Fri 17 October 2025: Hungary will not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he travels to Budapest for a summit on the Ukraine war, Hungary’s foreign minister said on Friday, despite an outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Putin. Moscow and Washington are preparing for Putin and US President Donald Trump to meet in the Hungarian capital within […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Alcohol consumption is a major cause of cancer in Europe, the WHO’s cancer research agency warned in a new report. Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer across Europe, and experts say stronger government policies to curb drinking could prevent thousands of cancer cases and deaths each year, Euronews reported. In […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: A massive breach of UK government cybersecurity has exposed hundreds of passwords and sparked fears of deeper vulnerabilities, The Independent reported, citing a report. Over 700 email addresses and corresponding passwords from nine government domains have appeared on the dark net over the past year, according to the report by NordStellar, […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: NATO is keeping a large-scale military presence near Russia’s borders, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov stated, pointing to what he called the bloc’s increased training and reconnaissance activities. Belousov made his remarks at a joint session of the Russian and Belarusian defense ministries on Wednesday, according to Sputnik. Cooperation between Moscow […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Hungary to discuss an end to the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine after high-level delegations meet next week. Trump said that he and Putin agreed to send their respective teams during a “very productive” call. The […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Local media reported on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, that New South Wales (NSW) has seen an unprecedented number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody this year, igniting widespread outrage across the country. The state has so far recorded 12 deaths in custody this year, ABC News reported, citing […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Americans’ trust in media organizations has reached the lowest levels ever recorded, according to a new poll from Gallup. The survey, released Thursday, found that only 28 percent of US adults express a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio “to report the news fully, accurately […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 issued a rare public warning to members of parliament on Monday that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran in an attempt to undermine the country’s democracy. The warning comes a week after prosecutors said they had to abandon the trial of two […]
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Tue 14 October 2025: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a predator” who “can only be kept in check by a strong deterrence,” stressing the need for Europe to strengthen its defense posture. In a video message to the 5th European Defense and Security Conference, von […]
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Tue 14 October 2025: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including “burger” and “steak” to market plant-based foods, in a win for disgruntled farmers. EU lawmakers approved the legal proposal with 355 votes in favour and 247 against during a plenary session in Strasbourg. The text still needs to be negotiated […]
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