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Pope Francis hosted scientists and religious leaders in the Vatican Monday, where they signed a joint appeal calling for carbon neutrality and a radical change in lifestyles.

Pope Francis condemned utilitarianism as a subtle form of ideological colonialism Sunday, insisting that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of things but in detachment and generosity.

Self-confessed Muslims on social media have celebrated a car crash that left cartoonist Lars Vilks and two police officers dead on Sunday.

‘Insulate Britain’ protesters have blocked major roads around London leading to 38 members of the group being arrested on Monday morning.

Pope Francis warned Monday that humanity is inflicting “serious wounds” on the environment and threw his moral weight behind the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).

British military personnel have begun delivering fuel to gas stations after a shortage of truck drivers disrupted supplies.

Britain´s Brexit minister threatened Monday to trigger a contentious break clause in the U.K.´s divorce deal with the European Union.

A Swedish cartoonist who had multiple death threats against him for drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad died in a car crash on Sunday. 

Anti-Brexit activists gathered in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, to denounce “zombie” nationalism in Brexit Britain.

The divided Labour Party could see its first defection to the Conservatives since 1977, with three MPs reportedly considering crossing the floor over despair at their party’s leadership.

Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has accused the haulier industry of being “addicted” to cheap, foreign labour and resisting calls for years to train British drivers and improve working conditions and pay.

Asked about the truck driver shortage crisis, Johnson said it was a “chronic problem” associated with an overreliance on migrant workers willing to work for low wages and poor conditions. He said he wouldn’t repeat that mistake.

A Sri Lankan man faces trial in December after allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse with a goat at least three times at an animal park in Tours, France.

ROME (AP) — A small single-engine plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed Sunday into the side of a vacant two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said all aboard perished.

The Charity Commission has accused an Islamic charity which doxxed a British teacher who showed his class a caricature of the Muslim prophet Mohammed of inflaming tensions and risking the safety of the teacher.

ABOARD GEO BARENTS (AP) — Libya’s coast guard Sunday intercepted a wooden boat carrying around 500 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s shore, the U.N. refugee agency said.

Once praised for his pro-migrant welcoming policies, former Riace mayor Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano has been sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison on several charges including aiding illegal migration into Italy.

Insulate Britain spokesman Liam Norton has again evoked World War Two to describe his plight against uninsulated homes, this time comparing those sceptical of the eco-extremist group’s tactics to those who appeased Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

Matriculating students at St Andrews University must pass courses where they accept their “personal guilt” in order to confront their “unconscious bias” before starting their programme, according to test material seen by The Times.

The Polish government has sent at least 31,000 text messages to migrants near its border with Belarus telling them to go back to Minsk, stating that the Polish border is closed.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament on Saturday and reflected on the “deep and abiding affection” she and her late husband, Prince Philip, shared for Scotland.

A Chechen teen girl was allegedly stabbed by her older brother for acting too European and was also raped by her father.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has told unvaccinated care home staff to “get vaccinated” or “go and get another job” as the deadline for care staff to be double vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus approaches.

The pro-migrant NGO Doctors Without Borders has called for an expansion of reception facilities on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has been inundated by new migrant arrivals for months.

London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been criticised for issuing guidance to women advising them that if they feel in danger during an interaction with a lone, plainclothes police officer that they should run or flag down a bus. The advice was issued after it was revealed Met officer Wayne Couzens had pretended to be enforcing lockdown laws when he kidnapped Sarah Everard, before raping and murdering her.

A study has revealed that more than half a million French seniors live in a state of “social death” and almost never interact with other people, a trend that has increased during the coronavirus pandemic.

London police have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after allegedly attacking three women and a man with a hammer.

Antifa far-left extremists have called for the murder of 53 members of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), publishing their home addresses on a well-known far-left web platform.

The French government will bring forward a bill to extend the coronavirus passport system, known as the Health Pass, to July 31st, 2022.

A French prosecutor confirmed that DNA evidence has linked a retired policeman to a series of rapes and murders in Paris from 1986 to 1994. The suspect François Vérove, 59, was found dead in a rented apartment in the south of France after taking his own life, with a suicide note apparently claiming to admit to the crimes. Like in the case of the recently-convicted London Metropolitan officer Wayne Couzens, Vérove is believed to have abused his position as a police officer to attack women and girls.

Military and civilian satellites destroyed by enemy forces will be replaced next day, rather than months later, under the plan

A 33-year-old anti-authoritarian far-left anarchist has been charged with multiple felonies after potentially carrying out several armed robberies of banks in Greece. The 33-year-old was the main suspect in an armed bank robbery earlier this month after a Piraeus Bank branch

Advocates of persons with disabilities have warned of “plummeting” numbers of people with Down syndrome because they are being systematically eliminated through abortion, the Telegraph reported Friday.

Britons have been told they can challenge plain-clothes officers confronting them after a London Metropolitan policeman faked a Covid lockdown breach arrest to kidnap, rape, and murder 33-year-old Sarah Everard.

BERLIN — The first soccer game involving an Israeli team at the stadium built for the 1936 Olympics hosted by Nazi Germany was marred Thursday by antisemitic abuse aimed at visiting fans.

Populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has revealed her plan to drastically reduce immigration into the country.