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Kaiser Chiefs lead singer Ricky Wilson has been criticised for encouraging fans to cheer for their vaccine brands, with people responding in rapturous cries and arm-waving described as creepy and cult-like.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” that President Joe Biden was a “breath of fresh air” after the era of former President Donald Trump.

Prince Andrew’s lawyer has been served with legal papers accusing the Duke of York of sexual assaulting a teenage victim of Jeffrey Epstein. 

A Danish court has sentenced 29-year-old Adam Touhou to six years in prison and to be stripped of his citizenship followed by deportation for recruiting for the Islamic State terror group.

The UK is facing a “baby shortage” that could lead to economic stagnation, with fertility rates dropping to nearly half those seen after WW2.

France urged its European Union partners to consider whether to delay negotiations on the bloc´s future trade agreement with Australia.

The Hungarian government hit back at faux conservative U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) after he criticised FNC’s Tucker Carlson for visiting their country, accusing him of undermining the free press and democratic elections.

The frontrunner in the race to replace Angela Merkel, the SPD’s Olaf Scholz refused to rule out forming a government with the radical left.

Conservative French presidential hopeful Xavier Bertrand has warned that France faces a real risk of civil war and gang violence as urban violence continues throughout the country.

The fourth and largest chartered flight carrying international civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar — since the Taliban took over and the U.S. forces pulled out of the country last month — flew out of Kabul Sunday with over 230 passengers, including nearly 70 American citizens and green card holders.

Labour’s mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who backs continued mask-wearing on public transport, has said, “we may need vaccine passports”.

Lockdown has forced many Canadian voters into long lines to vote on election day due to the reduction in the number of polling places.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been embroiled in another blackface scandal ahead of Monday’s parliamentary elections.

A frustrated Boris Johnson plans to press Joe Biden over his failure to act on a pledge to ease travel restrictions on British citizens, months after Britain did the same for American citizens.

At least six people were killed in a mass shooting at Russia’s Perm University on Monday. Footage posted to Russian social media showed students jumping out of second-story windows to escape the gunman, who has been identified as a student at the university.

The number of children who went to Accident and Emergency in England suffering from severe mental health problems increased by more than 50 per cent since the beginning of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Rossie Duffield revealed that she will not attend the Labour Party conference over threats from “woke” transgender activists.

The Vatican City State announced Monday that effective October 1 no one can enter its territory without presenting a Green Pass, by order of Pope Francis.

Police have been filmed protecting Insulate Britain climate activists from angry motorists as they blocked the M25 motorway once again.

Escalator falls at tube stations have increased because Britons are frightened of catching coronavirus if they hold onto the handrails, a London Underground official has said.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday he has no regrets after canceling a multi-billion dollar contract with France for the construction of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

A billboard owner in France has been fined 10,000 for “publicly insulting” President Macron for depicting the French leader as Adolph Hitler.

France has pulled out of a planned defence summit with Britain amid an ongoing row between Paris, London, Canberra, and Washington D.C. over submarines.

A Frenchman created a sense of awe among crowds in Paris on Saturday when he walked from the Eiffel Tower to the Chaillot National Theater on a rope suspended 230 feet above the ground.

Britain’s grotesquely overpaid, inexcusably unproductive GPs have a message for the nation: “Here is our collective middle finger. Sit on it and swivel!”

Tony Blair said the government should begin vaccinating nursery age children and begin imposing vaccine passports to stop another lockdown.

Scottish Government minister Humza Yousaf is furious with the media for sharing a video of him falling off a scooter and almost landing on his face while racing through the Scottish Parliament building.

A British army general has warned that climate change could soon make it “too hot to train” at certain times of year.

Openly homosexual Church of Sweden priest Lars Gårdfeldt has vowed to refuse marriage ceremonies for straight people in protest of a loophole that allows priests to refuse to marry homosexual couples.

The French government is seething over Australia’s decision to drop a troubled multi-billion French submarine deal in favour of collaboration with Britain and America, describing it as “treason”. 

The U.N. General Assembly will ignore vaccine requirements for attendees at next week’s big meeting in New York, snubbing NYC rules for convention centers and public gatherings.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australian needs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday after the contract’s cancellation set off a diplomatic crisis.

Starting on October 15th all members of the Italian parliament, as well as parliamentary staff, will be required to present a Covid passport to enter parliament.

Hungary has released footage of how the Eastern European nation protects its borders, with the use of fences and quick response teams.

A 32-year-old Moroccan man who was found guilty of a deadly hit-and-run that left eight dead in 2010 has been arrested after another fatal driving incident as he attempted to flee Italy to Morocco.