Fri 26 January 2024: More than a third of articles in a controversial immigration bill must be scrapped, France’s Constitutional Council has said. The council, a body that validates the constitutionality of laws, rejected measures in the bill on Thursday that call for the toughening of access to social benefits, family reunification, and the introduction of immigration […]
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Thu 25 January 2024: Daria Trepova, a 26-year-old who was found guilty in April of killing ultranationalist pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, was given a 27-year prison sentence by a St. Petersburg court. The incident happened during a talk Tatarsky was giving in a café in St. Petersburg. Trepova was present at the event on April […]
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Aircraft debris following deadly Russian plane crash in Belgorod region with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board. Thu 25 January 2024: On Thursday, Russia once more accused Ukraine with downing a Russian military plane while it was its route to swap prisoners, calling the incident “a monstrous act.” “Ukrainians killed their citizens, who were supposed […]
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Thu 25 January 2024: Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War began Wednesday with the departure of the US Navy ship USS Gunston Hall from the American Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, according to the alliance. “Planned over the course of several years, Steadfast Defender 24 will […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: Inequality in the jobs market is costing the UK economy £34bln a year, according to new analysis by Labour shared with The Independent. Sir Keir Starmer’s party accused the Conservatives of “dismal failure” in tackling unfairness at work – arguing Britain is “less productive and less equal” after 14 years of Tory rule. The […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: “The broader economic impact, the impact on consumer prices and the EU economy in general will depend greatly on the duration of this crisis,” Dombrovskis explained. It was now important to discuss measures to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the EU trade commissioner added. Following an EU agreement in principle, a military […]
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Bride of Frankenstein 1935 screenshot Wed 24 January 2024: The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”; to Edward, the romantic, idealistic lover in the “Twilight” series. In many respects, the vampire […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the border region of Belgorod, according to Russia’s defence ministry. According to the ministry, the plane was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped. The ministry further stated that the Ilyushin Il-76 was carrying six crew members and three more […]
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Several pro-regime Syrians residing in Europe have been convicted of war crimes in many EU courts [Getty/file photo] Wed 24 January 2024: A district court in The Hague has convicted a former member of a Syrian pro-government armed group for complicity in torture and illegal arrest in Syria and sentenced him to 12 years […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: NATO has signed a 1.1 billion euro contract for 155mm artillery ammunition, the alliance said on Tuesday, with part of the shells to be supplied to Ukraine after complaints a shortage of munitions was hampering its war efforts. “The war in Ukraine has become a battle of ammunition,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after a signing ceremony […]
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