting Friday with polls showing Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, has a good chance of keeping his job.

A former Australian PM has accused China of being a bully and expressed enthusiastic support for Taiwan while visiting the island.

A report produced by Cambridge University academics has called for foods with so-called high carbon footprints, such as dairy and meat, to be made more expensive in order to save the planet.

Pope Francis warned Thursday that the climate crisis has become so acute it now threatens “life itself” on earth.

A fire-damaged television mast came crashing down after it was determined the huge tower was beyond repair following a mystery blaze.

The Greek government has announced that coronavirus restrictions in high case areas have been lifted, such as in bars and clubs.

It isn’t as though the WEF has ever made any secret of its vision of a near-future where ‘You’ll own nothing and be happy’.

Senior minister Nadhim Zahawi has said that the UK does not need a Canadian-style vaccine mandate; but the British government has already made vaccination mandatory for care home workers and is considering the same measures for the more than one million staff in the NHS.

The head of a French delegation of senators on Thursday called Taiwan a “country” during a visit to Taipei.

Greece´s lawmakers were debating and voting Thursday on a broad five-year mutual defense pact signed last week with France.

The role had been filled by army or airforce officers in the Afghan era, an admiral indicates where Britain thinks it will fight next.

A former Mayor has failed to win a seat in an Italian election days after he was sentenced to prison for aiding illegal migration and fraud.

Labour MP Khalid Mahmood has suggested that eco-extremist protesters from Insulate Britain do not get treated like terrorists because they are white and middle-class.

Sir Graham Brady said he will resist the mission creep of coronavirus vaccine passports into a social credit score “at all costs”.

Journalist and Brexit leader Nigel Farage has branded eco-extremists Extinction Rebellion and its splinter group Insulate Britain “terrorists” who are willing to risk people’s lives for their cause.

A criminal gang leader deported to Afghanistan in 2017 has threatened German police, stating that he has a small army of 100 Afghans set for deportation he could incite against them.

A double amputee was mugged just hours after waking from a six-week coma and learning he had lost another leg to deep vein thrombosis.

Boris Johnson’s claim that the “era of uncontrolled low skilled immigration is over” is deeply misleading according to the Migration Watch UK.

The likely kingmakers from Germany’s election said they will hold talks on a possible new govt under the leadership of the Social Democrats.

Greek police have arrested a 34-year-old Iraqi national who has been rejected for asylum twice on suspicion of having ties to the Islamic State.

Pope Francis has reacted to a report on clerical sex abuse in France, expressing his own shame and that of the Church for the failure to effectively address the problem.

Obviously, this is tacky and crass. But importantly, what does it tell us about the mindset of Britain’s formerly great institutions?

The French have threatened to cut off energy supplies and blockade supply routes amid disputes over post-Brexit fishing access in UK waters.

The Welsh assembly has passed the implementation of vaccine passports by one vote, apparently on a technical glitch because a Conservative Member of the Senedd could not log in to the Zoom call to oppose the measures.

Documents from the Swedish state department reveal that Kurdish authorities wanted Sweden to take back Islamic State women from prison camps as they deemed them too dangerous to remain in Syria.

The French luxury fashion label Givenchy is under fire for featuring a necklace resembling what many say is a noose during its runway show at Paris Fashion Week.

A delegation of French senators arrived in Taiwan, where they will hold talks with President Tsai Ing-wen, despite strong protests from China.

The move came despite an ongoing lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, due to a coronavirus outbreak.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has branded eco-extremist group Insulate Britain “irresponsible crusties” for blocking roads in protest over climate change.

The UK does not have to rely on “cheap” products from China if it invests in British workers and industry, Sir Iain Duncan Smith said.

A 40-year-old Turkish man arrested last month is being investigated on suspicion he may be a Turkish government assassin tasked with murdering opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has in recent days trashed leaders around the globe for not fighting climate change.